Minnesota Wild expects Colton Gillies(18) to finally fully mature in his 4th and 5th years pro as they handed him a two-year, one-way contract that will pay him $1.25 million for the next couple of seasons regardless of where he plays in their system.
There’s no doubt it’s time for him to make use of that 6’4″ 208 lbs. frame in the NHL and prove to folks why he was a 1st round pick (#16 overall) in the 2007 draft.
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.
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.
Seems strange to be using the word veteran when describing Minnesota Wild‘s 2003 2nd round pick (#56 overall) Patrick O’Sullivan(16), but the 2011/2012 season will be his 7th year as a pro.
Last season he came full circle ending up with Houston Aeros in the AHL Calder Cup Finals but made stops along the way in Los Angeles, Manchester, Edmonton and Carolina, where he played in 311 NHL games (56 goals, 101 assists).
Minnesota decided not to re-up with him, so Phoenix stepped in offering a one-year, two-way contract. He will likely see time in Portland, which will return him to AHL play in New England for the first time since 2007.
