Breaking: The Detroit Red Wings have a new goaltender.

A new netminder in the Red Wings organization.

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Breaking: The Detroit Red Wings have a new goaltender.

The Detroit Red Wings have signed a new goaltender to their roster.

In an announcement via the team's official website, they announced the acquisition of 23-year-old free agent goaltender Matej Machovsky. Machovsky has spent the past four season of his professional career playing for Plzen HC of the Czech League and presumably has been on the Wings radar for some time as he has worked out with the team in the past.

From the Red Wings announcement:

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Machovsky, who participated in the Red Wings' development camp in July 2016, has spent the past four seasons playing in the Czech Republic's top professional league for HC Plzen. In 178 appearances since 2013-14, he has compiled a 94-84-0 record with a 2.23 goals-against average, a 0.923 save percentage and 14 shutouts. The 6-foot-2, 187-lb., netminder led the Czech Extraliga in save percentage (0.936) as a first-year pro in 2013-14 alongside a career-best 1.67 goals-against average and six shutouts. In 2015-16, he posted a personal-best 26 wins and ranked eighth among goalies who played in 25-or-more games with a 2.43 goals-against average, while finishing third with a 0.920 save percentage. Machovsky's club reached the semifinals in the Czech Extraliga playoffs, where he led the league with a 0.932 save percentage. He also represented the Czech Republic at the 2016 IIHF World Championship in Russia but did not see game action. This season, Machovsky owned a 21-25-0 record and improved on his goals-against average (2.25) and save percentage (0.925), while adding two shutouts.

It's unclear how much of a role Machovsky is expected to take on this coming season, and it's also unclear if that will be at the National Hockey League or American Hockey League level.

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