{"id":313986,"date":"2026-05-13T18:08:25","date_gmt":"2026-05-13T18:08:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/313986\/"},"modified":"2026-05-13T18:08:25","modified_gmt":"2026-05-13T18:08:25","slug":"san-jose-sharks-sign-forward-carson-wetsch-to-entry-level-deal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/313986\/","title":{"rendered":"San Jose Sharks sign forward Carson Wetsch to entry-level deal."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>SAN JOSE \u2013 The San Jose Sharks got another member of their 2024 draft class under contract, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mercurynews.com\/2025\/09\/27\/san-jose-sharks-macklin-celebrini-carson-wetsch-kelowna-rockets-calgary-hitmen-michael-misa-sam-dickinson\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">signing forward Carson Wetsch<\/a> to a three-year, entry-level deal.<\/p>\n<p>The contract, announced Wednesday, runs through the 2028-29 season<a href=\"https:\/\/puckpedia.com\/player\/carson-wetsch\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> and per Puckpedia,<\/a> carries a $997,500 salary cap hit at the NHL level. Wetsch and the Sharks needed to agree to an entry-level contract by June 1, or he would have entered the 2026 draft.<\/p>\n<p>The 6-foot-2, 200-pound Wetsch had 72 points, including 50 assists, over 65 games <a href=\"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl-rockets\/players\/29129\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">for the Kelowna Rockets<\/a> this past season. The 20-year-old North Vancouver native also had four points in eight WHL playoff games and will compete in the Memorial Cup later this month, with Kelowna being the host city.<\/p>\n<p>Wetsch, who also played three full seasons with the Calgary Hitmen from 2022-2025, will compete for a spot on the San Jose Barracuda\u2019s roster next season<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCarson brings size, scoring touch, a high motor, and strong character to our organization,\u201d general manager Mike Grier said in a statement. \u201cWe are excited to add him to our group and continue his development in San Jose.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Wetsch was taken by the Sharks in the third round, 82nd overall, in the 2024 draft. From that class, the Sharks also have forwards Macklin Celebrini and Igor Chernyshov, and defenseman Sam Dickinson and Leo Sahlin-Wallenius under contract.<\/p>\n<p>Before he was returned to the WHL last year, Wetsch impressed the Sharks during the 2025 training camp with his heady play and straightforward approach.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEvery single day, he has gotten better and more comfortable,\u201d Warsofsky said last September of Wetsch after the start of camp. (\u201cHe\u2019s) playing with the puck more, the game\u2019s slowing down for him a little bit, completely locked in (during) video meetings.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGuys are asked to answer (questions), and he\u2019s ready with the answer, and he pays attention. Not only does he pay attention in here, but he also goes out there, and he does it right.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"SAN JOSE \u2013 The San Jose Sharks got another member of their 2024 draft class under contract, signing&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":313987,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[103159,130345,1035,88,90,89,98],"class_list":["post-313986","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-jose","tag-carson-wetsch","tag-kelowna-rockets","tag-macklin-celebrini","tag-san-jose","tag-san-jose-headlines","tag-san-jose-news","tag-san-jose-sharks"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/313986","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=313986"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/313986\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/313987"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=313986"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=313986"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=313986"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}