The San Jose Sharks have announced their 2025 qualifying offers to their pending restricted free agents. In total, they had 11 RFAs. They only offered three players qualifying offers and are letting eight players walk to free agency without any return.
The players that they qualified are:
- Thomas Bordeleau – 23 years old, forward
- Danil Gushchin – 23 years old, forward
- Jack Thompson – 23 years old, defenseman
The players that were left unqualified are:
- Carl Berglund – 25 years old, forward
- Nolan Burke – 22 years old, forward
- Brandon Coe – 23 years old, forward
- Noah Gregor – 26 years old, forward
- Klim Kostin – 26 years old, forward
- Nikolai Kovalenko – 25 years old, forward
- Mitchell Russell – 24 years old, forward
- Georgi Romanov – 25 years old, goalie
The Sharks have $44 million in projected cap space and a lot of spots to fill on their roster. After doing very well at the 2025 NHL Draft, they need to follow that up with a few good signings in free agency to help out the young core that continues to grow.
No, it's highly unlikely that the Sharks are going to be signing Brock Boeser or Nikolaj Ehlers. But there are going to be a few depth signings that GM Mike Grier will make that will help insulate Macklin Celebrini, Will Smith and even Michael Misa as they take on bigger roles next season.
