The NHL Trade Deadline is only a few days away, and the Sharks have began wheeling and dealing before tonight's season series finale against the Kings.
San Jose has traded goalie Devan Dubnyk to the Colorado Avalanche in exchange for defenseman Greg Pateryn and a 2021 fifth-round pick. The Sharks won't be retaining any of Dubnyk's salary and has cleared some cap space to potentially take on some bad contracts from other teams heading into next season.
The Avalanche receive a solidified backup goaltender in Devan Dubnyk, who will give them additional insurance in net and relieve some pressure off of Phillip Grubbauer heading into the playoffs. The Avalanche have a stacked and loaded roster, but their biggest hole heading into the trade deadline was goaltending behind Grubbauer, since Pavel Francouz has been out long term with an injury.
Devan Dubnyk hasn't had much playing time with the Sharks recently as Martin Jones has been performing much better compared to the beginning of this season. The Sharks had acquired Dubnyk this past offseason in a trade with the Minnesota Wild and has a .898 save percentage and one shutout in 17 games this season. He is set to become an unrestricted free agent after this season and previously indicated he would waive his no-movement clause to join a contender.
As for the Sharks' return, Team Teal adds more defensive depth in Greg Pateryn, who has two points in 11 games with the Avalanche this season and has spent some time with the Avalanche's AHL affiliate in the Colorado Eagles. In addition, Pateryn has three goals in ten AHL games with the Eagles this season. With the fifth-round selection received in this deal, it's great for the Sharks to stock up on draft picks considering the current state of the team.
Now that Dubnyk is no longer with the Sharks, Josef Korenar and Alexei Melnichuk will be given opportunities in net over the remaining stretch of the regular season behind Martin Jones.
Overall, I am okay with this trade. Devan Dubnyk has been solid for the Sharks at times this season, but he hasn't made enough of an impact on the Sharks to where I would miss him greatly. However, Dubnyk helped Jones improve his game and stood up to Jordan Binnington during that one game against the Blues, so I gotta give him credit where credit is due.
I don't expect the Sharks to be done making trades before Monday's trade deadline. Stay tuned to CPF Hockey for more Sharks trade deadline coverage.
Source: NBC Sports Bay Area/California
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