Yaroslav Askarov TRADE: Sharks Goalie of the Future?

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The Nashville Predators were going to have to move one of their goalies.

For a while, going back to the 2022-23 season, it looked like it might be Juuse Saros, whose name was popping up in the rumour mill during the 2023 trade deadline. Last season wasn’t Saros’ best performance either, with a .906 save percentage and 2.86 GAA.

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Still, the 29-year-old is a known commodity, usually one of the best in the league at his position, and led Nashville into the playoffs. Instead of moving him, GM Barry Trotz re-signed Saros to an eight-year extension this summer, leaving in question what the plan was for the next goalie in line.

Yaroslav Askarov, the 11th overall pick in 2020, has been regarded as one of the best netminders not in the NHL for some time now and finished with a .911 save percentage in back-to-back AHL seasons. After Saros’ extension, trade rumours began around Askarov instead and, on a recent 32 Thoughts Podcast episode, Elliotte Friedman said the player let the Predators know he’s ready for the next step in his development.

“I believe the one thing Askarov has indicated to both the Predators, and it’s kind of been floating around league-wide, is that he doesn’t want to go to the American Hockey League, he wants to play in the NHL next year,” Friedman said. “So, I think there are some teams that are kind of looking at it like, ‘If we want to acquire this guy, we better make sure we have space to play him,’ because there’s no point in acquiring him if he’s going to be unhappy or he’s going to be uncertain about his future.”

The San Jose Sharks have all the opportunity to give Askarov as they continue in their rebuild, and made a bold move to acquire him on Friday. In giving up first-round prospect David Edstrom, Vegas’ top-10 protected pick (both assets acquired in the Tomas Hertl trade last season), and Magnus Chrona, the Sharks are hoping they have found a key piece in their build: A No. 1 goaltender.

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  4. So far so good for Grier. Building a solid group of forwards . It can be a slow slog. The Sharks were a mess.

    The Askerov trade is about options.

    San Jose has Vanacek and Blackwood as UFAs after this season. They are a tandem of backup placeholders. If either of The Sharks' starting tandem falters, Askarov gets playing time in San Jose next season.

    Soros has signed an 8 year extension in Nashville, so Askarov was blocked. All things willing, he is the starter after next season.

  5. 2 years ago in 2022 the Sharks had an old aging past their primes expensive roster who were nowhere close to being contenders anymore that I think top GM candidates honestly shied away from this job knowing what a terrible situation the franchise was in going forward.

    Now imo the Sharks have one of the top 2 or 3 prospects pools with Celebrini, Smith, Dickinson, Musty, Bystedt, Mukhamadullin, Chernyshov and now add Askarov who is one of if not still the top goalie prospects to this list of top level young talent.

    This doesn't even include Eklund who had a good first full season in the pros in 2023/24 in San Jose last season.

    Add another high end prospect with probably a top 5 pick in the 2025 draft and hopefully they can sign a handful of quality free agent veterans to help teach this young core to be winners in the next couple of offseasons & the Sharks have one of the brightest futures for any franchise in the NHL.

  7. Preds fan here. Really happy for Askarov to see him go to the Sharks. A team where he will definitely have a route to being the primary starter unlike Nashville where Saros has him roadblocked with his new long-term contract extension. A highly touted goalie prospect like Askarov deserves to be on a team where he has the opportunity. Seems like it was a fair trade as well!

  10. Pred here.
    Can the Sharks leadership handle a highly emotional Binnington/Hextall type of goalie
    that atm appear immature as well?
    Barry clearly could not, and this last untimely cry clearly pissed him off. Barry likes his quiet finns that keep their chin down and act like team players.
    What this dude not mentions is that Asky choked in both playoffs for the Admirals and in both cases lost his nr 1 spot. He was a clear contributor
    why Admirals didnt make deeper runs, clearly dissapointing. Might also been to Barry’s dislike
    and the reason why Wedge was brought over from Dallas. Barry apparently ranked Asky as low as nr 4, because Lankinen was the preferred nr 2 but he turned out a bit too expensive(still UFA)
    So while the rest of the league was very hyped on Asky, Barry in win now mode clearly evaluated him ‘not nhl ready’.
    Lets see how this pans out for him in Sharks

  12. I think you nailed it, Brodie. Maybe not immediately, but there is a lot of reason for optimism for the future of the Sharks. Granted, there's a ton of potential and a lot of ducks have to line up. But for the first time in a long time, San Jose has so much young depth they can afford to miss a little. Being able to throw everything at the wall and seeing what sticks is a great problem to have, and something San Jose hasn't been able to do for quite some time now. Color me optimistic.

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