The Minnesota Wild placed defenseman Andrej Sustr on waivers and Michal Kempny’s contract was bought out after being submitted to it by the Seattle Kraken on Friday.
A Stanley Cup champion with the Washington Capitals in 2018, Kempny now has the option of signing with another NHL team.
He has one goal in two games this season with the Coachella Valley Firebirds of the American Hockey League.
The one who signed a one-year, $750,000 deal with the Kraken as a free agent on July 24 has 15 goals for 63 points in 247 career games on the Bettman circuit.
Sustr, 31, hasn’t played for the Wild in the NHL this season. In 2021-2022, he had one goal and five assists in 38 games with the Tampa Bay Lightning and the Anaheim Ducks.
