{"id":457961,"date":"2026-09-09T05:36:16","date_gmt":"2026-09-09T05:36:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/457961\/"},"modified":"2026-09-09T05:36:16","modified_gmt":"2026-09-09T05:36:16","slug":"san-jose-sharks-add-vet-goalkeeper-ilya-samsonov-on-two-way-contract-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/457961\/","title":{"rendered":"San Jose Sharks add vet goalkeeper Ilya Samsonov on two-way contract"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Sharks<\/a> deepened their goaltending ranks Tuesday as they signed Ilya Samsonov<\/a> to a two-way deal announced by the team.<\/p>\n

Samsonov\u2019s contract carries an $850,000 cap hit at the NHL level, according to PuckPedia.<\/a><\/p>\n

Barring injuries, the 29-year-old Samsonov will likely begin the season with the Barracuda at the AHL level, considering the depth the Sharks have at the position.<\/p>\n

The Sharks now have four goalies on their roster with NHL experience: Yaroslav Askarov and Alex Nedeljkovic, who split duties with the Sharks last season; veteran Eric Comrie, who signed a two-year, $2.3 million deal with San Jose as a free agent in July; and now Samsonov. The Sharks could carry up to three goalies to start the season, but will otherwise only have Askarov and Nedeljkovic on the roster if they are available to play.<\/p>\n

A native of Magnitogorsk, Russia, Samsonov played 14 games last year for HK Sochi in the Kontinental Hockey League, his first year back in his native country after six seasons in the NHL.<\/p>\n

He began his North American career in the 2019-20 season with the Washington Capitals, who drafted him 22nd overall in 2015. In 2022, he signed with the Toronto Maple Leafs, and after two seasons there, he played the 2024-25 season with the Vegas Golden Knights.<\/p>\n

He has a record of 118-48-25 with a 2.77 goals-against average and a save percentage of .902 over 200 NHL appearances.<\/p>\n

The Sharks will open training camp next Thursday, and their regular-season opener is set for Oct. 1 against the Florida Panthers at SAP Center.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Sharks deepened their goaltending ranks Tuesday as they signed Ilya Samsonov to a two-way deal announced by…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":457962,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[404,88,90,89,98,127],"class_list":["post-457961","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-jose","tag-nhl","tag-san-jose","tag-san-jose-headlines","tag-san-jose-news","tag-san-jose-sharks","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/457961","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=457961"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/457961\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/457962"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=457961"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=457961"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=457961"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}