Boston Bruins held open to the public practices to start training camp on September 17 and 18.
Stanley Cup Champion and Conn Smythe Trophy winning goalie, Tim Thomas(30) and very likely Providence bound, but potential piece to the future of the Bruins, goalie Anton Khudobin(35) feed skaters pucks during an early warm-up drill at TD Garden.
2005 Florida Panthers 2nd round draft pick (#32 overall) Tyler Plante(35) will mind the net once again in 2011/2011 for the only organization he’s played with during his 4 pro seasons as he re-signed for a one-year, two-way deal. The only difference will be the NHL team’s AHL affiliation has switched to San Antonio Rampage, so he’ll be in Texas instead of Rochester.
For a goaltender that was so highly touted and selected, it’s a bit of a wonder why he’s yet to play an NHL game.
9/14-12: Receives an invite to attend St. John’s IceCaps‘ training camp when it opens, putting their total capable number of net minders for the upcoming season at three. The 25-year old played mostly overseas in 2011/2012.
With nowhere to go in the Bruins‘ system, undrafted, 3rd year pro, goaltender Matt Dalton(30) packs his bags and heads to Russia joining Vityaz Chekhov of the KHL for 2011/2012.
The Bruins decided to not give him a qualifying offer. He’s been mostly uneven in between the pipes for the last couple of seasons with the P-Bruins so that wasn’t surprising.
Providence should make a big Calder Cup playoff bid this year (they’ve missed it two straight seasons) with Anton Khudobin getting signed.
8th year pro, goaltender Barry Brust(33) will take his game overseas next season and play for Straubing Tigers of the German Ice Hockey League.
In 7 years with various minor league teams, he has always posted a winning record in net.
Drafted by Minnesota in 2002, he’s played 11 NHL games, all with Los Angeles in the 2006/2007 season.
He helped Binghamton Senators win the AHL Calder Cup last season.
Unrestricted free agent goaltender Mike McKenna(1) signed a 1-year, 2-way deal with Ottawa for ’11/’12.
He’s likely to spend most of the season with Binghamton as the back-up to Calder Cup MVP Robin Lehner(40) but with injuries or if Lehner gets the nod in net, he could see some more time in the NHL as he did last season with New Jersey and for the Lightning in ’08/’09.
Boston Bruins organization did the right thing signing 25-year old Russian-born goaltender Anton Khudobin(30) for the next two seasons.
Picked up in a trade with Minnesota late last year, he almost gave Providence a chance at qualifying for the AHL Calder Cup playoffs going 9-4 down the stretch.
In the 6 games he started in net with the Wild, he’s posted a record of 4-1 and continues to show much promise for a future in the NHL.
Last season undrafted goaltender Nathan Lawson(52) appeared in his first NHL games (he played 10 with the Islanders, posting a 1-4 record) but was left without a contract at the end of the year.
He signed a one-year, two-way deal with Montreal Canadiens for 2011/2012, where he will probably be assigned to their AHL affiliate Hamilton Bulldogs and split time with former Colorado 2008 draft pick (2nd round #61 overall) prospect Peter Delmas. He was never signed by the Avalanche.
Lawson could see some more net time in the NHL due to injuries in Montreal‘s crease but it’s kind of doubtful.