2023-08-06 15:55:02
Karlsson, winner of the Norris Trophy as the NHL’s top defenseman last season with 101 points (25 goals, 76 assists), heads to Pittsburgh with forward prospect Dillon Hamaliuk and a third-round pick in the 2026 draft.
In return, the Sharks get forwards Mike Hoffman, Mikael Granlund, defenseman Jan Rutta and a conditional 2024 first-round pick.
Before passing him on to the Sharks, the Penguins got Hoffman from the Canadiens along with forward Rem Pitlick in exchange for defenseman Jeff Petry, goaltender Casey DeSmith, forward prospect Nathan Légaré and a second-round pick in the 2025 draft.
Karlsson, 33, became the sixth defenseman in franchise history to reach 100 points in a season, the first since Brian Leetch (102) with the New York Rangers in 1991-92. He has four more seasons to go on his eight-year, $92 million contract (average annual salary $11.5 million) signed with the Sharks on June 17, 2019. The Sharks will withhold 13 percent of his salary. Karlson.
Drafted in the first round (15th overall) by the Ottawa Senators in 2008, Karlsson has 761 points (178 goals, 583 assists) in 920 career regular season games with the Sharks and Senators, and 53 points (eight goals , 45 assists) in 67 Stanley Cup Playoff games. He has won the Norris Trophy three times (2012, 2015, 2023).
“While it’s always difficult to trade a player of the caliber of Erik Karlsson, this transaction fits with several objectives of our organization,” Sharks general manager Mike Grier said. “We are adding two forwards to our roster who have proven they can produce offensively in the NHL and we are strengthening our defensive squad. Plus, acquiring another first-round pick gives us the opportunity to improve our development system with top prospects. We also get financial flexibility to add players in the future, should the opportunity arise.
“We want to thank Erik for his contributions to San Jose over the past four years and congratulate him on a remarkable and historic 2022-23 season. We wish Erik, his wife Melinda, Harlow and Stellan the best for the future. »
Hoffman, 33, had 34 points (14 goals, 20 assists) in 67 regular season games with the Habs last season. Drafted in the fifth round (130th overall) by the Senators in 2009, he has 464 points (218 goals, 246 assists) in 679 career regular season games with the Canadiens, St. Louis Blues, Florida Panthers and the Senators. He added 20 points (11 goals, nine assists) in 33 playoff games.
Granlund, 31, had 41 points (10 goals, 31 assists) in 79 games with the Nashville Predators and Penguins last season, including five points (one goal, four assists) in 21 games after being acquired by the Penguins on March 1. Drafted ninth overall by the Minnesota Wild in 2010, Granlund has 484 points (145 goals, 339 assists) in 750 career games with the Penguins, Predators and Wild, and 32 points (11 goals, 21 assists) in 59 spring tournament games.
Rutta, 33, had nine points (three goals, six assists) in 56 games with the Penguins last season. Signed as an undrafted free agent by the Chicago Blackhawks on June 7, 2017, Rutta has 70 points (15 goals, 55 assists) in 294 career games with the Penguins, Tampa Bay Lightning and Blackhawks. He added 11 points (three goals, eight assists) in 49 playoff games, winning the Stanley Cup with Tampa Bay twice (2020, 2021).
Hamaliuk was drafted in the second round (55th) by the Sharks in 2019. He spent the last season with the Wichita Thunder of the ECHL, collecting seven points (four goals, three assists) in six games. He never played in the NHL.
Petry, 35, spent just over seven seasons with Montreal before being traded to the Penguins on July 16, 2022 in return for defender Mike Matheson, among others. In his only season in Pittsburgh, Petry had 31 points (five goals, 26 assists) in 61 games. Petry has two more seasons left on his four-year, $25 million contract (average annual salary $6.25 million) signed with the Canadiens on Sept. 25, 2020. The Penguins will retain 25 percent of his salary.
Drafted in the second round (45th overall) by the Edmonton Oilers in 2006, Petry has 353 points (92 goals, 261 assists) in 864 career games with the Penguins, Canadiens and Oilers, and 13 points (five goals, eight assists) in 48 playoff games.
DeSmith, 31, has spent his entire career with the Penguins organization, who signed him as an undrafted free agent on July 1, 2017. Last season, DeSmith went 15-16-4 with a 3.17 goals-against average and a .905 save percentage. In 134 games with Pittsburgh, he was 58-44-15 with a 2.81 GAA and .912 save percentage. He also had nine shutouts.
Légaré, 22, was selected by the Penguins in the third round (74th overall) in the 2019 draft. In two seasons in the American Hockey League (AHL) with the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins, the Montreal native has collected 35 points (15 goals, 20 assists) in 125 games. The former Drakkar de Baie-Comeau and Foreurs de Val-d’Or, in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League (LHJMQ), has yet to play a game in the NHL.
Pitlick, 26, had 15 points (six goals, nine assists) in 46 games with the Canadiens last season, also playing 18 games with the Laval Rocket, the Habs’ AHL farm club. Drafted in the third round (76th) by the Predators in 2016, Pitlick has 54 points (21 goals, 33 assists) in 123 career NHL games with the Canadiens, Wild and Predators.
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