Ilya Bryzgalov’s time with the Philadelphia Flyers didn’t go so well. After two years of being Philadelphia’s quote machine, Bryzgalov was bought out by the Flyers with seven years left on his contract.
Throughout the summer and into the fall, we’ll be counting down the days until the Edmonton Oilers begin their 2023-24 season with a daily trip down memory lane.
Good players aren’t really associated with their contracts, are they? Quick: tell me the dollar figures and term of Connor Hellebuyck’s current contract.
If the recent showing between the Minnesota Wild and the Edmonton Oilers is any indication, the Oilers let a good goalie go. It’s always easier in hindsight, but it’s hard to let a goalie go who recently set the franchise win record.
Russia has produced several great NHL forwards and defensemen. However, the number of notable goaltenders from that country to reach the league before 2010 was limited to Nikolai Khabibulin, Evgeni Nabokov and Ilya Bryzgalov...