CPF Hockey: Sharks News & Notes (8/30/22)

There are two significant transactions announced today regarding the Sharks, and I felt it was best to combine them into one post. Let's dive into them:

The Sharks traded goalie Adin Hill to the Vegas Golden Knights for a 2024 4th-round pick. This all came down to the Sharks having too many goalies in their organization and needing to part ways with one of them. The Sharks went with Kaapo Kahkonen and James Reimer for their goalie tandem next season, who were their two best goalies last season and leaves Hill as the odd goalie out. As for the other end of the deal, although the Golden Knights are one of the Sharks' biggest rivals, Vegas was in desperate need of goaltending after it was announced that Robin Lehner would be out for all of next season due to a hip injury. Adin Hill is a solid goalie, but he dealt with injuries that kept him sidelined for a significant amount of time and was inconsistent at times in net last season. The Sharks made the right decision in trading Adin Hill, but it was somewhat unfortunate that he had to be dealt to the Golden Knights.

The other transaction the Sharks made before they traded Adin Hill was the re-signing of their last remaining restricted free agent, Jonah Gadjovich, to a one-year deal worth $750k, the NHL league minimum salary. Gadjovich appeared in 43 games for the Sharks last season, recording one goal and two assists for three points and 74 penalty minutes. He is more known for being a physical, enforcer-type player than one who is productive on offense. Many of you may recall that Gadjovich dropped the gloves with Nicolas Delauriers in my most recent NHL game back in late February against the Ducks in Anaheim. This was the first fight I have ever seen while attending a hockey game. Gadjovich fits the mantra that the Sharks are aiming for this coming season as a physical, tough-to-play-against team, but I don't feel too strongly about this signing otherwise.