The Sharks purchase prized goaltending prospect Yaroslav Askarov from the Predators

SAN JOSE, Calif. — The San Jose Sharks acquired prized goaltending prospect Yaroslav Askarov from Nashville in a deal Friday that sends a 2025 first-round decide to the Predators.

The 22-year-old Askarov had reportedly requested for a commerce along with his path to a beginning position in Nashville blocked by Juuse Saros, and San Jose jumped on the alternative so as to add a possible prime younger goalie to a franchise sorely missing one.

The Sharks will ship Vegas‘ first-round decide acquired within the deal that despatched Tomas Hertl to the Golden Knights, together with ahead David Edstrom and goalie Magnus Chrona to Nashville for Askarov, a 2025 third-round decide beforehand held by Colorado and ahead Nolan Burke. If Vegas’ decide is within the prime 10, San Jose has the choice to ship its personal first-rounder to the Predators as an alternative.

The Sharks instantly signed Askarov to a two-year extension value $4 million to maintain him below contract by the 2026-27 season.

“We’re very assured that he’s going to be a primary (goalie),” Sharks basic supervisor Mike Grier stated. “You don’t have too many probabilities so as to add gamers like this with this caliber on this place. It’s the toughest place to draft and develop and to seek out and to have the ability to get somebody like this in our group, we’re actually excited.”

The deal offers Nashville three first-round picks in 2025, having beforehand acquired one from Tampa Bay in 2023 for Tanner Jeannot.

The Sharks ranked final within the NHL over the previous 5 seasons with a 3.32 objectives in opposition to common and their .897 save share is second worst in that span.

San Jose was in search of a younger goalie to construct round and complement a promising group of younger skaters led by 2024 No. 1 total decide Macklin Celebrini and 2023 first-rounder Will Smith.

“The goalie was a bit of little bit of a lacking piece in that age group,” Grier stated. “To get someone who can develop with this group and transfer together with them and provides them that safety. I do know from my very own private expertise, when you’ve gotten a man again there who you actually consider in and might win video games for you, it makes you play so much freer and be prepared to go on the market and never have to fret about issues a lot. I believe it’ll assist our entire group. It’s a extremely large day for our franchise.”

Saros, who signed an eight-year extension value practically $62 million earlier this summer season, stated earlier this week on the NHL participant media tour in Prague that he had no touch upon Askarov’s beforehand reported commerce request.

Nashville in July signed journeyman Scott Wedgewood to again up Saros, relegating Askarov to minor league duties once more regardless of him being one in every of hockey’s greatest goaltending prospects.

Askarov has performed three NHL video games for Nashville, with a 2.58 objectives in opposition to common and .914 save share. In 44 video games for Milwaukee within the AHL final season, Askarov had a 30-13-1 document with a 2.39 objectives in opposition to common, .911 save share and 6 shutouts.

The 21-year-old Burke performed primarily within the ECHL final season.

The 19-year-old Edstrom had seven objectives and 12 assists in 44 video games within the Swedish Hockey League final season.

The 23-year-old Chrona performed largely within the AHL final season the place he went 6-17-6 with a 3.49 objectives in opposition to common. He was 1-6-1 with a 4.71 objectives in opposition to common in 9 video games with the Sharks.