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The San Jose Sharks made a massive trade today, sending defenseman Brent Burns to the Carolina Hurricanes.
We have acquired Steven Lorentz, Eetu Makiniemi and a conditional 2023 third round selection from the Carolina Hurricanes in exchange for Brent Burns and Lane Pederson.
— San Jose Sharks (@SanJoseSharks) July 13, 2022
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The Sharks will also retain 34 per cent of Burns’ salary for the three remaining seasons on the deal, which makes for $2.72 million against the Sharks' cap in each season. Burns has been with the Sharks for the last 11 seasons, playing a huge role on the team’s blue line. He’s 37 years old and scored 10 goals and 54 points in 82 games this past season.
I’ll release an article going more in-depth on this trade soon but for now, it’s still pretty wild to see the Sharks actually move on from Burns. The Sharks didn’t get a huge return for the defender but they did clear some cap space and added a depth forward, a prospect and a decent pick in exchange. It’s a major development, possibly showing the team is finally gearing towards the future rather than the present.
San Jose also signed forward Oskar Lindblom to a two-year contract, which carries a $2.5 million cap hit.
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— San Jose Sharks (@SanJoseSharks) July 13, 2022
The #SJSharks have signed forward Oskar Lindblom to a two-year contract.
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It’s a bit of a curious move for the Sharks to let go of Jonathan Dahlen and buy out Rudolfs Balcers and then sign Lindblom to a more expensive contract. That said, the forward is still fairly young and should get a good opportunity with the Sharks.
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Sharks fire Bob Boughner and assistants Sharks hire Mike Grier as General Manager Sharks trade 11th overall pick to Coyotes, draft Filip Bystedt 27th overall Sharks acquire Luke Kunin from Predators Recapping the San Jose Sharks’ nine selections at the 2022 NHL Draft Sharks make Hockey Operations changes, Dahlen and Meloche not qualified Sharks to buy out Rudolfs Balcers