Nikolai Knyzhov has signed a new contract with the San Jose Sharks.

He's still the same player he was when he was Sharks rookie of the year. Which is amazing considering he missed almost two years of hockey. Looking forward to two more years of Kny. Should definitely be a Masterton candidate

If he does stumble, most of the contract can be buried.

Despite his shortcomings, Mike Grier is not too shabby when it comes to signing LDs. I like this deal and I really like Knyzhov. Hope he can stay healthy

He's on a historically bad team and played more in the AHL this year. He's coming off a major injury. ... Not seeing why you sign him for 2 year at over $1 million a season.

Knyzhov has done very good in the NHL… when healthy, assuming he can stay healthy, good deal

Knyzhov has had a rough past 2 years, hopefully he can carve himself a good career if he can stay healthy. Good little bridge deal for a solid young blueliner.

I truly believe he's worth it if healthy, but also absolutely shocked they made this investment after he got 850K this year and has barely played since then

You don't come back from nearly two years injured right away. It takes time to acclimate to the speed.

Should have been a one year, two-way contract. A bit of an overpay.

Because he's a really good defenseman? He's been in the A because he sat for nearly 2 years and it's a conditioning role. What do you mean by "historically" bad? Before covid the Sharks were one of the most successful franchises in the league for 20 years. And before you go "no cup" like every other halfwit, consider they had more playoff games than anyone else except Pitt 2001-2019.

Your case for this being a bad deal is lacking evidence. But you be you.

It's much less of an investment than many people are implying. If he's not performing all but $100k of his contract can be buried in the minors. Historically he's played very well and he's looked decent at the NHL level in his brief callup this year after his injury. It's definitely worth the risk for a defenseman with potential, especially considering that it's unlikely the Sharks are going to be a competitive team during this 2 year period so even if it ends up being a small overpay it doesn't really hurt anything.

They only got their 20th win of the season just two days ago. They are almost guaranteed to have the fewest wins this season.

He hasn't proven himself to be anything more than a fringe NHL defencemen. You can get half-a-dozen of these in the off season for league min.

The Canucks have signed two of them late this season alone.

A bit too rich for him.

Wow... you really don't know much about the Sharks. For one Historically referring to one year or even 2-3 years is a silly way to say that. The Sharks "Historically" are good. They have made the playoffs and been a very good team for a majority of the last 20 years. Yes they are the worst team or close to it this year. Now back to the matter at hand. Knyzhov has not played professional hockey for nearly 2 years and this year he played in the AHL for a bit, got a few games up top and went back down now to really get more playing time. He was averaging about 18-20 minutes per game in the last stretch of 2020-2021 season. He then was injured badly and then had several major setbacks during recovery that kept him out of hockey until just a few months ago. He is probably a 5th/6th D-man, but at 1.25m that's a good price and considering the buried cap hit next year is $1,150,000 it only cost the shards $100k to keep him in the AHL if he doesn't continue to get back to what he was doing pre-injury.

WOW... YOU REALLY DON'T KNOW MUCH ABOUT THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE.

He's been sent down to the AHL, because he isn't playing well enough on a team that has so little talent that they could have the fewest wins the franchise has had in 30 years. That is historically bad. The current Sharks are really, REALLY bad compared to their historical average.



THIS ISN'T A POSITIVE!

Good lord, if a player missed an entire season due to injury and then has had trouble recovering, you don't sign them to a raise. You give them a 1-year contract at league min.

Don't think you can really say it's bad because it's not much for one, and he's young and they arent spending to the cap to compete so a few 100K doesnt make a world of difference.

I voted yes as the Sharks have issues with depth so the smart GM does not give up on anyone under team control because if you are short on D and the guy you gave up on is playing minutes on a competitor that would make Grier look incompetent.

Given his injury history, I wouldn't have signed him to a two-year contract at any price. I certainly wouldn't have given him a raise.