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Nikolay Georgiev - Liquid Kill 

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not to like. wholesale copy more articles but nbcsports pieces have broken for me in the past so uhhhh!!! archive text be upon ye!!!

Published 9th December 2024, Grier explains why Sharks couldn't refuse Avs' trade for Blackwood - by Sheng Peng (link)

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — For Mike Grier, this was one of the toughest trades of his short tenure as Sharks general manager.

On Monday afternoon, the Sharks announced that they traded goalie Mackenzie Blackwood and winger Givani Smith, along with a 2027 fifth-round draft pick, to the Colorado Avalanche for young winger Nikolai Kovalenko, goalie Alexandar Georgiev, a 2025 conditional fifth-round draft pick (can go up to a fourth if specific conditions are met), and a 2026 second-round draft pick.

“This one's tough because Blacky and I go back to the New Jersey days together, been more than a hockey player. I love the kid,” Grier told San Jose Hockey Now in an exclusive interview.

Grier was a Devils assistant coach before landing the Sharks job in the summer of 2022. The next summer, he acquired Blackwood from New Jersey for a sixth-round draft pick.

Grier spoke at length with SJHN about the trade after informing Blackwood, who turned 28 on Monday. Blackwood participated in Sharks practice earlier in the day, before the team departed for Raleigh.

“When someone calls you with an offer you feel like you can't refuse, and it's going to help continue to build this and set you up for the future, you have to kind of take it,” Grier said.

Grier shared how much the Sharks like Kovalenko, how preliminary chats with Blackwood’s agent about an extension for the pending UFA goalie might have contributed to this trade, what he’s hoping for from Georgiev and more.

Mike Grier’s opening statement:

"I've had a couple of these [trades] that have been tough. The [Tomas] Hertl one was tough. This one's tough because Blacky and I go back to the New Jersey days together, been more than a hockey player. I love the kid. He's a great kid. I'm happy that he's kind of taken this opportunity and he's kind of ran with it.

"It'll be tough for our group. Our group really likes the kid and enjoys playing in front of him.

"It's kind of still in the stages of where we are. We look back historically on returns for goalies and in season. There's only two guys that have ever gotten a second-round pick, and both of them were coming off Vezina seasons, I believe, in Fleury and Robin Lehner. It was a return we thought we couldn't pass up.

"It's probably a little earlier than I would have envisioned doing it. But the return, it's a good return of two draft picks as we continue to build.

"We really like the Kovalenko kid. We had talks about him with Colorado last year. He's going to come in and play for us right away. Give us something a little bit different than what we have, he's a competitive, north-south player. He's someone we're hoping we can grow with.

"So it's a tough day for me. I'm sure it's a tough day for the group, coaches, everyone. Blacky has meant a lot to us.

"But as well as you've seen these last couple games, where as much as things are better and we're improving, I think you guys all see how far we really are away from what the championship standard is in this league, and that's what we're trying to get to. It's my job to look at the present but keep an eye on the future as well. We got to keep building it.

"I wish Blacky nothing but the best. It's a good team, good situation. You're going to have a chance to win, which I think will be important for his career going forward, not only in the NHL but for Team Canada and things like that. In my view, he's probably outplayed the goalies that made that 4 Nations [Faceoff] team. But one thing he's probably missing on his resume is playing important games and pressure situations. This is something for him, I think that will help him.

"If this was two years from now, would probably be a different story. He'd be not someone to be looking to move on from, but the fact that he's a UFA, and to his credit, he probably outplayed his way out of here too, for what he's gonna earn. Speaking with his agent and everything, what he's going to be looking for, and what he's rightfully earned as a UFA to make. I hope he gets what he's looking for.

"I think he kind of played his way out of probably the ballpark figure of what we were looking for, especially with Askarov coming up as well."

Grier, on preliminary chats with Blackwood’s representation about an extension:

"We had a conversation about, just in general, what he'd be looking for. And like I said, he probably played his way out of what we would be looking for, especially, he's going to want some term. He hasn't had some term, and he's going to want some money. It's his first chance to make money. And every player, if they get to that point where they can be unrestricted, that's up to them and it's more power to them. They should try and earn as much money as they can.

"He's earned this. He's played really well for us for two years. Hopefully goes there and plays really well. Does well when the summer comes."

Grier, on potentially keeping both top prospect Yaroslav Askarov and Blackwood:

"There was definitely a possibility here of having a competition with him and Asky and kind of a 1A-1B type of thing.

"But like I said, my job is to look down the road too, and how much money do you want in the net? If one guy happens to beat out the other.

