Defending Big D · Jun 16, 2021
Analysis: How Do the Stars Navigate the Known Unknowns in Net?
The Dallas Stars goaltending situation wasn’t supposed to be this complicated. With the impending expansion draft, Dallas would protect number one netminder Ben Bishop, exposing Anton Khudobin to be picked by the Seattle Kraken. Jake Oettinger would be there, waiting in the wings; either as a backup or as the number one with the Texas Stars in the unlikely case where Khudobin wasn’t selected by Seattle.
That was the thinking when the Stars signed Khudobin to a three year, $10 million deal October 9th of 2020.