Report: Stars want to re-sign Khudobin

The Dallas Stars are hoping to retain the goaltender who carried them to the Stanley Cup Final.

Stars general manager Jim Nill contacted Anton Khudobin's agent, Kent Hughes, on Thursday to convey the club's interest in re-signing him, sources told The Athletic's Pierre LeBrun.

"We plan to speak with Jim and will try to make it happen," Hughes told LeBrun on Friday.

Keeping Khudobin would not necessarily mean trading Ben Bishop, according to LeBrun, as the Stars intend to keep both members of their goalie duo in the fold.

Khudobin excelled throughout the playoffs in place of Bishop, posting a .917 save percentage while facing 71 more shots than his Tampa Bay Lightning counterpart, Andrei Vasilevskiy, in the same number of games.

The 34-year-old puck-stopper is a pending unrestricted free agent coming off the final campaign of a two-year, $5-million contract he inked with the Stars in July 2018.

Dallas also boasts promising rookie Jake Oettinger, who made his NHL debut replacing Khudobin in Game 2 of the Western Conference Final against the Vegas Golden Knights. The 21-year-old also came into Game 3 of the Stanley Cup Final, stopping all eight shots he faced over his two appearances.

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