"Owe him a lot. He's done a lot for our group, and not easy circumstances for a goalie.

Grier, on Nikolai Kovalenko:

"When you watch him, the competitiveness, the inside game he has, and it's come to the forefront these last couple games, right? They're "big boy" games, you got to play inside, you got to win pucks. Those teams [Florida Panthers and Tampa Bay Lightning] showed what it takes to do it. And we're not quite there yet. I think he has the ability to do that.

"When you see him, he's built like a refrigerator, so he gets to the net, gets around the net, and wins battles. We have to keep adding that to our group.

"He can play left or right [wing]. A lot of those guys grow up [in Russia] playing on their off-side. From talking to our scouts and the guys in Colorado, I think he's comfortable on either wing."

Grier, on acquiring Georgiev:

"It just gives us a little, maybe a little bit more time for Asky to play down there and keep building on what he's doing down there. For Georgie, I had him in New York. He's a playoff-tested guy. He's won a lot of games in this league.

"For him, it's an opportunity to maybe, he's playing better now, but maybe get his game back to where he wants it in a less pressure-filled environment. We'll kind of see what happens during the next couple months after that.

Grier, on how losing Blackwood affects the Sharks' locker room:

"It's gonna be difficult for them, and I understand it. It's the bad part of the business.

In an ideal world, it would have happened later in the season. But that's not the reality of sports, right? They're in a situation there where they're battling for the playoffs and they needed something and they were willing to kind of ante up for what we were looking for. By no means were we looking to move Blacky. But when someone calls you with an offer you feel like you can't refuse, and it's going to help continue to build this and set you up for the future, you have to kind of take it, even if maybe the timing is not ideal.

Grier, on seeing Kovalenko as a playoff-caliber middle-six winger soon:

"That's the hope. I think he can play with all different types of players. He can do some of the dirty work with our top guys or play more in a checking role. He's pretty versatile."

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hockey team thickness - Colorado Avalanche 2024 VERSION (roster as of 27.07.2024)

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Paraphrasing from bedsy's wed (oct 30) altitude radio show w moser & brett:

We won't be able to keep 3 goalies (with all these injuries) so we're playing all of them to see how they are and see who we should keep

All these injuries is not the worst he's ever seen. It seems to happen at some point of every team he's coached. This is just the first time it's all at the start of the season, but we are at the point when players start to come back

Bedsy is calm n fine, sees this as adversity to persevere thru, everyone should still be stepping into the system and playing as the team knows they should play. Likes what kovalenko, ivan, stieny been doing

Cale at near top of league points board. Bc of the many injuries avs are actually scoring less than we usually do. Imagine where he'll be at in the standings when the top forwards are back!!

Summary of injuries from this chat and latest sources:

Landy: no timeline

Val: mid-Nov to be cleared to practice with avs, then they'll see when back in games

Lehky: Tuesday? vs. krak

Jo: 1-2 weeks

Rosco: 6-8 weeks

Woody: 7-10 days

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Kolya 🤝 his dad

getting traded by the Avs in exchange for a goalie

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ALEXANDAR GEORGIEV FIRST WIN AS A SHARK !! MACKLIN CELEBRINI THREE POINT NIGHT !! NIKOLAI KOVALENKO THIRD (FIRST) STAR AS A SHARK !!

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tagged by beloved @thebrood1979 to do my top 5 players wrapped! i'll be doing this year only bc i'm lazy and too much brain power is required to do my all timers. most of these will be goalies. please act surprised.

tristan jarry. this should not surprise anybody, honestly and truly. my beloved feisty prettyboy goalie. happy birthday to his goalie goal. i'm so happy to see him doing better, it looks like the vacation in wilkes helped him out so much and i'm excited to see how he does for the rest of the year.

alexandar georgiev. the doe eyes do wonders when it comes to captivating a bitch, i'll tell you what. when he's on, he's ON. always supportive of his teammates and always looking to do better. i wish that man would show the silly goofy side more often but alas we will have to survive on tiktoks and clips from avsmin for goofy sasha sometimes.

elvis merzlikins. the jackets have wormed their way into my heart this year and everybody loves an underdog. i wasn't sure that there was a goalie feistier than jars, but i've been pleasantly surprised. with the amount of shit this man has been through i wish to give him a hug and a grilled cheese cut diagonal. everyone loves a hot dad.

drew o'connor. my beloved son. i am so fond of OC it's unreal. someone let the poor boy score before he actually punches somebody and gets folded like origami for it.

