{"id":458132,"date":"2024-12-09T17:06:13","date_gmt":"2024-12-09T22:06:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/?p=458132"},"modified":"2024-12-09T17:06:38","modified_gmt":"2024-12-09T22:06:38","slug":"san-jose-sharks-trade-starting-goalie-to-colorado","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2024\/12\/09\/san-jose-sharks-trade-starting-goalie-to-colorado\/","title":{"rendered":"San Jose Sharks Trade Starting Goalie To Colorado"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The San Jose Sharks have traded <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/b\/blackma01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-12-09_hr\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Mackenzie Blackwood<\/a> to the Colorado Avalanche alongside <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/s\/smithgi01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-12-09_hr\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Givani Smith<\/a> and a pick in exchange for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/g\/georgal01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-12-09_hr\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Alexandar Georgiev<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/k\/kovalni01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-12-09_hr\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Nikolai Kovalenko<\/a>, a 2026 second-round pick, and a 2025 fifth-round pick.<\/p>\n<h2>Sharks Trade Blackwood to Colorado<\/h2>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">We have traded <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/g\/georgal01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-12-09_hr\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Alexandar Georgiev<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/k\/kovalni01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-12-09_hr\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Nikolai Kovalenko<\/a> to the San Jose Sharks in exchange for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/b\/blackma01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-12-09_hr\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Mackenzie Blackwood<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/s\/smithgi01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-12-09_hr\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Givani Smith<\/a>. <a  href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/04rknVkWGX\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/04rknVkWGX<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Colorado Avalanche (@Avalanche) <a  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Avalanche\/status\/1866215561056710678?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">December 9, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\nThe Sharks have shaken up their roster, sending <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/b\/blackma01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-12-09_hr\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Mackenzie Blackwood<\/a> to the Avalanche in a package deal that involves Alexander Georgiev.<\/p>\n<p>Blackwood has had a solid season, posting a 2.95 GAA and a 910 Sv%. This is the third-best statistical season of Blackwood&#8217;s NHL career, behind his first two years with the New Jersey Devils.<\/p>\n<p>Smith, 26, hasn&#8217;t played much with the Sharks this season. In six games, he has only 10 penalty minutes with a +\/- of -1. Kovalenko, 25, has scored eight points in 28 games for Colorado this season.<\/p>\n<p>Georgiev hasn&#8217;t been phenomenal so far. He has only recorded one season with a save percentage above .900 and only one season with a GAA below 3.<\/p>\n<h3>Solidifying Colorado&#8217;s Goaltending<\/h3>\n<p>To summarize the trade, this is a smart acquisition for Colorado at an interesting price.<\/p>\n<p><a  href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/miamiguydylan\/status\/1865571305107456087\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Blackwood recently put up a 50-save performance in a loss against the Florida Panthers<\/a>, one of the best teams in the Eastern Conference.<\/p>\n<p>With <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/w\/wedgesc01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-12-09_hr\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Scott Wedgewood<\/a> having a stellar season and other goaltenders like <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/a\/annunju01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-12-09_hr\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Justus Annunen<\/a> not being suitable replacements for Georgiev, the Avs had to make a trade. Blackwood becomes another starting option for the Avalanche and solidifies an area of the team that needs fixing before it becomes too late in the season.<\/p>\n<p>San Jose did the right thing, and sold high on him following a stellar start to the season. Blackwood hit a severe low point after <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2023\/07\/01\/mackenzie-blackwood-signs-new-contract-via-free-agency\/\" target=\"_self\">his tenure with the Devils came to an end<\/a>. Also, his contract that he signed with the Sharks expires at the end of the season.\u00a0 San Jose also has Jaroslav Askarov in the pipeline as the netminder of the future.<\/p>\n<p>MAIN PHOTO: Sam Navarro-Imagn Images<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The San Jose Sharks have traded Mackenzie Blackwood to the Colorado Avalanche alongside Givani Smith and a pick in exchange for Alexandar Georgiev, Nikolai Kovalenko, a 2026 second-round pick, and a 2025 fifth-round pick. Sharks Trade Blackwood to Colorado We have traded Alexandar Georgiev and Nikolai Kovalenko to the San Jose Sharks in exchange for [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4073,"featured_media":458147,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4547,28,34,4548,25],"tags":[2152,5746,117,6905],"class_list":["post-458132","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-hockey","category-avalanche","category-news","category-nhl","category-sharks","tag-mackenzie-blackwood","tag-nhl-trade","tag-san-jose-sharks","tag-san-jose-sharks-news"],"modified_by":"Matthew Mountjoy","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/458132","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4073"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=458132"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/458132\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":458152,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/458132\/revisions\/458152"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/458147"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=458132"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=458132"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=458132"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}