from Mike Heika of the Dallas Morning News,

The Stars’ goaltending plan was shaped last summer with the thought that all of the bases would be covered.

Kari Lehtonen was returning after a solid season. Anders Lindback was brought in as a free agent on a one-year contract. And Jussi Rynnas was signed as an additional backup on a two-year deal....

Yet, 25 games into the season, the Stars have the worst goals-against average in the league (3.52) and the second-worst save percentage (.893).

“Obviously, it needs to be better,” goaltending coach Mike Valley said. “There’s been too many soft goals. There’s been too many leads that have been lost in games. What we have to do is acknowledge it’s happened, and we have to leave it in the past and move forward and concentrate on what we can do better.”

The Stars on Wednesday placed Lindback on waivers with the intent to send him to the AHL to get playing time. He is 0-5-0 with a 4.63 GAA and .861 save percentage.

Rynnas (pronounced ROO-nuhs) gets his chance to serve as backup.

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