kurtis macdermid. dermy, kermit, big mac, i miss you so dearly. i hope they are being nice to you in NJ, but from the sounds of things and things i've read they all love you there. as they should. the devils are another i've started watching more often tbh. come home, kermit, the kids miss you.

honourable mentions: alex nedeljkovic, devon toews, owen pickering, joel blomqvist, jacob markstrom, and nikolai kovalenko

tagging @psyduc, @malkunts, @sibbycrobby, @podcasts-8-my-heart and @coffee-at-annies as well as anyone else who wants to play! kisskiss

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San Jose receives:

G Alexandar Georgiev

F Nikolai Kovalenko

2025 5th round pick

2026 second-round pick

Colorado receives:

G Mackenzie Blackwood

F Givani Smith

2027 5th round pick

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2024-25 Colorado Avalanche players by nationality

American: 7 (Ross Colton, Sam Malinski, Josh Manson, Casey Mittelstadt, Tucker Poolman, Chris Wagner & Miles Wood) Canadian: 12 (Calvin De Haan, Jonathan Drouin, Sam Girard, Parker Kelly, John Ludvig, Nathan MacKinnon, Cale Makar, Josh Manson, Keaton Middleton, Logan O'Connor, Devon Toews & Scott Wedgewood) Russian: 4 (Alexandar Georgiev, Nikolai Kovalenko II, Valeri Nichushkin & Nikita Prischepov) Finnish: 3 (Joel Kiviranta, Artturi Lehkonen & Mikko Rantanen) Swedish: 2 (Oliver Kylington & Gabriel Landeskog) Czech: 1 (Ivan Ivan)

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Quebec Franchise Roster

Quebec- Fred

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Allen Jake Alnefelt Hugo Andersen Frederik Annunen Justus Brossoit Laurent Cloutier Louka Fleury Marc- Andre Georgiev Alexandar Grubauer Philip Kuemper Darcy Markstrom Jacob Martin Spencer Milota Jakub Moysevich Pavel Murashov Sergey Nabokov Ilya Raanta Antti Rittich David Sogaard Mads Talbot Cam Ullmark Linus Wedgewood Scott Yunin Ivan

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Basha Andrew Batherson Drake Benn Jamie Bertuzzi Tyler Boisvert Sacha Bolduc Zachary Bourgault Xavier Brisson Brendan Bunting Michael Burakovsky Andre Bystedt Filip Colton Ross Compher J.T. Copp Andrew Crosby Sidney Drury Jack Dubois Pierre-Luc Duchene Matt Finley Jack Fisher Jake Foerster Tyson Foudy Liam Geekie Conor Giroux Claude Gourde Yanni Heidt Riley Henrique Adam Hertl Tomas Hischier Nico Iginla Tij Jenner Boone Kadri Nazem Karlsson William Kovalenko Nikolai Kyrou Jordan Landeskog Gabriel Letourneau Dean MacKinnon Nathan Malkin Evgeni Marchand Brad Mazur Carter McMichael Connor Nadeau Bradly Nelson Brock Newhook Alex Nichushkin Valeri Niederreiter Nino Nugent- Hopkins Ryan Ohgren Liam Olausson Oskar O’Connor Logan O'Reilly Ryan Parascak Terik Pelletier Jakob Perron David Pettersson Lucas Pinto Shane Poitras Matthew Poulin Samuel Ranta Sampo Rantanen Mikko Ritchie Calum Rodrigues Evan Roslovic Jack Schenn Brayden Schmaltz Nick Smith Reilly Snuggerud Jimmy Stillman Chase Suzuki Nick Thomas Robert Tippett Owen Tkachuk Matthew Turcotte Alex Vanacker Marek Zacha Pavel Zellers William Ziemmer Koehn

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Andersson Rasmus Barrie Tyson Behrens Sean Bonk Oliver Bouchard Evan Dickinson Sam Doughty Drew Dragicevic Lukas Faulk Justin Guhle Kaiden Gulyayev Mikhail Korchinski Kevin Kyrou Christian Lindell Esa Mailloux Logan Makar Cale Montour Brandon Morin Etienne Nurse Darnell Provorov Ivan Sergachev Mikhail Suter Ryan Theodore Shea Toews Devon

2024-25 waivers: 16

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Ofc saw this coming but sigh.. when it really happens.. smooches to georgie💕 and off he trots to sj with a knapsack full of snacks, our well wishes, and his fiery passion full in tow..

Shocked we got blackwood. That's some top notch skill there! Ofc we had to pay for it.. bye kovi. I could never pick you out of a lineup of european blondes but you were effective and pulled your weight and i appreciated that.

