Antti Niemi Could Be Final Piece For Sharks’ Stanley Cup Run

The San Jose Sharks have inked Stanley Cup winning goaltender Antti Niemi to a one-year deal worth $2 million.  Niemi's tremendous play in net helped the Chicago Blackhawks defeat the Philadelphia Flyers in last season's finals and end Chicago's 49-year Stanley Cup drought.

With Evgeni Nabokov parting ways with San Jose and opting to join the KHL's SKA St. Petersburg, the Sharks had to fill the huge void between the pipes.  Antero Niittymäki was signed on the first day of free agency, but he has never matched his solid international play during his mediocre NHL career. 

Most NHL experts consider Niitymäki a "middle of the road" goalie, but Niemi has huge upsi...

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