Obtained at the trade deadline on March 21, Kaapo Kahkonen convinced the San Jose Sharks. General manager Mike Grier signed him to a two-year contract on Monday.
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According to the Sportsnet network, the 25-year-old Finn will earn $2.75 million a year.
Drafted in 2014 by the Minnesota Wild, Kahkonen waited five years to cross the Atlantic. The arrival of Marc-André Fleury during the last campaign, however, pushed him towards the exit. He ended up in San Jose with a fifth-round pick in this year’s draft for defenseman Jacob Middleton.
In 11 games with the Sharks, he posted a 2-6-1 record, a 2.86 goals-against average and a .916 save percentage. In career, he boasts a record of 33-23-5, a 2.88 GAA and a .908 rate in 65 games.
