In need of a second goaltender, the San Jose Sharks traded for one Tuesday when they got Mackenzie Blackwood in a deal with the New Jersey Devils.
The Sharks parted with a 2023 sixth-round pick to land Blackwood -- a pending restricted free agent in need of a new contract.
Getting Blackwood now provides the Sharks with a sense of stability when it comes to how they could look in net ahead of next season. Initially, Kaapo Kahkonen was the only NHL goaltender that the Sharks had under contract for next year with James Reimer set to hit the open market as a pending unrestricted free agent.