New York. There will be no sequel to Jonathan Dahlin in the San Jose Sharks.
He has not been offered a new contract and can instead sign for the club he wants on Wednesday.
On Monday, the deadline before which NHL clubs must submit new contracts called “restricted free agents” was passed.
If this does not happen, players automatically become “unrestricted free agents” and can sign on behalf of whomever they want when “free agency” opens – which this year will take place on Wednesday, 18.00 Swedish time.
And during the night it turned out San Jose Sharks They are not interested Jonathan Dalines services in the future.
The former Timrå scorer scored 12 goals and 10 assists in 61 games during his junior season with the California club, but that wasn’t enough.
“He’s the kind of special kind of player we’re looking to make the kind of team I want to see and he doesn’t really fit into that profile,” says Sharks’ new General Manager, Mike Greer.
But there are 31 other clubs in the NHL and with someone, the 24-year-old from Jämtland should get a boost before the 22-23 season begins.
Or maybe he’ll go back to Sweden…
Jacob Larson (Anaheim), Kevin Steenlund, Gabriel Carlson (both Columbus) and Jonas Johansson (Florida) are the blue and yellow refinancing holders who were not offered new contracts on Monday.
Other NHL news from the night:
All indications are that Evgeni Malkin will be leaving the Pittsburgh Penguins after sixteen seasons. TNT insider Darren Dreger reported overnight that attempts to agree a new contract, to the desperation of the Russians, have collapsed and he intends to test the open market for the first time in his career tomorrow.
The Toronto Maple Leafs have got a new goalkeeper. During the night, they lured Matt Murray, a former Stanley Cup champion with Pittsburgh, of the Ottawa Senators. This means that Jack Campbell writes elsewhere. It also means senators are likely to invest in all-Swedish goalkeepers Anton Forsberg and Philip Gustafsson next season.
Nor was Washington’s Russian goalkeeper Ilya Samsonov offered to extend his contract. So Nicklas Bäckström, which during his tenure traded with Vitek Vanecek to New Jersey, is without a goalkeeper. But I think they’re already done with the UFA and new Stanley Cup champ Darcy Comber might be. Also, Colorado can’t afford to “re-sign”.
But Colorado on Monday signed a new eight-year contract with striker Valery Neshushkin, the total value of which is $49 million (about 519 million kroner). Thus, there is no maximum salary left for Andrei Burakovsky. He will play at another club this fall.
The San Jose Sharks may also come to third great defender Brent Burns. “It’s up to him,” GM Greer said.