What happened to him? Injuries?
Seems like he went from a Vezina contender to barely a starter in less than a year. Now he's not even NHL caliber? Yikes.
I wonder if he'll get bought out and get a chance with another team. He's only 33 and doesn't have a huge amount of wear-and-tear on his body.
Hip injury and I don't think he'll ever have a good season again, unless he hits a random hot streak and only plays 20 games or something.
I argued that he should have been bought out after last year, but it would have meant 6 years of a $2 million dollar dead cap hit. We buy him out after this year (and I think we will this time, unless it's LTIRement) and it's still $2 million a year for 4 years, but that's not so bad.
I don't think he'll get a chance with a new team after this. I think if he were bought out after last year, he probably would have been signed to a one year deal for $1 million to be a backup somewhere, based on what he used to be.
But now he'll be 4 years into a decline after this year, and hasn't had a good season in his 30's (barring a miraculous turnaround this year, upon recall) and will turn 35 before the end of next season, so I think he's done in the league after this year. Either way, be it via means of buyout or permanent IR.