Sharks trade two players to Flyers for defenseman Ryan Ellis, 2026 draft pick originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area
With the 2025-26 NHL season opener just a few days away, the Sharks on Sunday made a move.
San Jose traded winger Carl Grundstrom and defenseman Artem Guryev to the Philadelphia Flyers in exchange for defenseman Ryan Ellis and a conditional sixth-round pick in the 2026 NHL Draft, the Sharks announced.
Ellis, 34, hasn’t played in an NHL game since November 2021 due to injury, and currently has two years left on his contract with cap hits of $6.25 million this season and next. In 11 seasons with the Nashville Predators and Flyers, Ellis has posted 275 points (76 goals, 199 assists) in 566 games.
Grundstrom, 27, was acquired last summer in a draft-week trade with the Kings, which sent defenseman Kyle Burroughs to Los Angeles. Grundstrom appeared in 56 games with San Jose in 2024-25, scoring nine points (three goals, six assists) and 24 penalty minutes. In 292 career games with the Los Angeles Kings and San Jose, Grundstrom has scored 76 points (43 goals, 33 assists).
Guryev spent last season with Wichita (ECHL), posting five points (two goals, three assists). He was originally selected by San Jose in the fifth round (135th overall) of the 2021 draft.
The sixth-round conditional pick San Jose receives in the trade is the earlier of Columbus Blue Jackets’ (previously acquired) or Philadelphia’s selections.