{"id":139311,"date":"2026-01-18T20:36:12","date_gmt":"2026-01-18T20:36:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/139311\/"},"modified":"2026-01-18T20:36:12","modified_gmt":"2026-01-18T20:36:12","slug":"san-jose-sharks-put-nick-leddy-on-waivers-vincent-desharnais-nears-return","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/139311\/","title":{"rendered":"San Jose Sharks put Nick Leddy on waivers; Vincent Desharnais nears return"},"content":{"rendered":"

Potentially needing to clear a roster spot for some soon-to-be healthy players,<\/a> the San Jose Sharks on Sunday placed veteran defenseman Nick Leddy<\/a> on waivers.<\/p>\n

Leddy, 34, is one of seven defensemen on San Jose\u2019s active roster.<\/a> But the Sharks, who are already carrying the maximum 23 players, were soon going to be facing a roster crunch with defensemen Vincent Desharnais and Shakir Mukhamadullin both nearing a return from their respective injuries.<\/p>\n

Desharnais has been on injured reserve since Dec. 1, and Mukhamadullin was placed on IR on Jan. 6.<\/p>\n

Desharnais and Mukhamadullin both practiced with the Sharks on Sunday, and Desharnais could be in the Sharks\u2019 lineup for their game against the Florida Panthers on Monday.<\/p>\n

Due to an early-season injury<\/a> and numerous healthy scratches, Leddy has played in just 19 of the Sharks\u2019 47 games so far this season.<\/p>\n

Leddy, now in his 16th NHL season, was placed on waivers by the St. Louis Blues on July 2 and claimed by the Sharks the next day. \u00a0Leddy is in the final year of a four-year, $16 million contract he signed with the Blues in July 2002.<\/p>\n

Leddy has played in 1,061 games in his NHL career and won a Stanley Cup with the Chicago Blackhawks in 2013.<\/p>\n

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