The Sharks have added another name to the mix up front, signing center Alex Barre-Boulet as an unrestricted free agent on Wednesday, according to Sheng Peng.
San Jose hasn’t revealed the term or financial details of the deal yet, but the move brings in a player with a long track record of producing in the AHL. Barre-Boulet, 29, has built a reputation as one of the league’s top scorers, and he backed that up last season with the Colorado Eagles, where he piled up 26 goals and 44 assists for 70 points in 70 games.
That total was good for second in AHL scoring. Over the past 10 seasons, he also ranks fifth in AHL points among active players.
The Montmagny, Quebec native came through the QMJHL with the Drummondville Voltigeurs and the Blainville-Boisbriand Armada. He was already a productive junior scorer early on, then broke out in a major way in his fourth and final season with Blainville-Boisbriand, posting 53 goals and 63 assists for 116 points in 65 games.
Barre-Boulet’s pro career began when he signed with the Tampa Bay Lightning as an undrafted free agent before the 2018-19 season. He carried that scoring touch straight into the AHL, finishing his first year with the Syracuse Crunch at 34 goals and 34 assists for 68 points in 74 games.
He stayed in Tampa Bay’s system for the first six seasons of his pro career, aside from a brief two-game run with the Seattle Kraken in October 2021 after being claimed off waivers, dropped, and re-claimed by the Lightning. In all, he appeared in 68 NHL games during that stretch and produced 12 goals and six assists for 18 points.
After that, Barre-Boulet spent the 2024-25 season with the Montreal Canadiens before moving on to Colorado for the 2025-26 season.
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