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Report: Blues’ Halak to sign in KHL (Update: Nope, Germany instead)

Jaroslav Halak

Jaroslav Halak is set to become the latest locked-out goalie to find work overseas.

According to multiple reports (see here and here and here), the Blues netminder has agreed to terms with KHL club Spartak Moscow.

In doing so, Halak will join Pekka Rinne, Ilya Bryzgalov, Semyon Varlamov and Sergei Bobrovsky (KHL) Tuukka Rask and Ondrej Pavelec (Czech Extraliga), Antti Niemi (Finland) Viktor Fasth (Sweden) and Jonathan Bernier and Rick DiPietro (Germany) as NHL netminders that have signed abroad.

Last year, Halak teamed with Brian Elliott to give St. Louis the best goaltending tandem in hockey. The pair combined to win the William Jennings Trophy (fewest goals allowed) while Halak finished sixth in save percentage (.924), fourth in goals against (1.97) and fifth in shutouts (six).

Halak got the call to start for St. Louis in its opening-round playoff series against San Jose, but only lasted two games before suffering an ankle injury that ended his postseason.

The injury was significant enough that its effects lingered until mid-July, possibly why the 27-year-old waited so long before signing with a European club.

In Moscow, Halak will join a Spartak club currently employing ex-NHLers Shaone Morrisonn, Branko Radivojevic, Oleg Petrov and Bruins prospect Alexander Khokhlachev.

UPDATE:

Despite the multiple reports linking him to the KHL, Halak has instead signed in the Bundesliga -- Germany’s second division -- for a club called Lausitzer.