:format(webp)/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_image/image/72406864/1251040500.0.jpg "Devils-Sharks trade: New Jersey sends G Mackenzie Blackwood to San Jose for 6th-round pick")
The New Jersey Devils are trading goaltender Mackenzie Blackwood to the San Jose Sharks for a sixth-round pick in the 2023 NHL Draft, per NHL Network's Kevin Weekes. Blackwood will become a restricted free agent once the NHL calendar flips and free agency begins in July. The Devils operated with Vitek Vanecek and Akira Schmid as the top-2 goalies for much of their breakout season in 2022-23. Blackwood had dealt with injuries and poor play had him fall out of favor.
Blackwood, 26, was a second-round pick back in 2015. Over five seasons in New Jersey, Blackwood was in a split with another goaltender. He went 65-56-18 with the Devils over those five seasons, posting a 2.97 GAA and .906 SV% with eight shutouts. Blackwood now gets a fresh start in San Jose, where the Sharks are in full rebuild mode.