By AJ Petronzi
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After taking flight from San Jose this summer and parting ways with SKA St. Petersburg of the KHL in December, Evgeni Nabokov might find himself back in the NHL and between the pipes in Detroit.
A recent injury to Jimmy Howard exposed a massive hole in the Wings depth chart when Joey MacDonald was forced to become the Wings starter, a situation that didn’t work well for anyone other than the 14 teams chasing Detroit in the West. With Chris Osgood out at least four more weeks from groin surgery, there’s a need for the Wings to find a solid backup for Howard, who’s been on a bit of a slide himself.
Last time Nabokov was in the D was game four of the Conference Semi-Finals in May which saw him give up five goals on nine shots, including a natural hat trick by Johan Franzen. Nabokov is currently forth on the active goaltending win list with 293 wins. Roberto Luongo (5th) has 291 wins as of January 20, 2011. The acquisition would give Detroit two of the four active leaders in wins. Osgood is currently second with 401 wins.
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After taking flight from San Jose this summer and parting ways with SKA St. Petersburg of the KHL in December, Evgeni Nabokov might find himself back in the NHL and between the pipes in Detroit.
A recent injury to Jimmy Howard exposed a massive hole in the Wings depth chart when Joey MacDonald was forced to become the Wings starter, a situation that didn’t work well for anyone other than the 14 teams chasing Detroit in the West. With Chris Osgood out at least four more weeks from groin surgery, there’s a need for the Wings to find a solid backup for Howard, who’s been on a bit of a slide himself.
Last time Nabokov was in the D was game four of the Conference Semi-Finals in May which saw him give up five goals on nine shots, including a natural hat trick by Johan Franzen. Nabokov is currently forth on the active goaltending win list with 293 wins. Roberto Luongo (5th) has 291 wins as of January 20, 2011. The acquisition would give Detroit two of the four active leaders in wins. Osgood is currently second with 401 wins.
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