#5. Anton Khudobin
Current Status: Signed until 2020-21 season ($2.5 million cap-hit)
Ben Bishop and Khudobin split time starting this season, but Khudobin has been the primary starter during the playoffs. The 34-year-old has bounced around the NHL but has been brilliant over the past three seasons.
In combination with Bishop, Dallas has had one of the best goaltending duos in the NHL over the past two seasons. Although a 1A and 1B goaltending system doesn’t work everywhere, it’s been a blessing for the Stars.
Khudobin hasn’t been amazing in the post-season thus far, but he’s done enough to help the Stars reach the Western Conference Finals. In 15 starts, he has a .914 Sv% and 2.74 GAA. Both of those stats are actually worse than his career averages, so even though Khudobin is performing a little worse than his typical form, he’s helping his team win.
The Stars offense has been the main reason why the team has reached the West Finals, but Khudobin has been clutch at times, helping steal Game 1 of the Western Conference Finals against Vegas with a 25-save shutout.
If the Leafs were to pursue Khudobin, they’d be getting an inexpensive goaltender for one season with hopes that he and Campbell would compete for the starting job. The Leafs need to allocate the cap-space they have to improve their defense, so trading for Khudobin could be a fun one-year experiment, hoping that he could perform at his best heading into a contract season.