missingchicklet
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This game sure got interesting in the second. Seems like teams would learn to not play on their heels with an early 3 goal lead.
Bruins WHAT IF # 2018
Goaltender Anton Khudobin, who had a resurgent season with the Boston Bruins, signed with the Dallas Stars on a two-year contract Sunday.
The deal carries an average annual value of $2.5 million per season.
In his second stint with the Bruins, Khudobin proved to be a more than capable backup to Tuukka Rask. The 32-year-old was 16-6-7 with a 2.56 goals-against average and .913 save percentage.
Khudobin had expressed interest in staying in Boston, where he also played from 2011 to '13.
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After losing backup goaltender Anton Khudobin to the Stars, the Boston Bruins struck a deal with former Islanders netminder Jaroslav Halak.
The deal is for two years and will pay Halak $2.75 million per year, the Bruins said on Twitter.
After signing a four-year, $18 million contract with the Islanders in 2014, Halak set a franchise record with 38 wins in the 2014-15 season. But injuries and ineffectiveness dogged him the next few years, and he spent considerable time in the AHL.
Halak, 33, made 49 starts for the Islanders last season, but he was 20-26-6 with a 3.19 goals-against average and .908 save percentage.
Brian Elliot in for Carter Hart?!?!
Another for Dallas, Gurianov
Khudobin's been red-hot ever since he left Boston. Halak's given us two very good years, probably up there with his best career-wise, but Dobby's gone next level. His stats this year were comparable to Rask's, which even though he played less games tells you how good he was. Why did he wait until he left the Bruins to produce this kind of form? Well the signs were probably already there in 2017-18 that he was getting better, and the Bs either didn't notice that or didn't care, plus the Dallas defense is probably one of the few in the league that's perhaps even tighter and stingier than ours, so he gets very good coverage which certainly helps his numbers.
Would he have done better in Halak's place? In the regular seasons maybe just a fraction, but in the bubble I'm not convinced. He's in a very different situation to Jaro - his stepping up to the lead role was less controversial, his team is playing much better hockey and its defense is in better shape, and the Stars have a belief and drive that the Bruins currently seem to lack. So he's in a better place to be successful that Halak is. I think all we can really say is well done Anton for taking advantage of this opportunity and good luck in the rest of the playoffs.