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Article: Wild goaltender also had inauspicious beginning to NHL career
I thought this was a really nice/classy thing for Dubnyk to do... #Leadership
BUFFALO, N.Y. -- Before establishing himself as one of the better goaltenders in the National Hockey League, Minnesota Wild netminder Devan Dubnyk went through his fair share of tough times.
His struggles during the 2013-14 season, one that started in Edmonton and included a pair of trades and with Dubnyk finishing the season in the American Hockey League, have been well documented.
He settled for a small, one-year contract with Arizona, was fantastic as a backup there before being traded to the Wild midseason and having one of the best runs by a goalie in recent memory, earning himself a contract -- and a home -- in Minnesota.
But Dubnyk's indoctrination into the NHL was no easier.
I thought this was a really nice/classy thing for Dubnyk to do... #Leadership