Idk this givani smith F but i can see that cmac might think he'll be useful on 4th line as 6'4" 214lb (compared to kovi 5'10" 180lb) and can easily send down to eagles when ppl return from IR as he's been up/down throughout his career

Alright here we goooo new goalie tandem

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colorado avalanche

ross colton - peyton drift (girlfriend)

jonathan drouin - marie laurence drouin (wife)

gabriel landeskog - melissa landeskog (wife)

parker kelly - kiara mcmullan (fiancé)

artturi lehkonen - emmi peltonen (girlfriend)

nathan mackinnon - charlotte walker (girlfriend)

casey mittelstadt - (girlfriend)

logan o’connor - kendra o’connor (wife)

mikko rantanen - susanna ranta (girlfriend)

chris wagner -kate wagner (wife)

miles wood - maria ross (girlfriend)

calvin de haan - brittany de haan (wife)

samuel girard - jacklyn jorgensen (girlfriend)

john ludvig - kirsten cox (girlfriend)

cale makar - tracy makar (wife)

josh manson - julie manson (wife)

devon toews - kerry toews (wife)

justus annunen - laura vuotikka (girlfriend)

kaapo kahkonen - sallamari kahkonen (wife)

single???

keaton middleton

ivan ivan

joel kiviranta

alexandar georgiev

nikolai kovalenko

t.j. tynan

oliver kylington

sam malinski

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Sharks Wags

Ethan Cardwell - Single?

Macklin Celebrini - Single?

Logan Couture - Brielle Couture (wife)

Ty Dellandrea - Single?

William Eklund - Single?

Barclay Goodrow - Madison Goodrow (wife)

Mikael Granlund - Divorced

Carl Grundstrom - Wilma Grunstrom (wife)

Danil Guschin - Single?

Klim Kostin - Single?

Nikolai Kovalenko - Anastasia Kovalenko (wife)

Luke Kunin - Sophia Kunin (wife)

Will Smith - Single?

Nico Sturm - Taylor Turnquist (Fiancée)

Tyler Toffoli - Cat Belanger Toffoli (wife)

Alex Wennberg - Felicia Weeren Wennberg (wife)

Fabian Zetterlund - Single?

Cody Ceci - Jamie Ceci (wife)

Mario Ferraro - McKenna Olson (Fiancée)

Timothy Liljegren - Avery Horlock (gf)

Jan Rutta - Denisa Rutta (wife)

Jack Thompson - Single?

Henry Thrun - Leyla Ewald (gf)

Jake Walman - (gf)?

Alexandar Georgiev - (gf) ?

Vitek Vanecek - Kristyna Vanecek (wife)

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find a blorbo!: a tag game for the new NHL season

thank you for the tag my beloved @mikathemad !!

RULES: Go through the roster of each NHL team and find at least one player that you can root for.

Yes, even the team you despise. Yes, even the team everyone despises. Yes, even the team who you dare not speak of.

(I used a different color for teams I actually root for.)

Anaheim Ducks -Jansen Harkins

Boston Bruins -Brad Marchand, David Pastrnak, Jeremy Swayman

Buffalo Sabres - Bo Byram

Calgary Flames - Nazem Kadri, Ryan Lomberg, Devin Cooley

Carolina Hurricanes - Freddie Andersen, Tyson Jost

Chicago Hockey Team - Pat Maroon

Colorado Avalanche - Nathan MacKinnon, Mikko Rantanen, Alexandar Georgiev, Gabe Landeskog, Nikolai Kovalenko

Columbus Blue Jackets - Elvis Merzlikins

Dallas Stars - Wyatt Johnston, Logan Stankoven, Tyler Seguin, Magnus Hellberg, Jake Oettinger

Detroit Red Wings - J.T. Compher

Edmonton Oilers - Leon Draisaitl, Stuart Skinner, Connor McDavid

Florida Panthers - Matthew Tkachuk, Sergei Bobrovsky, the rest of the Panthers roster

