Image [https://thehockeynews.com/.image/c_fit,h_600,w_600/MjExMzA4ODAyNzg2NDY5ODc2/thtoons_034_101224_final_image.jpg] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Colorado Avalanche And San Jose Sharks Swap Starting Goalies -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Image [https://thehockeynews.com/.image/c_fit,h_600,w_600/MjEwMDA2MDU0Mzc5OTg4NDQ2/thtoons_016_151024_feature_image.jpg] Bailey Curtis [https://thehockeynews.com/nhl/colorado-avalanche/author/bailey-curtis] discusses the newest Avalanche netminder, Mackenzie Blackwood, on the Colorado Avalanche site. > The availability followed a trade announcement on Monday, sending goaltender > Alexandar Georgiev [https://puckpedia.com/player/alexandar-georgiev], forward > Nikolai Kovalenko, a 2025 5th-round pick, and a 2026 2nd-round pick to the San > Jose Sharks [https://thehockeynews.com/nhl/san-jose-sharks/]. In exchange, the > Avalanche received goaltender Mackenzie Blackwood, forward Givani Smith, and a > 2027 5th-round pick. - READ THE FULL ARTICLE HERE [https://thehockeynews.com/nhl/colorado-avalanche/latest-news/newest-avalanche-goaltender-to-join-the-team-in-denver-on-thursday] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Image [https://thehockeynews.com/.image/c_fit,h_600,w_600/MjEwMTQyNTk3NTY0MzQzNjc0/dtphoto_027_211024_feature_image.jpg] Max Miller [https://thehockeynews.com/nhl/san-jose-sharks/author/max-miller] discusses trading for Alexander Georgiev on the San Jose Sharks site. > The San Jose Sharks [https://thehockeynews.com/nhl/san-jose-sharks/] dealt > Mackenzie Blackwood [https://puckpedia.com/player/mackenzie-blackwood] to the > Colorado Avalanche [https://thehockeynews.com/nhl/colorado-avalanche/] in > exchange for goaltender Alexandar Georgiev > [https://puckpedia.com/player/alexandar-georgiev], forward Nikolai Kovalenko > [https://puckpedia.com/player/nikolai-kovalenko], Colorado's 2026 second-round > pick, and a conditional fifth-round pick in 2025. Colorado will retain 14% of > Georgiev's contract as part of the deal. - READ THE FULL ARTICLE HERE [https://thehockeynews.com/nhl/san-jose-sharks/latest-news/breaking-sharks-trade-no-1-goalie-to-avalanche] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Image [https://thehockeynews.com/.image/c_fit,h_600,w_600/MjExMTkxNzUwNzAxMjk1NTc1/thehockeytoons_autolink_sj.jpg] Max Miller [https://thehockeynews.com/nhl/san-jose-sharks/author/max-miller] discusses the Sharks newly acquired players on the San Jose Sharks site. > Kovalenko and goaltender Alexandar Georgiev > [https://puckpedia.com/player/alexandar-georgiev] were delayed in leaving > Pittsburgh after they were traded from the Colorado Avalanche > [https://thehockeynews.com/nhl/colorado-avalanche/] yesterday. Georgiev will > be Vitek Vanecek [https://puckpedia.com/player/vitek-vanecek]'s backup goalie > against the Carolina Hurricanes > [https://thehockeynews.com/nhl/carolina-hurricanes/]. - READ THE FULL ARTICLE HERE [https://thehockeynews.com/nhl/san-jose-sharks/latest-news/newly-acquired-sharks-forward-could-be-forced-into-debut-due-to-a-last-second-injury] --------------------------------------------------------------------------------