Anton Khudobin just may be the Dallas Stars’ best offseason acquisition since Tyler Seguin. The canny veteran has solved the team’s longstanding backup-goaltending issues, stealing games on the regular during his first season in Victory Green.
But his talent as a goaltender blossomed only after he stopped getting in his own way as a defenseman, writes Sean Shapiro. And it began with a junior coach blowing up at a 10-year-old Dobby:
“I came to the bench and my coach yelled, ‘Hey, do you want to be a goalie?’ He was mad,” Khudobin said.