Los Angeles Kings - Darcy Kuemper

Minnesota Wild - Marc-André Fleury, Jake Middleton, Kirill Kaprizov

Montreal Canadiens - Nick Suzuki

Nashville Predators - Scott Wedgewood, Brady Skjei

New Jersey Devils - Kurtis MacDermid, Jacob Markstrom

New York Islanders - Anthony Duclair

New York Rangers - Mika Zibanejad, Igor Shesterkin

Ottawa Senators - Linus Ullmark, Claude Giroux

Philadelphia Flyers - Travis Konecny, Ivan Fedotov, Erik Johnson

Pittsburgh Penguins - the whole damn team next question

San Jose Sharks - Ty Dellandrea, Macklin Celebrini

Seattle Kraken - Brandon Montour, Philipp Grubauer

St. Louis Blues - Mathieu Joseph, P.O. Joseph

Tampa Bay Lightning - Jake Guentzel, Andrei Vasilevskiy

Toronto Maple Leafs - William Nylander, Anthony Stolarz, Mitch Marner, Joseph Woll

Utah Hockey Club - Alex Kerfoot

Vancouver Canucks - Teddy Blueger, Thatcher Demko

Vegas Golden Knights - Ilya Samsonov, Tanner Pearson

Washington Capitals - Brandon Duhaime, Logan Thompson

Winnipeg Jets - Adam Lowry

tagging: @psyduc @marcfleurys @ullybug @thebrood1979 @sidsthekid and anyone else who wants to play!!

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The Dossier Commission, the body required by law to disclose who in various walks of public life worked for Bulgaria’s communist-era secret services, announced on October 18 which candidates in Bulgaria’s October 27 2024 National Assembly elections were affiliated with State Security.

The commission said that of the 4848 candidates, it checked 1793. The remaining 3055 were not checked because they are below the age threshold set in law.

It listed 41 identified as having worked for State Security.

This is lower than the figure of 79 identified ahead of the June 2024 early parliamentary elections, but in those elections, there were more candidates – 6136 – of whom 2316 were subject to checking.

Among those named by the Dossier Commission on October 18 is Movement for Rights and Freedoms founder and honorary president Ahmed Dogan, who has been identified before on several occasions. In these elections, Dogan is standing in his Alliance for Rights and Freedoms (ARF) coalition.

Dogan’s rival, Delyan Peevski, has one candidate, from his Movement for Rights and Freedoms – New Beginning coalition, identified as former State Security.

Among the major parties and coalitions, the only two identified as not having former State Security people among their candidates are the refomist We Continue the Change-Democratic Bulgaria coalition, and pro-Kremlin party Vuzrazhdane.

Boiko Borissov’s centre-right GERB-UDF coalition has one candidates named as having worked for State Security.

Among other parties that won seats in June, in the October elections cable television presenter Slavi Trifonov’s populist ITN party has one former State Security person as a candidate, while populist-nationalist Velichie also has one.

As disclosed by the Dossier Commission, the list is:

Adrian Hadzhiev, Bulgarian Union for Direct Democracy

Assen Belchev, Russophiles for Bulgaria

Aspararuh Karastoyanov, Bulgarian Socialist Party – United Left

Ahmed Dogan, ARF

Boris Zlatarev, Ataka

Valentin Hristov, Bulgari

Vangel Arabadzhiev, BSP – United Left

Velizar Enchev, BSP – United Left

Vulyo Iliev, Russophiles for Bulgaria

Dimitar Dimitrov, BSP – United Left

Doriyan Avramov, My Country Bulgaria

Emil Georgiev, Bulgari

Emil Denkov, Russophiles for Bulgaria

Emil Vladimirov, Russophiles for Bulgaria

Ivan Tokadzhiev, BSP – United Left

Ivan Turpomanov, BSP – United Left

Krassimir Stefanov, Ataka

Krassimir Kostov, Velichie

Krassimir Assenov, MRF – New Beginning

Lyubomir Hristov, GERB-UDF

Lyubomir Slavkov, BSP – United Left

Maxim Velkov, KOY – Competence, Responsibility, Truth

Maxim Mladenov, ITN

Milan Kosarov, Bulgaria for Labour and Reason

Nako Stefanov, KOY – Competence, Responsibility, Truth

Nikolai Nikolov, Bulgarian Union for Direct Democracy

Nikolai Radulov, Mech

Pavel Denkov, The Right

Petko Stoykov, Free Voters

Petar Zhelyazkov, Blue Bulgaria

Radeon Popov, ARF

Radko Handzhiev, Russophiles for Bulgaria

Radko Radev, Ataka

Ramadan Atalay, ARF

Roumen Nikolov, KOY – Competence, Responsibility, Truth

Roumen Sokolov, BSP – United Left

Stefan Genov, BSP – United Left

Stoyan Trashliev, Bulgaria Ascending

Todor Ivanov, DOST

Hristo Dunchev, Party of the Greens

Yanko Yanev, BSP – United Left

The Sofia Globe’s factfile for the October 27 2024 early parliamentary elections is available at this link.