“Very excited about that” – Ville Husso signs three-year contract with Red Wings after trade from Blues
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Ville Husso
Finnish ice hockey goaltender Ville Husso agreed to a three-year contract (undisclosed financial terms) with the Detroit Red Wings on Friday after he was acquired in a trade with the St. Louis Blues.
The Blues received a third-round pick (No. 73) in the 2022 Upper Deck NHL Draft. With the pick, St. Louis selected forward Aleksanteri Kaskimaki from Husso’s country, Finland. Reacting to this deal, Derek Lalonde, who was hired as the Red Wings coach on June 30, said the 27-year-old Husso will form a goalie tandem with Alex Nedeljkovic next NHL season.
“Very exciting,” Lalonde said at the 2022 draft from Bell Centre in Montreal, as quoted by NHL.com. “We were going to get a goalie to share the net with ‘Nedo,’ and I’m very excited about that. He was a target of other guys. They did a heck of a job. I just found that out walking over here this morning.
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“So it feels like Ville is going this way with his development (angles hand upward), and I think we’re going to get him at a really good time. Those two will share the net. I think it’ll be a good experience for both of them.”
“Am still getting to know these guys”
Husso was 25-7-6 with a 2.56 goals-against average, .919 save percentage and two shutouts in 40 regular-season games (38 starts) last season for the Blues. Notably, he could have become an unrestricted free agent on July 13.
“I’m still getting to know these guys. I’m a big fan of Nedo, just even watching him through his major junior days, the success he has, competing against him with Carolina,” Lalonde said. “[The Red Wings] went out and traded for him a year ago. I’m excited about what he can be.”
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