The Phoenix Coyotes have traded the negotiation rights of goalie Ilya Bryzgalov to the Philadelphia Flyers in exchange for forward Matt Clackson, a third-round pick in the 2012 draft, and future considerations.

The deal gives the Flyers an exclusive window to negotiate a new contract with the 30-year-old Russian before he becomes an unrestricted free agent on July 1.

Clackson's contract expires on June 30, meaning Phoenix has the same opportunity to discuss a deal with Clackson before he also becomes an unrestricted free agent.

Bryzgalov went 36-20-10 for the Coyotes last season in 68 games with a 2.48 goals against average and seven shutouts.

He earned $4.5 million last year in the final season of a three-year, $12.75 million deal with Phoenix.

"After several discussions with Ilya and his agent, it became very clear to us that we were not in a position to sign Ilya to a long-term contract," said Coyotes' general manager Don Maloney in a statement. "We will now focus our efforts on adding another goaltender to our roster for the upcoming season."

Bryzgalov has split his seven NHL seasons between Anaheim and Phoenix. He was drafted by the Ducks in the second round of the 2000 entry draft, and played for them until he was claimed off waivers by the Coyotes in November, 2007.

He won the Stanley Cup with the Ducks in 2007 as back-up to J-S Giguere, and was named as an NHL second team All-Star in 2009-10.

They clearly have to trade [superstar who would never be moved] to accommodate this potential deal.

Obviously Darcy should trade [bag of pucks or slightly used jockstrap] and [prospect that I don't like even though he's good] for [superstar who would never be moved]. If he doesn't [make an unrealistic trade that even NHL 11 would laugh at], then he should be fired.

It's not that unlikely. Bryzgalov wants around 5 mil per, so all Philly has to do is trade Carter, who they've shopped before anyway, and one of the other back-up goalies. With the cap going up they'll still have room to sign Leino and a few RFAs.

Philly is shopping Jeff Carter pretty hard, and I'm sure somebody will take him for picks and prospects. That's exactly the kind of trade Buffalo could be involved with, but I'm not sure he's the player we need and I'd hate to make any trade with Philly.