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Yaroslav Askarov Gets Traded To The San Jose Sharks
NHL.com: Some believed a trade may need held off until next week however the San Jose Sharks and Nashville Predators agreed to a trade late Friday afternoon. Nashville moved Yaroslav Askarov to San Jose.
San Jose acquired minor leaguer Nolan Burke and a third-round pick in 2025. Nashville received a conditional 2025 first-round pick. If that pick is within the Top 10, the Sharks get to decide on either their pick or the Vegas Golden Knights pick acquired from the Tomas Hertl trade.
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Also, Nashville picked up David Edstrom and Magnus Chrona (forward and goalie prospect) from the San Jose organization (breakdown below via PuckPedia).
A trade was within the works for weeks privately. Nevertheless, once Askarov made the demand public, the winds err rumors heated up. A move was inevitable.
Yaroslav Askarov Naturally Signs A Bridge Extension
Max Miller of The Hockey News: More rumors suggested that Askarov would quickly sign an extension once acquired by a team. That also proved to be true on Friday evening as Yaroslav Askarov signed a two-year extension price $4 million.
PuckPedia broke this down as follows:
After acquiring Askarov from #Smashville, #SJSharks signed him to 2 yr $2M Cap Hit extension:
25-26: $1.7M Salary & $200K Signing Bonus
26-27: $2.1M Salary943 SV % in 2 NHL GP last yr
Rep’d by @HockeyAgent1 @GoldStarHockeyhttps://t.co/cs717mt38n
— PuckPedia (@PuckPedia) August 23, 2024
With the extension, Askarov is not going to grow to be a free agent until the 2027-28 season. He’ll still only be 25 years old.
It looks like Mike Grier has found his goalie of the long run with Askarov. Grier supposedly had been Askarov for greater than a yr. How much time does he see in San Jose this season is a superb query? Many pundits and experts have speculated he is certainly in the combo for this season.
The 2020 Eleventh-overall pick has taken quite the road to the NHL. Yes, there are a number of the antics. Barry Trotz didn’t truthfully want him to play for Nashville (hence the signing of Scott Wedgewood).
Nevertheless, his ability to play the puck, read shooters, and make saves are an enormous reason why a team like San Jose moved so quickly to make a deal.
The San Jose Sharks Goaltender “Jam”
Puckpedia: There at the moment are three goaltenders within the NHL fold with the San Jose Sharks.
The #SJSharks have Vanecek ($3.4M) & Blackwood ($2.35M) under contract along with Askarov.https://t.co/WltojdzzwP
— PuckPedia (@PuckPedia) August 23, 2024
The excellent news for San Jose is that Vitek Vanecek and Mackenzie Blackwood are only under contract for yet one more season. Each grow to be unrestricted free agents at the top of the 2024-25 campaign.
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This is able to be a short lived jam and given Vanecek and Blackwood’s injury history, Askarov stands out as the starter before too long anyway. It is alleged that the Russian goaltender wouldn’t have a difficulty going to the Barracuda. Nevertheless, he will not be there long anyway.
