San Jose Sharks center Chris Tierney reportedly signed his qualifying offer, and will return to the team on a one-year, $735,000 deal, TVA Sports’ Renaud Lavoie first reported and CapFriendly confirmed.
The center scored a career-high 23 points, including a career-high 11 goals, this past season, his third in the NHL. He also averaged a career-best 14:36 in ice time, and finished with the best even strength possession numbers of his career (49.97% 5v5 CF%, -1.50% relCF%, per Puckalytics) despite seeing the lowest percentage of offensive zone starts among Sharks forwards (27.