Winnipeg Jets goaltender Chris Driedger has reportedly signed with Traktor Chelyabinsk in the KHL.

The Jets acquired Driedger at the trade deadline from the Florida Panthers in exchange for Kaapo Kahkonen, bringing the Winnipeg native home for the first time in his career.

The 31-year-old didn't play in NHL games with the Jets, but dressed in five games with the Manitoba Moose, recording an .872 SP and a 3.30 GAA. 

Driedger was drafted in the third round (76th overall) in the 2012 NHL Draft by the Ottawa Senators. He would go on to play 67 games in the NHL, posting a .917 SP and a 2.45 GAA. His career was split with the Senators, the Seattle Kraken, the Panthers and the Jets, but he was never able to lock down a consistent role, playing a career-high 27 games with the Kraken in 2021-22. 

Driedger will join a Traktor team which lost in the Gagarin Cup finals this season. Their roster consisted of top free agent Maxim Shabonov, former top-10 pick Vitali Kravtsov and Canadian goaltender Zach Fucale. 

Fucale is pursuing a roster spot on an NHL team, which should present the opportunity for Driedger to fight for the No.1 spot. 

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