Ville Husso

Detroit Red Wings addressed their goaltending need by trading for Ville Husso, who has played 57 career NHL games with St. Louis Blues.

Contact Helene St. James at [email protected]. Follow her on Twitter @helenestjames. Read more on the Detroit Red Wings and sign up for our Red Wings newsletter. He made his NHL debut in 2020-21, playing 17 games, and appeared in 40 games last season. Detroit Red Wings address goaltending need by trading for Ville Husso from St. Louis Blues

The Wings acquired goaltender Ville Husso from the St. Louis Blues in exchange for a third-round pick in Friday's draft.

Prior to rejoining the Sharks, Boughner worked two seasons as head coach of the Florida Panthers from 2017-19 and posted an 80-62-22 mark. In his first season as an NHL head coach in 2017-18, Boughner led the Panthers to a 44-30-8 record as the team finished one point shy of clinching a playoff berth. Husso was a 2014 fourth-round pick of the Blues, and the Blues would have liked to keep Husso in a perfect world, but the salary cap prevented that. But Husso slumped in the second half, with a bulky 3.04 GAA and .904 SVS in his final 20 games, then played poorly in the playoffs. In the playoffs, Husso was 2-5 while starting six of the seven games he appeared in, with a 3.67 GAA and .890 SVS. The Wings acquired goaltender Ville Husso from the St. Louis Blues in exchange for a third-round pick in today's draft.

The Detroit Red Wings have decided to take a crack at signing Ville Husso before he hits the open market, acquiring the goaltender from the St. Louis Blues ...

The Red Wings, who have Alex Nedeljkovic coming off an inconsistent season and signed for just one more year, needed another goaltender if they want to be competitive in the Atlantic Division this season. The Detroit Red Wings have decided to bring in another goalie, acquiring Ville Husso from the St. Louis Blues in exchange for a third-round pick in today’s draft. The team then quickly signed Husso to a three-year extension, keeping him from unrestricted free agency next week.

The top upcoming free-agent goaltender will not hit the open market next Wednesday, as the Blues traded Ville Husso to the Red Wings on Friday morning.

Nedeljkovic did not have a good 2021-22 season, but he was dealing with one of the worst defensive groups in front of him. Nedeljkovic is a free agent next offseason, so it gives Detroit some security in net before Cossa arrives. It's a good trade for both sides. St. Louis had previously locked Binnington up long term, and giving a big contract to Husso didn't make a ton of sense. For Detroit, it now has a pretty strong 1-2 duo in Husso and Alex Nedeljkovic, who they traded for last offseason. They subsequently signed him to a three-year, $14.25 contract.

Day Two is rolling. The Detroit Red Wings announced on Friday morning, the second day of the 2022 NHL Draft, that they've acquired goaltender Ville Husso ...

Originally a fourth-round pick of the Blues from the 2014 draft, Husso enjoyed an unexpected breakout season in 2021-22. Husso was set to become an unrestricted free agent on July 13. The Red Wings will now move forward with a goaltending tandem of Husso and Alex Nedeljkovic, who they acquired last summer in a trade with the Carolina Hurricanes. Thomas Greiss, who the team signed back in the summer of 2020, has reached the end of that two-year contract and will become a free agent.

The Detroit Red Wings acquired goaltender Ville Husso from the St. Louis Blues in exchange for a third-round pick in this year's NHL Draft on Friday.

The Detroit Red Wings acquired goaltender Ville Husso from the St. Louis Blues in exchange for a third-round pick in this year's NHL Draft on Friday. The Red Wings reached a three-year deal carrying an average annual value of $4.75 million with Husso soon after the deal. The Detroit Red Wings have acquired goaltender Ville Husso from the St. Louis Blues in exchange for a third-round pick in this year's NHL Draft. Husso is currently scheduled to become an unrestricted free agent next week.