Marty Turco

Tomas Vokoun shocked the hockey world when he signed a $1.5 million, one-year contract with the Washington Capitals. This is constantly toted as being one of the best steals of the 2011 NHL free agency.

Many teams are still looking for goaltenders (here's looking at you, Detroit Red Wings).  

There are still good goalies out there in the free-agent market, some even for a bargain. Some are coming off a great season, while others are looking to rebound from an uncharacteristically bad season.

The city is anxious to hold a Stanley Cup parade for their beloved champions. On the night of a game, 18,000 eyes are on the home team as they enter the ice to a darkened arena and loud music. Fans recount disappointments of Stanley Cup Finals past and how they don’t want to go through another letdown.

If you think it’s hard to be a Boston Bruins or a Vancouver Canucks fan right now, try being one of the guys on the roster.

NHL free agency 2011 is not that far off. There is quite the crop of high-profile free agents out there, including goaltenders.

Florida goaltender Tomas Vokoun is a free agent and rumors have been circulating all year that he won't be returning to the Panthers. Phoenix goaltender Ilya Bryzgalov will be a free agent as well.

Other teams like the Tampa Bay Lightning could use better backup goaltending. Luckily for them, there will be plenty of other free-agent goaltenders available this offseason.

Here are the top 11 goaltenders who are most likely to change uniforms.

The Blackhawks are on the cusp of making the playoffs once again and are poised to defend their Stanley Cup title. 

They have been having some moderate success at the goalie position this year, with both Marty Turco and Corey Crawford coming in and out of the lineup on a regular basis and both of them having their good and bad moments. 

But with the playoffs coming, Chicago needs much more good moments from time to time—they need them all of the time.

Well, here is a story for the ages.

As first heard on "Game Points with Matthew Ross" on Team 990", a fan called in to tell his story of how he bet Marty Turco at Tuesday's game between the Chicago Blackhawks and Montreal Canadiens.

With the recent injuries to goaltenders Jean Sebastien Giguere and Jonas Gustavsson lately, the Leafs goaltending, at which was three deep, is now very thin.

The injuries could be severe enough for both to be considered season ending, so the Leafs are now hot on the pursuit of a goaltender who may be available at the deadline.

Many teams will be looking to move some unwanted salary, while others will be looking to load up for a playoff run.

After dropping four straight contests, the Dallas Stars were able to overcome an early hole to defeat the Chicago Blackhawks 4-3 in the shootout.

Chicago's Patrick Kane, Brent Seabrook and Patrick Sharp each scored in the first 13 minutes of the first period to give the Blackhawks a 3-0 lead that they kept for the rest of the period.

The Chicago Blackhawks always seem to have an issue in net, whether it was the 2009 season of Nikolai Khabibulin and his injury during the Western Conference Finals, or the juggling of Cristobal Huet and Antti Niemi last season.

Now coming into the 2010-2011 season, things were supposed to be a lot less complicated than seasons prior. 

Chicago Blackhawks coach Joel Quenneville raised a few eyebrows when he named Marty Turco the starter in goal for Chicago's 7-4 win at Columbus Tuesday.

After all, the veteran netminder had only played in one game last month.  Corey Crawford has supplanted Turco as the top man in net.  Despite two subpar performances right before the All-Star break, most of us thought Quenneville would begin the 'Hawks six-game road trip with a rested Crawford in net.

When the North Stars moved to the Lone Star state from Minnesota in 1993, many people believed hockey would never work in Big D.

How wrong those people were.

Since their inaugural season, the Stars have been one of the most successful teams in the NHL.

Over the last 18 years, the Stars have won two Presidents' Trophies, seven division championships (two Central, five Pacific), a Stanley Cup in 1999 and have only missed the playoffs four times.

A crucial component to success on the ice is the personnel that skates on it.