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James Reimer will test free agency.
San Jose Sharks GM Mike Grier suggested this in his April exit interview: “If I’m being honest, I would say we probably won’t bring back the same goalie tandem as we had this year.”
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Considering that the 26-year-old Kaapo Kahkonen is already signed for the 2023-24 campaign and that Reimer is a UFA, the writing was on the wall for the 35-year-old netminder.
Reimer’s agent Ray Petkau confirmed this to Pierre LeBrun on Monday: “Mike and the team there absolutely love Reims but given where they’re at [rebuilding] it made sense for them to let him go. But he loved his time in San Jose.”
Reimer’s tenure in teal was up-and-down on the ice, and eventually, marred by controversy off it.