The Dallas Stars have placed goalie Antti Niemi on waivers with the intention to buy out the final year of his contract, according to multiple media reports Monday.
Niemi is due to make $4.5 million next season, and would be bought out at $3 million spread over two years. The ninth-year player, who won a Stanley Cup with Chicago in 2010, is coming off a disappointing season in which he went 12-12-4 and had a 3.3 goals-against average in 37 games.
He became the odd-man out in Dallas behind Kari Lehtonen and after Ben Bishop was acquired in a trade last month.