http://www.csnphilly.com/hockey-philadelphia-flyers/flyers-look-land-austrian-winger-michael-raffl "Asked whether he thought the Flyers were close to signing Raffl, Brown said, “Yeah.” Raffl’s entire hockey career has been spent in Europe. He played six seasons with VSV EC in the Austrian Hockey League before joining Leksands. “If you can get one guy a year from the World Championships basically for nothing, it’s a home run,” Brown said. That said, Leksands general manager Tommy Salo told Dalarnas Tidningar that Raffl does not have an “out” clause and therefore, the club would require financial compensation from any outside club given he has a year left on his contract. “I don’t remember us signing anyone from over there where we had to pay,” Brown said. Another Swedish newspaper, Aftonbladet, reported the Flyers' interest in Starkbaum, who had a very good season for MODO (2.06 goals against average; .933 save percentage) but was terrible in both the playoffs and World Championships with GAAs approaching or over 4.00." http://www.eliteprospects.com/player.php?player=15216