The San Jose Sharks ended the NHL draft without resolving one of the biggest needs they had entering the weekend: finding a starting goaltender.
Instead of acquiring one of the several goalies who changed teams this weekend, the Sharks traded the negotiating rights to former starter Antti Niemi to Dallas for a seventh-round pick Saturday.
Niemi is set to become an unrestricted free agent Wednesday and was not expected to re-sign with San Jose. He had been the starter the past five seasons in San Jose but is coming off his worst season as a Shark in terms of goals against.