The Texas Stars season came to an end on Sunday in game six of the Western Conference Finals as they lost the series in six games. Just four days after their season came to an end their goalie Magnus Hellberg signed a three-year deal with Djugardens IF of the Swedish Hockey League which runs through the 2027-28 season.
With Casey DeSmith out with the flu, the Stars needed a second goaltender for their game tonight against St. Louis. That netminder will be Magnus Hellberg as the team announced (Twitter link) that the veteran has been recalled from AHL Texas.
Is eight enough for former Detroit Red Wings goalie Magnus Hellberg? Guess we’re gonna find out. The Swedish netminder, two seasons removed from his Detroit stint, is joining the Dallas Stars.
People love a good mid-round draft pick that pans out, and in the NHL you used to see those fairly often, but that’s obviously partially luck. If the Red Wings thought Nicklas Lidstrom was going to become a top-five defenseman in history, they wouldn’t have waited until the 53rd pick to take him.
The Pittsburgh Penguins kept 2019 first-round pick Sam Poulin in the fold for the next two seasons but also brought in a Swedish goalie who was a former Detroit Red Wings draft pick.
The Charlotte Checkers registered back-to-back victories over the Hartford Wolf Pack at Bojangles Coliseum over the weekend to clinch a spot in the Calder Cup playoffs.
PITTSBURGH – The Pittsburgh Penguins were expected to be one of the more active teams at the trade deadline with a fire sale. Despite that, the Penguins were relatively quiet.
People will talk about the “Mount Rushmore” for a franchise, which is to say the four people, usually four players, that most define the franchise. Not always the four-best players, but the four that evoke the essence of the franchise.
The Florida Panthers have acquired veteran goaltender Magnus Hellberg for netminder Ludovic Waeber and a conditional seventh-round pick in 2025. Hellberg, 32, has a 1-0-0 record with a .922 save percentage with the Penguins this season.
With the All-Star break in the rearview, the trade deadline looms large and is now less than two weeks away. Where does each team stand, and what moves should they be looking to make?
PITTSBURGH – The Pittsburgh Penguins have recalled goaltender Magnus Hellberg from the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins. This recall might be odd because the Penguins just practiced, and Tristan Jarry and Alex Nedeljkovic were present and participating on the ice.