The Calgary Flames are in the market for a goaltender. With David Rittich qualified (and negotiations ongoing for a new deal for the Czech netminder), the Flames need a second person to tend the twine.
One possibility was taken off the market on Wednesday when the Philadelphia Flyers re-upped former Flame Brian Elliott.
Flyers have their backup goalie, re-sign Brian Elliott to $2M, 1 year deal.
— Stephen Whyno (@SWhyno) June 26, 2019
Elliott’s one year, $2 million deal is an interesting bellwether in the secondary free agent goalie market – the “primary” market being established starters like Sergei Bobrovsky and Semyon Varlamov that are out of the Flames’ price range.