On Thursday (September 11), the Buffalo Sabres announced that they had signed goalkeeper Alexandar Georgiev for a 1-year contract, with a cap hit of $ 825,000.
We have signed goalkeeper Alexandar Georgiev for a one -year contract worth $ 825,000.
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Last season Georgiev split between the Colorado Avalanche and San Jose Sharks and he was involved An exchange that sent Mackenzie Blackwood to the avalanche. Between the two teams, Georgiev placed a 3.71 goal-agains-average (GAA) and a .875 save percentage (SV%), in which he won only 15 games from the 49 in which he played. During his career he posted a 2.99 GAA and a .903 SV% to 303 games, 151 of them and 15 shutouts.
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Georgiev joins a struggling Sabres team, where he will look to beat one of Ukko-Pekka Luukonen or Alex Lyon for a place in their NHL selection. In the case of injuries during the season, Georgiev at least offers some extra organizational depth.
With a lot of CAP space that is now available for them both and at the Handelsdeadline of 2026, where Georiev was raised until that time, Georgiev could be worthy of a fighting team and the Sabres, whether he could jump back from a raw campaign and prove that he is part of the NHL level.
There were rumors that Georgiev started signing a PTO somewhere in the NHL before the training camp started, but he held it long enough and has earned a guaranteed contract with the Sabres.
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