EDMONTON, Alberta — The Edmonton Oilers say they have a verbal agreement in place to sign goalie Ilya Bryzgalov to a one-year contract.

Bryzgalov’s deal was contingent on the completion of trade with the Calgary Flames that cleared defenseman Ladislav Smid’s $3.5 million cap hit off the books.

The Philadelphia Flyers bought out of the final seven years of Bryzgalov’s $51 million, nine-year contract during the offseason.

Bryzgalov was 19-17-3 with a 2.79 goals-against average last season for the Flyers. He has played 425 games in 12 NHL seasons with Anaheim, Phoenix and Philadelphia.