<p>Day Two is rolling. </p>







<p>The Detroit Red Wings announced on Friday morning, the second day of the 2022 NHL Draft, that they’ve acquired goaltender Ville Husso from the St. Louis Blues in exchange for a third-round pick. </p>



<p>Shortly after the trade was announced, Frank Seravalli reported that the Red Wings had signed Husso to a three-year contract extension worth $4.75 million annually. Husso was set to become an unrestricted free agent on July 13. </p>



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<p>Originally a fourth-round pick of the Blues from the 2014 draft, Husso enjoyed an unexpected breakout season in 2021-22. He made his NHL debut in 2021, posting an .893 save percentage in 17 games, and then broke out with a .919 save percentage in 40 games this season. </p><div class="injected-ad injected-video" data-nn-ad-tech-injection-count="0" data-nn-ad-tech-max-gap="130" data-nn-ad-tech-current-gap="134"></div>



<p>The Red Wings will now move forward with a goaltending tandem of Husso and Alex Nedeljkovic, who they acquired last summer in a trade with the Carolina Hurricanes. Thomas Greiss, who the team signed back in the summer of 2020, has reached the end of that two-year contract and will become a free agent. </p>



<p>For the Blues, it makes sense that they didn’t opt to buy into Husso’s breakout season, as they recently inked Jordan Binnington to a six-year contract worth $36 million to be the team’s starting goaltender. </p>