Goalie Jonas Hiller has never played an NHL game for a team other than the Anaheim Ducks, but the Swiss backstop will embark upon a new journey this season after signing a reported two-year deal with the Calgary Flames:
Bob McKenzie of TSN was first to report the news on Hiller's deal:
Hiller experienced plenty of highs and lows during his seven seasons in Anaheim. While he posted solid numbers on a consistent basis, it always seemed as though there was someone breathing down his neck and pushing him for playing time.
Never was that truer than during the 2013-14 playoffs. Hiller won 29 games and had respectable peripherals with a 2.48 goals against average and .911 save percentage during the regular season. Despite that, he played in just six postseason games and ceded the starting job to a pair of rookies in Frederik Andersen and then John Gibson.
With head coach Bruce Boudreau turning to inexperienced netminders like Andersen and Gibson, Hiller essentially saw the writing on the wall, according to Greg Beachem of the Associated Press: ...
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