SAN JOSE -– Locking down one of the few available jobs as an NHL goaltender naturally takes a whole lot of skill.
Often equally important, though, is timing. There are plenty of goalies out there that could probably play in the NHL, but many of them won’t ever get a chance to show what they can do, buried behind an established starter and/or veteran backup.
For Aaron Dell, an opportunity has arrived. The cap-strapped Sharks didn’t bring in one of the many veterans that were available in the offseason, leaving Dell as the frontrunner to back up Martin Jones on Oct.