Blackwood was in his second season with San Jose after being acquired in a commerce with the Devils on June 27, 2023. He is within the closing season of a two-year, $4.7 million contract ($2.35 million common annual worth) and may change into an unrestricted free agent July 1.
In 215 NHL video games (201 begins) with the Sharks and Devils, Blackwood is 81-91-25 with a 3.07 GAA, .905 save share and 11 shutouts.
“I’m not going to touch upon contract negotiations or something like that,” MacFarland stated. “Obviously, we would like the participant to get settled in right here, concentrate on the hockey, and when the time is true, we’ll definitely see if there’s one thing that that may make sense. I’d be mendacity to you if I stated we’re buying him for 4 months of hockey. We’ll let him do his factor, deal with what has to [be taken] care of on the ice. … The focus proper now could be on hockey, and that is the place I feel it’s going to keep within the close to future.”
Georgiev is 8-7-0 with a 3.38 GAA and .874 save share in 18 video games (17 begins) this season.
The 28-year-old is within the closing season of a three-year contract and may change into an unrestricted free agent after the season. He is 144-89-22 with a 2.89 GAA, .907 save share and 15 shutouts in 272 regular-season video games (258 begins) with the Avalanche and New York Rangers.
He may play his first recreation with the Sharks (10-15-5) towards the Carolina Hurricanes on Tuesday (7 p.m. ET; FDSNSO, NBCSCA).
Smith didn’t have some extent in six video games with the Sharks this season, final enjoying Nov. 25. He had been scratched the previous six video games. In 161 NHL video games with the Sharks, Florida Panthers and Detroit Red Wings, the 26-year-old has 22 factors (9 objectives, 13 assists) and 260 penalty minutes.
Kovalenko has eight factors (4 objectives, 4 assists) in 28 video games this season. The 25-year-old was scratched from the Avalanche’s 4-0 win towards the Devils on Sunday.
“You obtained to provide to get. The goalie market is, it is a bear,” MacFarland stated. “It’s not simple in-season to get goaltenders, beginning goaltenders on this league, and we needed to get forward of it, and that was the price of doing enterprise. … They’re at some extent the place they’re enjoying actually aggressive hockey and there is numerous pleasure happening with the Sharks, and [general manager Mike Grier] noticed a possibility so as to add a younger participant on the proper age for his combine. … It’s definitely not a participant that we had been seeking to transfer, per se, however that was one of many items that San Jose was drawn to. So, whereas we weren’t excited to maneuver Nikolai, we simply felt that [for] the chance so as to add Mackenzie, we needed to swallow exhausting and embody him within the deal.”
The 2025 fifth-round choose going going to San Jose may change into the more serious of Colorado’s two fourth-round picks if two of those three circumstances are met:
* The Avalanche attain the Western Conference Final this season.
* Blackwood wins 25 video games from Monday via the top of the common season.
* Blackwood begins 30 video games from Monday via the top of the common season.
