PHILADELPHIA — Christian Dvorak bet on himself when he signed with the Flyers as a free agent. Monday, he came away a big winner. A new five-year contract worth $25.75 million, signed Monday, certainly qualifies as big. It goes back to Dvorak’s decision to sign a one-year free-agent deal with the Flyers on July 1 for $5.4 million. He might have gotten more years or more money elsewhere, but both the player and the Flyers were comfortable with this arrangement. And it’s paying off for the 29-year-old Illinois native. “I believe I had more offensively,” Dvorak said on Tuesday. “That’s kind of why I took the one-year deal. I kind of bet on myself. Thought I had a good opportunity here. My...
