- Position
- G
- Number
- #1
- Age
- 31
- Pieces here
- 7
Status Acquired July 1, 2026 (2yr); third string / AHL
On the record
Called Shots →Ilya Samsonov is not on San Jose's active NHL roster when the Sharks open the 2026-27 regular season against Florida on October 1, 2026.
Written about him
Eric Comrie costs San Jose $1.15 million in either league. It exposed him first.
San Jose placed goaltender Eric Comrie and forward Jimmy Huntington on waivers on Friday, September 25, for assignment to the Barracuda, and reassigned Filip Bystedt. Comrie signed a two-year, one-way deal on July 1 at $1,150,000 a season, with the same $1,150,000 as his minor-league salary, per PuckPedia. Ilya Samsonov, signed September 8 at $850,000 in the NHL and $225,000 in the minors, stays in camp; he has not dressed in any of San Jose's three exhibitions. Claims on Friday's 61 waived players were due 24 hours later; two were claimed, and neither was a Shark. Opening-night rosters are due Monday at 5 p.m. Eastern.
Grier replaced an injured goaltender with one waiting on immigration
San Jose's training camp roster, published September 16, lists 48 players and five goaltenders: Yaroslav Askarov, Eric Comrie, Alex Nedeljkovic, Matt Davis and Brady Knowling. The five goaltenders under NHL contract are Nedeljkovic, Askarov, Comrie, Ilya Samsonov and Kyle Keyser, per PuckPedia read September 18. On the first day of camp Mike Grier said Keyser is out with an upper-body injury for a couple of months at least, that the September 8 Samsonov signing was a response to that injury, and that Samsonov has not reached camp because he is waiting to be cleared by immigration. The club's September 8 release gave no reason for the signing. The NHL crease is untouched: Askarov, Nedeljkovic and Comrie were all on the ice Thursday.
San Jose Has Five Goaltenders Under Contract And Not One Of Them Can Be Sent Down For Free
PuckPedia lists all five San Jose goaltenders under NHL contract as waivers eligible, read September 13: Yaroslav Askarov at 24, Kyle Keyser at 27, Ilya Samsonov at 29, Alex Nedeljkovic at 30 and Eric Comrie at 31. San Jose is one of eight clubs in the league with no goaltender under contract aged 23 or younger, against a league in which the median club has a 21-year-old signed. Samsonov signed a one-year two-way deal on September 8 after a season in the KHL. No take filed: it bounced at the desk price.