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The Dallas Stars placed goaltender Anton Khudobin on waivers Monday, according to Sportsnet's Elliotte Friedman.

The Stars entered the season with a logjam in net after adding veteran Braden Holtby during the offseason. With Jake Oettinger playing well and Ben Bishop recently deciding to retire, Khudobin now appears to be the odd man out in Dallas.

Khudobin, 35, has one year left on his contract after this season with a $3.33-million cap hit. He's struggled in the seven games he's appeared in so far in 2021-22, recording an .873 save percentage and 3.73 goals against average.


Oettinger, 22, has a sparkling .951 save percentage and 1.52 goals against average in seven contests, while Holtby seems to have found his game again as he leads the way in Dallas with 13 starts, paired with a .923 save percentage.

Khudobin had a brilliant run with the Stars during the 2020 playoffs, where he led the team to the Stanley Cup Final. He came back down to earth a bit last season, managing a .905 save percentage in 32 contests.
 
The Detroit Red Wings signed forward Robby Fabbri to a three-year extension carrying an average annual value of $4 million, the team announced Monday.

Fabbri has registered eight goals and six assists in 28 games this season while averaging 16:59 per contest. His underlying numbers are a bit of a mixed bag:


Fabbri was chosen 21st overall by the St. Louis Blues at the 2014 NHL Draft. After four injury-riddled years in St. Louis, Detroit acquired him in November 2019 in exchange for forward Jacob de La Rose.


The 25-year-old's current contract carries a $2.95-million cap hit. He was set to become an unrestricted free agent at season's end. The new deal kicks in 2022-23.

Fabbri is now the only player in the Red Wings organization that's signed through at least the 2024-25 campaign.
 
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A total of 10 players from across the NHL were placed on the league's COVID-19 protocol list Tuesday.

The Boston Bruins added forward Brad Marchand to the protocol, the team announced.

The New York Islanders announced forward Mathew Barzal also entered the protocol.


Meanwhile, Vancouver Canucks announced they added Luke Schenn and Juho Lammikko to the league's list.

Colorado Avalanche defenseman Devon Toews, Bruins forward Craig Smith, Florida Panthers forward Ryan Lomberg, and Calgary Flames players Milan Lucic, Noah Hanifin, and Sean Monahan were all put on the list earlier Tuesday.

The Flames are seemingly in the midst of an outbreak as nine of their players have been placed in the protocol since Monday. The club last played against the Bruins on Saturday night. The NHL has so far postponed three of Calgary's games through Dec. 16.

Carolina Hurricanes forwards Sebastian Aho and Seth Jarvis also entered protocol Monday after playing the Canucks on Sunday.
 
Tuesday night's contest between the Carolina Hurricanes and Minnesota Wild has been postponed, reports ESPN's Emily Kaplan.

After Sebastian Aho and Seth Jarvis were added to the NHL's COVID-19 protocol on Monday, four additional players tested positive on Tuesday, Kaplan adds.

Ten players across the league had already been added to the league's protocol so far on Tuesday before the latest positive results from the Hurricanes.


More to come.
 
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Tuesday night's contest between the Carolina Hurricanes and Minnesota Wild has been postponed, reports ESPN's Emily Kaplan.

After Sebastian Aho and Seth Jarvis were added to the NHL's COVID-19 protocol on Monday, four additional players tested positive on Tuesday, Kaplan adds.

Ten players across the league had already been added to the league's protocol so far on Tuesday before the latest positive results from the Hurricanes.


More to come.
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I think this is just the beginning. 34(?) starters out on covid in the nfl as of last night. Can’t think nhl will escape this next wave.
 
Gotta wonder at what point (if at all) these big sports leagues and just drop these isolation protocols and just play on.

Be great if the “advanced” nations would just get everyone vaccinated already and we move on from this damn hell-hole of a reality
 
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