Trade speculation is surrounding Ilya Bryzgalov of the Philadelphia Flyers. The goalie was recently signed to a 5.67 million cap hit contract until the year 2019-2020 and was supposed to bring the Flyers post season success. Bryzgalov was shaky in the first round against the Pittsburgh Penguins but was not at all to blame for the loss against the New Jersey Devils.
The Flyers lost because they were injured, they took bad penalties, they were out coached, they had too many defensive zone breakdowns and they did not match the intensity of the Devils as a whole to win the playoff series.
It is going to be difficult for GM Paul Holmgren of the Flyers to find any team willing to take on Bryzgalov's outrageous contract.
