NHL Free Agency: 10 biggest busts
Signed in 2008 to a four-year deal worth a hefty $22.4-million, Huet was expected to be a consistent lead goalie for an up-and-coming Hawks team. When he finally wrested the starting job from Nikolai Khabibulin, he watched as Antti Niemi emerged and helped lead the Hawks to the 2010 Stanley Cup.
Chicago then loaned him to a Swiss team to alleviate their salary cap struggles.
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The Flyers thought they had finally solved their long-standing trouble in net by luring Bryzgalov from Phoenix with a huge nine-year, $51-million contract that boggled the mind then, and seems even more ridiculous after two years of mediocre goaltending. Not to mention the fact they traded away Jeff Carter and Mike Richards just to clear the cap space to sign it.
The ignominious Ilya Bryzgalov era in Philly ended this week when the Flyers spent $23 million to buy him out.
We've entered the stretch of the NHL calendar when a few GMs inevitably lose their mind and offer somebody way more money than they're worth.
So whether they're limited by injuries or just not that good anymore, countless free agent signings never live up to the hype, or the numbers on their paycheque.
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