What I’m Hearing About Sharks on Day 1 of Free Agency

11:43 AM

After acquiring 23 y/o F Lane Pederson from #Yotes, #SJSharks signed him to 2 year $750K Cap hit Deal:

Yr 1: $750K NHL, $250K Minors, $300K Guaranteed
Yr 2: $750K NHL 1-way

3P in 15 NHL GP, 7G 17P in 16GP

Rep'd by Jason Davidson @tcnewsfeed https://t.co/rqsQnuc8Ey

— PuckPedia (@PuckPedia) July 28, 2021

11:40 AM

TRADE: We've acquired Lane Pederson from @ArizonaCoyotes.

Details: https://t.co/p0PTbnwr6z pic.twitter.com/K91UCaZ7Do

— San Jose Sharks (@SanJoseSharks) July 28, 2021

11:26 AM

Per @PuckPedia, Bonino's deal carries $2.05M in salary each year and includes a five-team no-trade list

— Curtis Pashelka (@CurtisPashelka) July 28, 2021

11:19 AM

Lane Pederson is a right-handed center.

Can add: #SJSharks are very high on Pederson. The 23-year-old will certainly compete for a spot in SJS line-up this fall, the RFA is NOT waiver-exempt https://t.co/CH50oxz5Th

— Sheng Peng (@Sheng_Peng) July 28, 2021

11:12 AM

James Reimer has now signed his 2yr $4.5M contract with @SanJoseSharks

2 yrs, 2.25 AAV
Yr 1, 1.75M
Yr 2, 2.75M
Limited no trade

— Ray Petkau (@RayPetkau) July 28, 2021

10:19 AM

#SJSharks still have cap space…I have a feeling they aren't done yet today

— Sheng Peng (@Sheng_Peng) July 28, 2021

9:34 AM

By my estimation, Sharks will still have about $2.5 million left to play with in free agency (projecting Adin Hill and Noah Gregor’s new deals). But this Reimer contract is in line with Bonino and Cogliano’s i.e. we don’t have the financial space to go for it all, but let’s be better, let’s make the best of all the long, not appetizing contracts we’re in the middle of.

Reimer in San Jose, two years, $2.25M AAV https://t.co/UKBjmKzJ7H

— Pierre LeBrun (@PierreVLeBrun) July 28, 2021

9:31 AM

Reimer returns to the San Jose Sharks:

James Reimer signs with San Jose @TSNHockey @TheAthletic

— Pierre LeBrun (@PierreVLeBrun) July 28, 2021

9:25 AM

Reimer or bust for San Jose?

Vegas gets a goalie. Brossoit 2yrs. $2.325 mil per.

— Darren Dreger (@DarrenDreger) July 28, 2021

9:22 AM

San Jose getting good value today. These are good “hedge your bets” moves — essentially, Sharks are saying we want to be better, we want to make the playoffs, but we’re not going to sign any more long, bad contracts to do it. This is straddling the fence, how to stay respectable while letting the bad contracts run out or rehabilitate themselves.

Bonino's contract with #SJSharks is 2 years, $2.05 mil AAV

— Sheng Peng (@Sheng_Peng) July 28, 2021

9:07 AM

Martin Jones to PHI

— Elliotte Friedman (@FriedgeHNIC) July 28, 2021

9:04 AM

Cogliano contract with #SJSharks is 1 year, $1M

— Sheng Peng (@Sheng_Peng) July 28, 2021

Sounds like Nick Bonino to SJ will be 2-years

— David Pagnotta (@TheFourthPeriod) July 28, 2021

8:02 AM

Source indicates that San Jose Sharks did reach out on Erik Haula, but not a lengthy conversation. Wonder what Bonino’s contract figure will come out to be.

7:39 AM

Indications are veteran forward Nick Bonino will sign with the San Jose Sharks.

— Darren Dreger (@DarrenDreger) July 28, 2021

7:20 AM

Kurtis Gabriel getting a lot of attention…plenty of interest for his role.

— Elliotte Friedman (@FriedgeHNIC) July 28, 2021

5:27 AM

The San Jose Sharks won’t be signing Jonathan Bernier or Jaroslav Halak…James Reimer?

All signs point to UFA G Jonathan Bernier signing with New Jersey today.
As we reported before, UFA G Jaroslav Halak should be signing with Vancouver.
I wonder if UFA G James Reimer ends up in SJ or Vegas?
Still lots to play out with goalies.@TSNHockey @TheAthletic

— Pierre LeBrun (@PierreVLeBrun) July 28, 2021

July 27

7:32 PM

Hearing that one forward that could join the Sharks when the free agent market opens is Andrew Cogliano, who has spent the last three seasons in Dallas. We’ll see if it gets done officially tomorrow.

— Kevin Kurz (@KKurzNHL) July 28, 2021

5:12 PM

Source tells San Jose Hockey Now that Braden Holtby is NOT an option for San Jose Sharks.

SOURCE: Holtby is NOT one of #SJSharks goaltending targets.

Updated this story to reflect that + other free agency thoughts: https://t.co/V8J56poN7t

— Sheng Peng (@Sheng_Peng) July 28, 2021

3:41 PM

It’s confirmed, as suspected, that the San Jose Sharks will let UFA Kurtis Gabriel test the open market.