What's next for Sharks in net with Georgiev set to move on? originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area
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Alexandar Georgiev is moving on.
“I’ve already had a conversation with the GM, and he said they’re going with a different group for next year,” the pending unrestricted free agent shared, after stopping 25 of 27 shots in the Sharks’ season-ending 3-0 loss to the Edmonton Oilers on Wednesday.
It was the Sharks’ 11th-straight loss.
Georgiev, 29, was acquired from the Colorado Avalanche in the Mackenzie Blackwood trade on Dec. 9.
It was a trying campaign for Georgiev, who had led the NHL in wins over the last two years.
Ousted by the team that he thought he’d be leading into the Stanley Cup playoffs this spring, the veteran netminder had to try and find his game on perhaps the worst defensive team in the league.