Probably needing to clear a roster spot for some soon-to-be wholesome gamers, the San Jose Sharks on Sunday positioned sporadically used veteran defenseman Nick Leddy on waivers.
Leddy, 34, is one in all seven defensemen on San Jose’s energetic roster. However the Sharks, who’re already carrying the utmost 23 gamers, had been quickly going to be going through a roster crunch with defensemen Vincent Desharnais and Shakir Mukhamadullin each nearing a return from their respective upper-body accidents.
Desharnais has been on injured reserve since Dec. 1, and Mukhamadullin was positioned on IR on Jan. 6. Groups have till Monday morning to say Leddy earlier than he may be assigned by the Sharks to the Barracuda of the AHL.
Desharnais and Mukhamadullin each practiced with the Sharks on Sunday in South Florida, and Desharnais could possibly be within the Sharks’ lineup for his or her highway sport in opposition to the Florida Panthers on Monday.
Resulting from an early-season damage and quite a few wholesome scratches, Leddy, who the Sharks claimed off waivers from the St. Louis Blues in July, has performed in simply 19 of San Jose’s 47 video games to date this season. Within the Sharks’ 4-2 loss to the Detroit Pink Wings on Friday, Leddy had an help in 17:27 of ice time.
Leddy is within the ultimate 12 months of a four-year, $16 million contract he signed with the Blues in July 2022.
Leddy was within the lineup for the Sharks’ first seven video games of the season earlier than he sustained an upper-body damage within the first interval of the group’s sport in opposition to the New York Rangers on Oct. 23.
Leddy missed the following 11 video games, and after his return on Nov. 15 in Seattle, wearing solely 11 extra video games for San Jose attributable to inconsistent play and a logjam on the again finish, with 9 defensemen on the roster at occasions.
Different defensemen on the Sharks roster proper now are Sam Dickinson, Mario Ferraro, Vincent Iorio, John Klingberg, Timothy Liljegren, and Dmitry Orlov.
Leddy, now in his sixteenth NHL season, was a first-round draft alternative by Chicago in 2009 and performed 4 seasons with the Blackhawks from 2010 to 2014, successful a Stanley Cup with the group in 2013. In Oct. 2014, Leddy was traded to the New York Islanders, the place he spent seven seasons earlier than being traded to the Detroit Pink Wings in 2021. He was traded to the Blues eight months later.
Leddy, who has performed in 1,061 video games in his NHL profession, was positioned on waivers by the Blues on July 2 and claimed by the Sharks the following day.
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