Dallas Stars waive Goalie Alex Auld
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Bill Jempty | Wednesday, February 24, 2010 |
With the recent acquisition of Kari Lehtonen, the team had one more netminder than they needed. From ESPN-
The Dallas Stars placed Alex Auld on waivers Wednesday and are content to go with Marty Turco and Kari Lehtonen in goal the rest of the season.
Stars general manager Joe Nieuwendyk acknowledged there’s little chance of trading Turco, who played well the last six games leading into the Olympic break. Turco is 4-1-1 with a 1.15 goals-against average and a .967 save percentage in that stretch.
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Lehtonen, 26, has not played an NHL game since last April. The Stars traded for him earlier this month in an effort to fortify their goalie position going into next season. Lehtonen is a restricted free agent next season, while Turco and Auld are unrestricted free agents.
The Stars are one point out of the eighth and final playoff spot and have games every other day in March.
“We’ll work Kari in there because we have so many games,” Nieuwendyk said.
Auld is a journeyman Goalie who has played for six teams since 2006. That says enough about how good he is. Could a 7th team on the horizon? I’d say the chances are about 50-50. If Auld can’t find work in North America, he can always go to play in Europe.
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