Blackhawks trade goalie Laurent Brossoit to Sharks in four-player deal

Laurent Brossoit is finally on the move.

More than a month after Sportsnet’s Elliotte Friedman reported that the Chicago Blackhawks were open to dealing him, Brossoit was traded to the San Jose Sharks on Thursday, the teams announced.

Chicago sent Brossoit, defenceman Nolan Allan and a 2028 seventh-round pick to San Jose in exchange for defencemen Ryan Ellis and Jake Furlong and a 2028 fourth-rounder.

Brossoit has spent the season in the AHL after returning from an 18-month injury absence dating to the 2024 Stanley Cup Playoffs when he was with the Winnipeg Jets.

He carries a cap hit of $3.3 million and has posted a .901 save percentage and 3.38 goals-against average in six games with the Rockford IceHogs this season.

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Brossoit, 32, joins a suddenly crowded San Jose crease that also includes Yaroslav Askarov and Alex Nedeljkovic.

Allan, 22, has played 43 career NHL games all with the Blackhawks, tallying one goal and seven assists.

Originally selected in the first round (32nd overall) of the 2021 NHL Draft, the six-foot-two Allan has two goals and four assists in 29 games with the IceHogs this season.

Ellis, 35, has not appeared in the NHL since 2022 but is on the books through next season with a $6.25 million cap hit.

Furlong, 21, has yet to make his NHL debut after being selected in the fifth round of the 2022 draft. In 78 career AHL games with the San Jose Barracuda, he posted nine goals and 20 assists.

NHL teams are permitted to make trades until Feb. 4 at 3 p.m. ET, after which transactions are paused for the Olympics through 11:59 p.m. ET on Feb. 22. The trade deadline is set for March 6 at 3 p.m. ET.