Goaltender Philipp Grubauer is moving on from the Colorado Avalanche, signing a six-year, $35.4 million contract on Wednesday with the Seattle Kraken, according to Elliotte Friedman of SportsNet.
He earned $10 million over three years on his previous contract, and Grubauer proved worthy of another payday with his work in 2020-21. The netminder recorded a 30-9-1 record in 40 starts with a career-best 1.95 goals-against average, a 92.2 save percentage and career-high seven shutouts for the Presidents' Trophy-winning Avalanche.
That gave way to a postseason run to the second round ended by the Vegas Golden Knights, where he 29-year-old posted a 2.