NHL’s 10 Worst Contracts From the Salary Cap Era
It’s hard to build a winning team in the NHL. Even if you draft well, it can all be undone by one bad contract. When one of those contracts happens…
Category Archives: Ilya Bryzgalov
What Has Kept Flyers From Recent Sustained Success?
The Philadelphia Flyers were no strangers to the Stanley Cup Playoffs during the 2010s. They made the Stanley Cup Final to begin the decade and qualified for the playoffs six…
Flyers’ Sergei Bobrovsky Trade Is the Worst in NHL History
Teams in the NHL have been trading for over a century at this point. So, the title of the “worst” in league history is hard to obtain. But the double…
Flyers’ 2011 Offseason Has Caused Years of Misfortune
Following a 2010-11 season where the Philadelphia Flyers had the third-best record in the NHL but lost in the second round of the playoffs, the team wanted to act big…
Flyers’ Starting Goaltenders Ranked Since 2008-09
The Philadelphia Flyers have been notorious for their struggles in net in recent memory. Goals saved above expected (GSAx) is a great way to put that to the test, as…
2000 NHL Draft: 21 Goalies Selected Before Henrik Lundqvist
Based on Henrik Lundqvist’s career statistics, one might think that the New York Rangers goaltender was a top pick in the NHL Draft. However, some might be hard pressed to…
Top 10 Weirdest Goalies in NHL History
It’s a commonly-held belief in NHL circles, and hockey in general, that goalies tend to be a bit weird. It’s more strange to find a goalie that isn’t weird than…
Russian-Born Goalies Who’ve Won the Stanley Cup
The Florida Panthers defeated the Edmonton Oilers in Game 7 of the 2024 Stanley Cup Final to capture the franchise’s first championship. One of the building blocks of their title-winning…