Coyotes Trade Rights to Ilya Bryzgalov to Flyers for 3rd Round Pick
by Travis Hair on Jun 7, 2011 7:02 PM MST
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PrintVIA Press release from the team this after noon:
Phoenix Coyotes General Manager Don Maloney announced today that the Coyotes have traded the negotiating rights of goaltender Ilya Bryzgalov to the Philadelphia Flyers in exchange for Philadelphia's 3rd round choice in the 2012 NHL Entry Draft, future considerations and forward Matt Clackson (whose contract will expire June 30, 2011). Bryzgalov will become a free agent on July 1, 2011.
"After several discussions with Ilya and his agent, it became very clear to us that we were not in a position to sign Ilya to a long-term contract," said Maloney. "We will now focus our efforts on adding another goaltender to our roster for the upcoming season."
While fans are certainly not happy to see Bryz go, I don't think it's a shock to anyone that a deal couldn't get done. Ilya has played his butt off here and took a fairly low deal last time around in order to prove himself worthy of a bigger deal. He did that as a Vezina Award candidate last season and putting up solid numbers in this one. If there's one thing we know about the guy it's that he wants certainty for his family and with the ownership still not completed, a long term big dollar deal wasn't going to happen. At least Don Maloney was once again able to get something for a player rather than let him just walk out the door. I'm sad to see him on the Flyers (I'm sure Jordan is smiling, but just a little though.)
One other thing to consider is that if he wanted a 4-5 year deal the Coyotes have solid prospects that will be coming to the forefront in the next couple years. Louis Domingue and Mark Visentin could be big and at least one of them should turn into a #1 in the future. It's the in between that kind of stings. There are players becoming free agents that could fill the gap, but Marty Turco? NOOOOOOOOOOO thank you. Maybe Dwayne Roloson, but only for a year or two. Otherwise it's trading to try and get someone serviceable because #1 Goalie Jason LaBarbera does not sound like a good idea.
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Well, a player who they'll let walk at the FA deadline
And “future considerations”
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JaredFromLondon: ...Odin, he's cool.
Remember when I said I had a history of commenting before reading articles?
Um, so …yeah.
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For a guy who might not be on the team next year- pretty decent.
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by Kevin Sellathamby on Jun 7, 2011 7:26 PM MST up reply actions
Not really that upset about this
In my opinion even at 5 million he would have been overpaid and hes probably gonna get 6.5
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He’s going to be pricey, the only reason this stings is we have no one that can jump in and be the #1 or even close at the moment.
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JaredFromLondon: ...Odin, he's cool.
agreed but a middling goalie could come in and our style could make him look quite good.
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I’m not so sure about that. The Coyotes defense wasn’t as good this past season as it was the prior one.
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Does this mean the Coyotes have officially stopped trying to steal away the Sharks’ Division title? :)
GO SHARKS!
Ever get the feeling we are on a collision course with reality?
"They who would give up an essential liberty for temporary security, deserve neither liberty or security" -- Benjamin Franklin (see profile for more info on this quote)
You should only ask that question if your team fared well. :)
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Ever get the feeling we are on a collision course with reality?
"They who would give up an essential liberty for temporary security, deserve neither liberty or security" -- Benjamin Franklin (see profile for more info on this quote)
No
It means that they weren’t willing to pay 8 million a year for a goalie.
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JaredFromLondon: ...Odin, he's cool.
not quite sure how i feel about this right now...
i mean hes a great goalie (although seemed to breakdown in the playoffs), alot of the reason is also because of the yotes great defense not letting pucks get to him
hopefully this also gives the yotes more money to work with to bring in some better offense and hopefully a top goal scorer
but im not quite sure how i feel about labarbra as the #1 goalie
he has a pretty good record, for a back up
but he seems to make too many dumb mistakes that end up costing games (or coming close to it)
and if i recall, wasnt he the starting goalie for the kings when they were near last place in the league a few years ago?
Sad
to see him go, and a little ill that I might have to quasi-root for the Flyers since I’d like to see him win a Cup.
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As a backup goalie.
He has two first round flameouts as a starter.
I am sure soco realizes that.
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And I agree.
Just like if the Angels get in the playoffs, I will want Haren to win.
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Gonna
Miss that guy like no other. Is there any chance we take a shot ot Garon or Leclair to fill the hole? What’s the budget looking like?
Wear your own fur.
Certainly LecLaire and Garon are there for the taking. Of the two I’d prefer Leclaire.
Budget is a bit hard to tell. Not sure what exactly GMDM is allowed to spend. I’m guessing somewhere around last year’s number of $53.5 million maybe a bit more with the cap increasing. That would leave them around 21 million left to sign players. They still have a bunch of RFA’s to deal with including Yandle.
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Man.
My wife lost her eye candy from the D-Backs last season & now she’s losing her Bryzly Bear. Looks like I’ll need to pick up some flowers & candy on the way home.
Wait, Bryz is leaving?
But he’s one of the best Goalies in the league. A lot of our wins are because of him. We couldn’t have paid him the money? Who’s our Goalie now?
No, no, no. I’m probably overreacting. because no one else here is panicking, but could someone explain to me why this isn’t a tragedy?
No guarantee he’d be back if the team had an owner, but it would have increased the possibility. The lack of an owner and a guarantee the franchise will stay in town makes GMDM’s job harder.
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Anyone remember
what the last big russian goalie the team lost went on to do? As in Stanley Cup champion Nikolai Khabibulkin. Wish Bryz all the best but I hope history doesn’t repeat itself.
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