The Sharks announced that they have re-signed goaltender Josef Korenar to a one-year deal worth $750k and forward Dylan Gambrell to a one-year deal worth $1.1 million. Both were pending restricted free agents this offseason, while Gambrell will remain an RFA with arbitration rights once his new contract expires after this coming season.
Korenar appeared in ten games this past season, finishing with a 3-5-0 record, a 3.17 goals against average (GAA), and an .899 save percentage (SV%). He became the Sharks' primary goalie towards the end of this past season. In addition, the 23-year-old went 5-1-2 with a 3.22 GAA and .898 SV% in eight AHL games with the Barracuda this past season before being called up to the Sharks following the departure of Devan Dubnyk at the trade deadline.
Gambrell had a bit of a down season in 2021 like many Sharks players but was good for his standards, scoring five goals and seven assists for 12 points in 49 games this past season. However, he did lead the team forwards in shorthanded time on ice with 111:22. In addition, Gamby set career highs in points and assists, tied his career best in goals, and fell one short of his career best in games played in a season. He remains a solid depth forward with room for improvement but will almost certainly get exposed at Wednesday's Seattle Expansion Draft.
As of now, with the way things currently stand in net, Josef Korenar will be the Sharks starting netminder next season with either Martin Jones or Alexei Melnichuk backing him up. Any combination of these three goalies struggled this past season for the Sharks, and goaltending is the biggest area that Team Teal needs to shake up before next season if they want to get back to contending for the playoffs. Korenar has shown flashes of greatness this past season and has a lot of potential, but we will have to see how consistent he can be when given a full-season workload in net.
Source: Sharks + SAP Center App, CapFriendly
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