Remember when the Philadelphia Flyers signed Shea Weber to a 14-year, $110 million offer sheet before the Nashville Predators matched it? That was fun, wasn’t it?
Not entirely, because it did signal a time the Flyers were desperate to improve their defense. And goaltending, for that matter; the year before, they signed Ilya Bryzgalov to a nine-year, $51 million deal.
Before then, Bryz was coming off of a season that saw him play 68 games and post a .921 save percentage: not bad at all. He was then bought out after just two years of his contract, having only played 99 games for the Flyers, and posting a .905 save percentage along the way.
So… that could have worked out better.
But then, remember the Flyers’ defense of old. Way back, to a time without Shayne Gostisbehere. And maybe it wasn’t all Bryz’s fault, as he pointed out in an absolutely fantastic tweet.
Spot the flyers d-man in this picture.😜 pic.twitter.com/AcXUq6pCSu
— bryzgoalie30 (@bryzgoalie30) October 3, 2016
Fair point, Bryz. Fair point.
It’s a shame he hasn’t really been able to find a home in the NHL since the Flyers bought him out, but as long as he’s on Twitter every now and then and producing gems like these, well, we’ll definitely take that.
