Antti Niemi
August 2, 2010 by staff
Antti Niemi, After Antti Niemi was granted and 2.75 million in arbitration over the weekend, the Chicago Blackhawks have decided to depart from the sentence, which allows the netminder 26-year-old to become an unrestricted free agent in accordance Chris Kuc of the Chicago Tribune.
Instead, the team has signed veteran goalie Marty Turco (pictured right) for a one-year contract, and reportedly worth between 1 million and 1.5 million, helping to complete the salary cap random induced list Place has been all offseason in the wake of the team’s Stanley Cup win since 1961. Niemi joins Andrew Ladd, Dustin Byfuglien, Kris Versteeg, Brent Sopel, John Madden and Ben anxious as the players will not help the team defend its title. The Blackhawks had no choice but to shed the salary of this summer, coming into the season and well above the ceiling of 59.4 million salary cap.
There is also a strong possibility that the team will eat the contract of veteran goalie Cristobal Huet – who is still owed to 5.6 million per season over the next two years – since the team still only has 18 players under contract for next season, and is located right in the ceiling of the cap, even after changing Niemi Turco.
Turco is coming off a rebound season rate – at least compared to the previous two seasons – the Dallas Stars, the publication of a .913 save percentage in 53 games. His game has decreased a lot in the last two years, but he will join a Chicago team that is still very strong in the Blueline with Duncan Keith, Brent Seabrook, Niklas Hjalmarsson and Brian Campbell (good player, bad contract).
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