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THE SIDELINES : Howe Flyers’ Best-Paid Player

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<i> From Times Wire Services</i>

The Flyers signed defenseman Mark Howe and left winger Derrick Smith to new contracts, with Howe’s deal making him the highest-paid player on the team.

Howe said he will earn $1.925 million for the next three years. He said he has a two-year contract with an option year that will pay him $1.7 million up front over the next three years, with the other money deferred.

“It’s more money than I ever dreamed I’d ever make in my life,” the three-time All-Star player said. “I’m getting a good paycheck and I’m still with the hockey team, and that’s all I was hoping for.”

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Howe is the team’s top-scoring defenseman this season with five goals and 14 assists, and all-time with 129 goals and 307 points.

The team didn’t officially disclose terms of the deals Thursday.

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