At this point one year ago, the goaltending situation for the Carolina Hurricanes looked pretty settled. Scott Darling was entering the second year of a four-year, $16m contract. Petr Mrazek had been brought in on a one-year deal, partially to spell Darling, partially to push him.
Then everything changed.
Darling was injured at the end of the preseason, and Curtis McElhinney was picked up off of waivers. By December, Darling was the one on the waiver wire. The rest, as they say, is history. The Mrazek/McElhinney duo posted a 43-15-5 record with a .