By Joe Coopersmith
MARCH 8, 2024
Club assigns veteran netminder to AHL’s Cleveland Monsters
COLUMBUS, OHIO – The Columbus Blue Jackets have acquired goaltender Malcolm Subban from the St. Louis Blues in exchange for future considerations, the club announced today. Subban has been assigned to the Cleveland Monsters, the team’s American Hockey League affiliate.
Subban, 30, has posted a 36-33-9 record with a 3.10 goals-against average (GAA), .898 save percentage (SV%) and three shutouts in 86 career NHL games with the Buffalo Sabres, Chicago Blackhawks, Vegas Golden Knights and Boston Bruins over eight seasons from 2014-22. He made his NHL debut with Boston in 2014-15 and posted single-season career bests with Vegas in 2017-18, finishing with a 13-4-2 record, 2.68 GAA and a .910 SV% in 22 outings.
The Toronto, Ontario native has gone 89-75-32 with a 2.62 GAA, .912 SV% and eight shutouts in 202 career AHL games with the Springfield Falcons, Rochester American, Rockford IceHogs and Providence Bruins over seven campaigns from 2013-24. He has gone 11-14-4 with a 2.94 GAA and .907 SV% in 31 appearances with Springfield in 2023-24.
Subban compiled a 64-42-6 record, 2.52 GAA and .921 SV% in 118 contests with the Belleville Bulls of the Ontario Hockey League from 2009-13. He led the OHL in GAA and SV% in his final campaign in 2012-13 with a 29-11-4 record, 2.14 GAA, .934 SV% and five shutouts in 46 games with the Bulls. The 6-2, 215-pound netminder was originally drafted by the Bruins in the first round, 24th overall, at the 2012 NHL Draft.
The Blue Jackets return to action on Saturday when they host the Nashville Predators. Game time from Nationwide Arena is 12:30 p.m. ET. Live coverage on Bally Sports Ohio, Bally Sports + and the Bally Sports app begins at 12 p.m. ET. The game will also be heard on the Blue Jackets Radio Network, including 97.1 The Fan in Columbus, and online at BlueJackets.com.
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