James Reimer seemed inordinately excited about joining the Detroit Red Wings, where he will be tasked with helping them push towards ending their playoff drought.
Reimer was general manager Steve Yzerman's free-agent answer to the question of who would partner in net with starter Ville Husso, after the team parted with Alex Nedeljkovic and Magnus Hellberg, who both struggled to hold down the job last season. Reimer, 35, has been in the NHL for 14 seasons, and after spending nearly a decade playing in San Jose, Florida and Carolina, is stoked to come full circle, career-wise.