The Sharks pared their energetic roster right down to 22 gamers Monday, a listing that, in contrast to current seasons, doesn't function a rookie.
The Sharks have been allowed to hold 27 gamers on final week’s European journey, which ended with two losses to the Nashville Predators at O2 Enviornment in Prague. However the Sharks needed to submit a salary-cap compliant roster of not more than 23 gamers to the NHL by Monday at 2 p.m (PT).
Any suspense as to who was going to be on the roster was eradicated Sunday when the Sharks positioned goalie Aaron Dell and winger Jeffrey Viel on waivers and assigned forwards Thomas Bordeleau and William Eklund and defenseman Nick Cicek to their AHL affiliate, the Barracuda. Dell and Viel cleared waivers Monday.
Ahead Alexander Barabanov and defenseman Markus Nutivaara are beginning the season on injured reserve. Each gamers are eligible to be activated this week — in the event that they’re wholesome — upfront of Friday’s house opener in opposition to Brent Burns and the Carolina Hurricanes.
Defenseman Nikolai Knyzhov was additionally positioned on IR and isn't anticipated to be again till February or March as he recovers from a torn Achilles tendon.
Barabanov (higher physique) seems to be getting nearer to a return as he skated once more Monday morning at Sharks Ice. Nutivaara (decrease physique) was thought-about day-to-day earlier than the Sharks left for Europe on Oct. 1 however his standing is unsure.
The Sharks had a handful of rookies on their opening evening roster final season, together with forwards Eklund, Viel, Jasper Weatherby, and Santeri Hatakka.
No rookies are with the membership proper now, although, as Sharks administration made a aware effort to ensure first-year gamers earned NHL jobs out of camp and weren’t simply handed alternatives to play.
As one other instance of how a lot the Sharks have modified, seven of the 22 gamers who have been on final yr’s opening evening roster are now not with the group.
Per CapFriendly, the Sharks proper now, with a 22-player roster, have $230,000 in area left underneath the NHL’s wage cap of $82.5 million.
Right here was the Sharks roster because it was introduced Monday afternoon.
FORWARDS (13): Nick Bonino, Logan Couture, Jonah Gadjovich, Noah Gregor, Tomas Hertl, Luke Kunin, Kevin Labanc, Oskar Lindblom, Steven Lorentz, Timo Meier, Matt Nieto, Nico Sturm, Evgeny Svechnikov. INJURED (1): Alexander Barabanov.
DEFENSEMEN (7): Matt Benning, Mario Ferraro, Scott Harrington, Erik Karlsson, Jaycob Megna. Radim Simek, Marc-Edouard Vlasic. INJURED (1): Markus Nutivaara.
GOALIES (2): Kaapo Kahkonen, James Reimer.