Goalie carousel spins with Ville Husso, Vitek Vanecek trades during 2022 NHL Draft

MONTREAL — The goalie carousel continued spinning Friday even earlier than the second day of the 2022 NHL Draft started, with two extra on the transfer amid a flurry of trades and signings.

The St. Louis Blues traded the free agent rights to Ville Husso to the Detroit Crimson Wings, who instantly signed him to a three-year contract, and the New Jersey Devils acquired Vitek Vanecek from the Washington Capitals.

The domino impact began Thursday when the Stanley Cup-winning Colorado Avalanche acquired Alexandar Georgiev from the New York Rangers. That transfer ensured playoff starter Darcy Kuemper would hit the open market.

The Devils acquired Vitek Vanecek from the Capitals.

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There’s no scarcity of groups concerned with Kuemper and different goaltenders obtainable by commerce or in free company.

Husso was set to be a type of choices earlier than Detroit despatched the 73rd decide to St. Louis for the 27-year-old Finn. He acquired a $14.25 million take care of a $4.75 million annual cap hit over the following three seasons.

The Crimson Wings will now pair Husso with Alex Nedeljkovic, whom they acquired final offseason, as they transfer from rebuilding into contending.

Blues goaltender Ville Husso defends the online in opposition to the Avalanche in Recreation 6 of the second spherical of the 2022 Stanley Cup Playoffs.

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New Jersey remains to be a few years away from that, however the Devils wanted a goalie and acquired one in Vanecek together with the forty sixth decide after sending Nos. 37 and 70 to Washington. The Capitals are out there for a veteran netminder to play in tandem with Ilya Samsonov, until in addition they transfer on from him.

“We’ll discover commerce alternatives there, we’ll take a look at the free agent market after which we’ll analyze the (restricted free agent) contracts which can be coming,” common supervisor Brian MacLellan mentioned earlier within the week.

The Philadelphia Flyers, who've uncertainty surrounding injured defenseman Ryan Ellis and a gap on their blue line even when he returns, acquired Tony DeAngelo from the Carolina Hurricanes on Friday for a number of draft picks. They then signed him to a $10 million, two-year contract.

And the Florida Panthers re-signed ahead Eetu Luostarinen to a $3 million, two-year deal.

“Eetu is a selfless, reliable and cerebral participant who performs with consistency every evening,” GM Invoice Zito mentioned. “We're excited to have him again in our lineup.”