Alexandar Georgiev is still waiting for the next stop in his hockey career.
The former Colorado Avalanche goalie, now 30, does not have an NHL home as Aug. 16 arrives, even after spending the last year trying to position himself for another shot at the league. He joined Spartak Moskva of the KHL last season after a short two-game run with the Buffalo Sabres’ AHL affiliate in Rochester, then walked away from his Sabres contract and signed a two-year deal in Russia.
In early June, Georgiev made another move aimed at getting back to the NHL by terminating the final year of that contract. The plan was clear: open the door to another opportunity in North America. So far, nothing has materialized.
With NHL training camps a little more than a month away and the KHL season set to start before then, Georgiev’s future remains unresolved.
His path to this point has been a sharp slide from where he once stood in Colorado. Georgiev spent two full seasons and part of a third with the Avalanche before being traded to the San Jose Sharks for Mackenzie Blackwood in December 2024. Things did not improve much in San Jose, and his NHL career has been on hold ever since.
That makes this a notable turn for a goalie who was once the clear starter on a Stanley Cup contender. In his first season with the Avalanche, Georgiev led the NHL with 40 wins.
He followed that with 38 wins the next year. In two playoff runs with Colorado, he went 9-9 in 18 starts.
Whether a team decides to take a chance on him is still an open question. PTO season is not far off, and that could be the window where a player like Georgiev gets a look and a chance to keep his career moving.
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