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Originally Posted by Oling_Roachinen
After paying Brzgalov 16.5M in 2 years, the Flyers bought out the remainder of his contract, an additional 23M. 40M for 99 sub-par regular season games with the Flyers. (EDIT: The second season was lockout shortened so they only had to pay him about 37M)
And just a reminder, while not UFA, the Islanders will be paying Rick DiPietro until 2029.
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And the best part is that when the Flyers signed Brzgalov, they jumped their existing goalie Bobo who was deemed not good enough.
Much like the Oilers dumping Dubynyk, it was the team, not the goalie.