Bruins Acquire Goaltender Anton Khudobin

[Svyatoslav]

BOSTON, MA – Boston Bruins General Manager Peter Chiarelli announced today that the club has acquired goalie Anton Khudobin in a trade with the Minnesota Wild, in exchange for Providence Bruins defenseman Jeff Penner and the restricted free agent (RFA) rights to forward Mikko Lehtonen. Khudobin will report to Providence (AHL).

Khudobin, a 5’11”, 203-lb native of Ust-Kamenogorsk, Kazakhstan, has appeared in 34 games for the AHL’s Houston Aeros, with a 19-12-1 record, a GAA of 2.58 and a .911 save percentage. The 24-year-old has played in four NHL games this season with Minnesota, having a record of 2-1-0, a 1.59 GAA and a save percentage of .940. He recorded his first career NHL shutout when he made 32 saves in a 4-0 win over the Vancouver Canucks on January 16. He has one shutout this year for Houston.

Originally drafted by the Minnesota Wild in the seventh round (206th overall) of the 2004 NHL Entry Draft, Khudobin has appeared in six career NHL games, all with Minnesota. He has a 4-1-0 record, a 1.39 GAA and a .955 save percentage with one shutout.

Penner, a 23-year-old native of Steinbach, Minnesota, has 5-14=19 totals with 30 PIM in 57 games this season with Providence. At the time of the trade, he led the P-Bruins in plus/minus with a plus-10 rating. He has appeared in two career NHL games, both during the 2009-10 season with Boston, and had no points or PIM. Penner was undrafted and played one season of collegiate hockey with the University of Alaska-Fairbanks. In 207 career AHL games, all with Providence, he had 22-60=82 totals with 108 PIM.

Lehtonen has spent this season with Skelleftea HC of the Swedish Elite League. In 52 games, the 23-year-old has 29-27=56 totals and 32 PIM. Minnesota will now own his NHL restricted free agent rights. He has appeared in two career NHL games, both with Boston, and he has no points or PIM. The 6’3”, 196-lb native of Espoo, Finland was originally drafted by the Bruins in the third round (83rd overall) of the 2005 NHL Entry Draft.

[ghjkfdhgfd]

Yuppers, Heard it a bit ago. He is a good Goalie, you will see him eventually.

[bengino]

Khudobin has played decently for the Wild, not great, but he is only for Providence so not a big deal.

[Svyatoslav]

for defenseman Jeff Penner and Mikko Lehtonen

[smashem]

I would imagine the goalies in Prov. are horrible i was looking at their stats the other day, Dreadful

[jreverblade9]

Dobin is a solid tender. Good pick up

[TexasCanadien]

I saw him play a lot in Houston for the Aeros. Solid goalie with a lot of upside.

As much as I hate the Bruins, I am really impressed with the job Chiarelli is doing as a General Manager. He is reinforcing this team and building for the future. Something that is lost on the Canadiens management.

[JKidd]

Solid tender... he'd better learn control in the crease though. The kid flops and dives absolutely everywhere in the pipes. If a team isn't a 6 goalie system like the Wild, he could be exposed.

[blackngold]

Wow. I'm surprised the B's traded away Penner and actually got someone half decent back in return for him. Penner is ****ing terrible. One of the softest players I've seen, and he's a dman.
And Lehtonen was playing in Europe anyways, so this turned out to be a nice trade for Providence.

[bruiser11]

Neh

[Dampland]

Wild fans will miss watching Dobbie flop around in the crease. He was a so fun, yet nerve wracking to watch. I really wish him the best. But he was just a victim of the #'s game. The WILD have 3-4 good young goaltenders in the pipeline, and really are in need of scoring forwards. The WILD would be estatic if Lehtonen turns out to be even a dozen goals a year kind of player in the NHL for them.

And the other guy the WILD got in the deal is just a filler for the Aeros.

[chilly666]

Originally Posted by blackngold

Wow. I'm surprised the B's traded away Penner and actually got someone half decent back in return for him. Penner is ****ing terrible. One of the softest players I've seen, and he's a dman.
And Lehtonen was playing in Europe anyways, so this turned out to be a nice trade for Providence.

the bruins (providence) also got a boost too as nolan schaefer was loaned to hershey yesterday as well to make room for khudobin.

[blackngold]

Originally Posted by chilly666

the bruins (providence) also got a boost too as nolan schaefer was loaned to hershey yesterday as well to make room for khudobin.

Talk about addition by subtraction.
I swear, if the Bruins sign anyone else from the Schaefer family, I'm going to hang myself.
Peter = failure of epic proportions, plus he dressed like the biggest queer to date
Nolan = as big a failure as you can have with an AHL goalie
They better not have any more brothers playing hockey. Just an all around family failure by their parents.