The name most often tied to the San Jose Sharks right now is a big one: Simon Edvinsson.
The Detroit Red Wings defenseman is drawing interest from around the league, and the Sharks are believed to be among the teams in the mix. Insider Pierre LeBrun said as many as 10 clubs are involved, with San Jose and the Boston Bruins among the teams he named.
“He feels this has dragged out so long that the most logical option for him is probably a trade,” LeBrun reported.
That tracks with earlier reporting this month that Edvinsson “prefers” a move out of Detroit. The former sixth-overall pick even showed up to training camp without a contract, and interim GM Shawn Horcoff still didn’t get a deal done.
The appeal is obvious. Edvinsson is 6-6, has averaged more than 20 minutes a night over the last two seasons, and put up 25 points in 72 games last season. He’s viewed as a shutdown defenseman, and if San Jose were to land him, he would immediately become the club’s top blue-liner.
That kind of addition wouldn’t come cheap.
Elsewhere around the Sharks, Alex Wennberg is week-to-week with an injury, and Igor Chernyshov is also out week-to-week. The team is also dealing with a rebound issue, while Adam Gaudette’s status as a healthy scratch since coming back from injury is another topic of discussion.
Yaroslav Askarov’s game has also drawn attention, with the question raised whether he made the save of the year. William Eklund also spoke about his trade from the Sharks and his recent ankle injury, and Michael Kesselring is getting introduced to fans in a deeper profile.
On the podcast side, Keegan and Sheng have been talking through the Sharks’ playoff chances, along with Michael Misa and Sam Dickinson’s development and Luca Cagnoni’s power play work.
There’s more coming off the ice, too. The Sharks will soon hand out Will Smith and Macklin Celebrini Halloween bobbleheads, and the team recently teased its Hometown Remix jersey with the line, “Enter the Shark Tank.”
Assistant GM Jeff Kealty also sat down for an in-depth interview with Marco D’Amico, and LeBrun has also written that San Jose has turned into a destination for NHL veterans.
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