Chris Kuc of Chicago Breaking News: According to Cristobal Huet’s agent, Stephen Barlett, they are in discussions with Fribourg-Gotteron of the Swiss League. The Blackhawks would loan the goalie to the team on a one-year agreement. Once it becomes official, Huet’s $5.625 million cap number would come off the books. Huet will have to clear waivers and then be assigned to the team.
Andy Strickland via twitter: Both the Blackhawks and Huet have known for weeks that Huet would be playing in Europe. Discussions have been ongoing for several weeks with the Swiss team.
Dmitry Chesnokov via twitter: A good point was made by ‘@felixpotvin‘ (Chemmy of Pension Plan Puppets) that “Loaning” a player to another team and taking their cap number off the books is apparently not circumventing the salary cap.
