Flyers sign Carter Hart to three-year contract extension

Check another box off of Chuck Fletcher’s to-do list. The Philadelphia Flyers signed Carter Hart to a three-year contract extension, the team announced.

The three-year contract extension carries an average annual value (AAV) of $3.979 million for No. 79.

Here is the full press release via the Flyers:

Hart, who turns 23 on Friday (8/13/1998), is entering his fourth professional season. He appeared in 27 games for the Flyers in 2020-21, posting a 9-11-5 record with a 3.67 goals-against average and a .877 save percentage. ­­

Over parts of three seasons with the Flyers, Hart has posted a 49-37-9 record with a 2.88 GAA, .905 save percentage and two shutouts in 101 games. His first full season in the NHL of 2019-20 saw him post a record of 24-13-3 over 43 appearances with a 2.42 GAA and .914 save percentage. On home ice, he posted a 20-3-2 record with a 1.63 GAA and a .943 save percentage; the 20 home wins were tied for the most among all NHL goaltenders, while his home-ice GAA and save percentage numbers led the league.

Hart made his first Stanley Cup Playoff appearance in the 2020 Toronto bubble, going 9-5 with a 2.23 GAA, and .926 save percentage. He recorded consecutive shutouts in Games 3 and 4 of the first round series vs. Montreal to become the youngest goaltender in Flyers history, and second-youngest in NHL history, to record consecutive playoff shutouts.

In his rookie season of 2018-19, Hart became the second-youngest goaltender in Flyers history to appear in a game and the youngest goalie in Flyers history to win a game. He went a perfect 8-0-0 from Jan. 14-Feb. 9, which tied an NHL record for consecutive games won by a goaltender before his 21st birthday.

A 6-2, 181-lb native of Sherwood Park, Alberta, Hart was drafted by the Flyers in the second round (48^th overall) of the 2016 NHL Entry Draft.

Carter Hart was one of two main restricted free agents for the Flyers to sign. Travis Sanheim, who the Flyers filed for team-selected arbitration with, is the other. With Hart signed, all focus is now on Sanheim.

Chuck Fletcher and the Flyers have a few weeks to agree to terms with Sanheim. The arbitration date is set for August 26th.