The Sharks have added some depth on the back end, acquiring defenseman Vincent Desharnais from Pittsburgh in exchange for a 2028 fifth-round pick. Both teams have announced the trade.
The 28-year-old’s stay with the Penguins was short-lived as he only spent 10 games with them after being acquired from Vancouver last month as part of the Marcus Pettersson trade. It has been a tough season for Desharnais who has struggled in his first season away from Edmonton. He has played in 44 games between the two teams but has just three assists along with 68 blocks and 73 hits while averaging 15:37 per game.
Desharnais is in the first year of a two-year, $4MM contract signed back in July following a stint in Edmonton where he worked his way up from a minor league deal to eventually landing a regular spot on their third pairing. Now, he’ll try to reclaim a full-time spot in San Jose’s lineup.
While it might seem odd for San Jose to be adding to their roster, Desharnais is a low-cost pickup from an acquisition standpoint while the extra year on his contract isn’t an issue for a team projected to have plenty of cap space for next season. If he can get back to being a full-timer, it’s possible they’ll be better poised to flip him for a stronger return at this time next year. Meanwhile, Pittsburgh sheds a contract they had to take on to facilitate last month’s swap with the Canucks, opening up some extra cap space which it appears they’ll put to use quite quickly.
Back to the West Coast
San Jose needs alot of help on the blueline, Desharnais does not help that issue.
I disagree. He was fantastic in Edmonton. For a third pairing Dman he endeared himself to Edmonton fans. No reason he can’t be the same in San Jose.
He’s an oversized traffic cone, And a poor decision maker on ice, San Jose has enough of those.
lol another ill-informed take from the “over-sized traffic cone” of the pro hockey rumours forum.
Desharnais didn’t get to the bigs until he was 25, Edmonton brought him up out of desperation, He’s now on his 3rd team in 3 seasons, He’s only been in the NHL for three seasons, So what exactly am I incorrect about?
How many games have you watched him play exactly? Oh and Oanarin didn’t get things going until he was 24…that means nothing. Hes having a bad season ill concede but he was an absolute rock in the playoffs for Edmonton the year prior. He played well out of nowhere and was solid all season long and yup he made some bad plays like I dunno any other rookie NHLer…but he was a solid 3rd pairing shut down d-man. You probably seen him play what 1-2 games tops? You look at his stats and say yup he sucks. Hes having a bad season and instantly hes trash. Well I’d love to see you get on the ice then we’ll see who the real pylon is. So based on nhl tenure vs teams played for hes bad or have you watched him over 40+ games be consistently solid?? How many seasons have you played for in the NHL?
Are you getting the hint?
Sorry that was long winded. I can’t stand keyboard warriors the probably run out of breath walking up the stairs, say things like this player sucks. This is the best league in the world and even your Steve MacIntyres and your Derek Boogaard’s (RIP) would skate circles around any of us and dangle our lights out.
Lol. I know you don’t watch hockey, And you definitely aren’t in the lineup, But thanks for all the attention, You are adorable, Now, Go get your shine box!
Like many that have been here prior, you got Wilf/Kesler twisted in knots with logic. After a couple of attempts to keep up with you, he had to resort to a babbling non-sequitur about you not watching hockey, etc…. Simple strategy with him – use reality and logic with him a couple of times and he gives up.
I had a feeling our resident Pylon had switched names. I literally had to read his last response 3 times because it made not a lick of sense in regards to my response to him. I guess someone disagreeing with ol’ wilfyKesler (Ryan’s dad? No wonder hes such a jerk!) not only do I watch the game i played competitively for over 10 years early on and in rec leagues since. One of our rec leagues a team had a sub named Jake Lee. He was once a sharks prospect but I don’t even think he played in the ECHL. This guy wasn’t even trying and you couldn’t do anything to get the puck off him. Played in the WHL I believe. So whatever ego trip Kesler is on I wish I had that kinda self confidence haha
Another guy that probably will get moved on Friday along with another player from Sharks.
So Deharnais is a Ferraro replacement? Don’t really get the need for SJ otherwise.
Sharks defensive depth is beyond poor. They traded a 5th round pick from an era when a new USA president will be elected. Fit seems fairly obvious given the minimal investment, and based on the flip potential.