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Trade Deadline Buzz: Sharks Want 1st for Ferraro?

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Here’s a running diary of what I’ve heard San Jose Sharks-related around the Trade Deadline.

The Sharks may be tapped out of big moves, after dealing Mackenzie Blackwood, Mikael Granlund, Cody Ceci, Vitek Vanecek, Nico Sturm, and Jake Walman in the lead-up to the Mar. 7 12 PM PT Deadline.

But Luke Kunin and Mario Ferraro are still possibilities, and they’ve got four first-round picks in 2025 and 2026 to wave around.

12:27 PM

12:19 PM

12:11 PM

Whoa, this is crazy.

11:50 AM

11:45 AM

I think the Sharks were hoping for a third on Kunin, but with the Trade Deadline closing, I think they took a fourth for the pending UFA, who I guess wasn’t really in their plans.

11:32 AM

11:21 AM

One NHL amateur scout opines that a 2026 first might actually be worth more than a 2025 first right now, scouts see the 2025 Draft as relatively weak.

10:53 AM

10:52 AM

Here’s what a smarter hockey person than me, who’s not a big Ferraro fan, said about the Sharks’ asking price: “Not super crazy [ask] since he has another year left. More crazy if it’s a rental. Yes, that’s a high price but that’s just because San Jose needs him and probably doesn’t really need to move him.”

10:31 AM

Will Smith for the San Jose Barracuda’s playoff run? A source tells San Jose Hockey Now: “I doubt it.”

10:06 AM

Pure speculation, but I wonder if the Mikko Rantanen to Dallas Stars deal takes them off the board to re-sign Granlund. So maybe an off-season reunion isn’t wild?

I do continue to believe, somewhat related, that Mackenzie Blackwood wanted term, which makes that trade understandable. Keep in mind, he’s 28. Yaroslav Askarov’s new deal is up in 2026-27, you don’t want to be paying starting goalie rates for two guys after that.

9:54 AM

I’ve double-checked this today, Mikael Granlund would’ve re-signed with the San Jose Sharks for three or four years. Take that for what you will. Also, I wonder, if the Sharks felt like they had to trade Granlund, looking at what centers have got in recent days (Brock Nelson? The Seattle Kraken duo?), did they jump the gun, getting basically just a late 1st? Granted, Sharks didn’t have a retention spot, but they probably could’ve found a middle man, to help pump up Granlund’s value.

9:51 AM

I heard that the Colorado Avalanche were interested in Ferraro, but opted instead for Ryan Lindgren, who they got for less than a first-plus.

9:46 AM

A source outside of the San Jose Sharks expects a third for Kunin closer to the Deadline.

9:33 AM

I might be proven wrong, but my digging around this morning suggests that the Toronto Maple Leafs aren’t the team closest on Kunin. I’ll keep checking on it.

The price for Ferraro? I’m told a first-plus. That’s wild to me. Maybe that’s just negotiating and you can talk down the San Jose Sharks? But canvassing the league, it feels like a second-plus is already considered an overpay.

What I’m told about Carl Berglund, who the Sharks picked up in the Jake Walman trade? While he’s 25 like Patrick Giles, he’s not seen as having an NHL future, while Giles is seen as that. Berglund is not an every-night AHL forward, in one executive’s opinion.

 

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