Antti Niemi appears to be on his way back to Finland, with a report that he has signed with Jokerit and will play in the KHL next season.
This isn’t much of a surprise. Niemi was the only player that Montreal Canadiens general manager Marc Bergevin confirmed would not be returning at the team’s locker room clear out at the end of the season.
For Niemi, it will be his first return to Finland since the 2007-08 season, except for a brief time during the lockout in 2012-13. He played 463 NHL games with a record of 242-140-57.