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In the interest of sparing everyone the thousandth rehashing of the Chicago Blackhawks off season cap woes, let’s all just agree that everyone is well aware that they put themselves behind the eight ball, and move on. Not to mention the fact that the numbers game has been worked and reworked so many times that even my dog has a pretty good understanding of the NHL salary cap at this point.
That said, goaltender Cristobal Huet‘s cap hit for his remaining two seasons is going be a hefty $5.625MM, and seeing as he lost his starting job to Antti Niemi halfway through last season, it was apparent that his role going forward would be, at best, as a backup. Look all you want, but you’ll be hard pressed to find any team in their right mind that can (or will) pay a second string netminder that kind of scratch.
According to an article by The Globe and Mail’s James Mirtle, even Huet’s agent Steve Bartlett ack...
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