Eklund traded to Senators by Sharks for No. 9 pick in 2026 Draft

Eklund simply accomplished his third full NHL season with the Sharks, placing up 53 factors (15 targets, 38 assists) in 78 video games. The 23-year-old ahead, who was chosen by San Jose with the No. 7 pick in the 2021 NHL Draft, has 163 factors (50 targets, 113 assists) in 252 video games.

Eklund is getting into the primary season of a three-year, $16.8 million contract ($5.6 million common annual worth) he signed with the Sharks on July 1, 2025.

The commerce comes at some point after Senators common supervisor Steve Staios mentioned his crew had no intention of taking a step again after shedding Tkachuk, who requested a commerce.

“Would you like to get an impact player back in a deal like this?” Staios mentioned. “There’s a number of different ways you can get there in the end. I feel like the draft capital and assets that we return opens the door for many different possibilities.”

Halttunen was chosen by San Jose in the second spherical (No. 36) of the 2023 NHL Draft. The 21-year-old had 35 factors (16 targets, 19 assists) in 69 video games for San Jose of the American Hockey League this season.

Svoboda simply accomplished his sophomore season at Boston University, the place he had 15 factors (six targets, 9 assists) in 35 video games. The 21-year-old was chosen by the Sharks in the third spherical (No. 71) of the 2023 draft.

The Sharks now have two of the highest 9 picks (additionally No. 2) in this 12 months’s draft at KeyBank Center in Buffalo. The first spherical will likely be held on Friday (7 pm ET; ESPN, ESPN+, SN, TVAS). San Jose (39-35-8) completed 4 factors behind the Los Angeles Kings for the second wild card from the (*9*) Conference, lacking the Stanley Cup Playoffs for the seventh straight season.