🚨 BREAKING NEWS 🚨 – The Colorado Avalanche and the San Jose Sharks trade goalies! Blackwood for Georgiev!
The Colorado Avalanche Hockey Club announced today the team has acquired goaltender Mackenzie Blackwood, forward Givani Smith and a fifth-round draft pick in the 2027 NHL Draft from the San Jose Sharks in exchange for goaltender Alexandar Georgiev, forward Nikolai Kovalenko, a 2025 fifth-round draft pick and a 2026 second-round pick.
Blackwood, 28, has played in 19 games for the San Jose Sharks this season (17 starts) and has registered a 6-9-3 record, a .910 Sv%, a 3.00 GAA and one shutout. The clean sheet came in a 44-save performance in New Jersey on Nov. 10. Blackwood’s six wins lead Sharks netminders in 2024-25 while his .910 Sv% entered Dec. 9 tied for 12th in the NHL among goaltenders with at least 10 games played. Additionally, his 529 saves enter Dec. 9 ranked fifth in the circuit.
After beginning the season with an 0-2-2 record, Blackwood has gone 6-6-1 in his last 14 appearances (since Oct. 28) with a .916 Sv% and 2.72 GAA in that span. He also played his 200th game on Oct. 22 at Anaheim where he stopped 37-of-39 shots.
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9 Comments
Developed into a top player in the KHL, highly touted prospect that made his NHL debut for Colorado last year in a limited role during the playoffs. Doesn't get minutes with a deep Avs roster, will get more minutes with the Sharks, 2nd/3rd line potential.
Avs fans are sad of Kovalenko leaving. They believe they have good upside. he could be a experiment similar of what we have on Zetterlund.
Kova was great and insanely good but we needed a goalie
Were you get that hat brother
As a Sharks fan, what hurts is that Blackwood was saying he loved playing for the Sharks because he said love playing for the team because they believed in him. Colorado is getting a real good goalie and more importantly a good teammate.
My Schaefer/Martone dream is alive again.
Wedgewood 2 shutouts in 3 games both goalies good
Kovi is going to be good for the sharks. I can’t say he’ll be a for sure second line guy, but he’s at least a middle six guy. And SJ can give him the ice time to develop, he’s in his first year on North American ice.
As a vs fan it was a good trade but the only thing that might effect us is the chemistry as a team and overall I think it was a good trade can’t wait to see Blackwood play