If there was one name I’d forgotten, it was Peter Budaj.
The man who played for the Montreal Canadiens for three seasons is now back in the NHL picture.
Of course, he won’t be a big-league goalie, but it’s just the same.
The 41-year-old Slovak has found a job in the Bettman circuit, and will be the new goaltending coach for the Anaheim Ducks.
NEWS: We have promoted longtime goaltending coach Sudarshan Maharaj to our Director of Goaltending!
We’re also proud to announce the hirings of assistant coach Tim Army and NHL goaltending coach Peter Budaj.
Read more on our 2024-25 coaching staff
– Anaheim Ducks (@AnaheimDucks) July 10, 2024
In his career, he has posted some fine NHL statistics, with a record of 158-133-40, while maintaining a goals-against-average of 2.70 and an efficiency rate of 0.904.
Budaj has played for the Colorado Avalanche, Canadiens, Los Angeles Kings and Tampa Bay Lightning.
Interestingly, in February 2017, he was traded from the Kings along with Erik Cernak and a 7ᵉ round pick to the Lightning for giant Ben Bishop. The latter was traded two months later for a 4ᵉ round pick.
Budaj announced his retirement from professional hockey in 2019.
By the middle of the 2021-22 season, he had found himself a job in the Avalanche organization, the team that drafted him in 2001.
He was goaltending coach with the Avalanche affiliate, the Colorado Eagles, a position he held until the most recent season.
Anaheim’s last goaltending coach, Sudarshan Maharaj, has been promoted to director of goaltending, while Tim Army has been named assistant coach.
There’s movement on the Ducks’ staff.
Will there be movement with Trevor Zegras too?
Overtime
– A bit like Juraj Slafkovsky did in Montreal.
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– Dylan Loucks (@DylanLoucks4) July 10, 2024
– Quite comical.
Utah GM Bill Armstrong on TSN OverDrive says they were anxious when Celine Dion was picking for the Canadiens because it took her so long to make the pick announcement, when they finally did they exploded off their table knowing they were getting Tig Iginla.
– NHL Watcher (@NHL_Watcher) July 10, 2024
– This will be a final not to be missed.
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– Incredible, though.
Argentine Football Association president Chiqui Tapia had his own personal sweat-wiper at MetLife Stadium for the Copa semifinal. 
An apt metaphor for the detached-from-reality orbit of so many senior football administrators. 
– Men in Blazers (@MenInBlazers) July 10, 2024
– Jontay Porter pleaded guilty to charges of fixed betting.
He faces 41-51 months in prison
– TVA Sports (@TVASports) July 10, 2024
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