{"id":337247,"date":"2026-05-29T08:50:12","date_gmt":"2026-05-29T08:50:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/337247\/"},"modified":"2026-05-29T08:50:12","modified_gmt":"2026-05-29T08:50:12","slug":"sharks-sign-phillip-sinn-to-entry-level-contract-pro-hockey-rumors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/337247\/","title":{"rendered":"Sharks Sign Phillip Sinn To Entry-Level Contract \u2013 Pro Hockey Rumors"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The San Jose Sharks have looked towards Germany to reinforce their blue line. Defenseman <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.eliteprospects.com\/player\/564061\/phillip-sinn\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Phillip Sinn<\/a> has <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nhl.com\/sharks\/news\/sharks-sign-defenseman-phillip-sinn#:~:text=Internationally%2C%20Sinn%20has%20represented%20Germany,of%20the%20squad%20in%202024.\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">signed a two-year, entry-level contract<\/a> with the Sharks set to begin next season. Sinn spent last season with EHC Munchen of Germany\u2019s DEL and played five games with Team Germany at the 2026 World Championships. Reports of NHL interest around Sinn was first reported <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Eisblog_\/status\/2059926400782496099?s=20\" rel=\"nofollow\">by German hockey news source Eisblog<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Sinn, 22, is a true shutdown-defenseman. He scored just nine points across all levels of competition in the 2025-26 season, including three points in 35 games of his DEL season. Despite those low marks, Sinn stood out with a long reach and physical style that helped secure an otherwise offensively-leaning defense corps \u2013 led by former Carolina Hurricanes defender <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/m\/murphry01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=www.prohockeyrumors.com&amp;utm_campaign=2026-05-28_hr\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Ryan Murphy<\/a>. Sinn was most productive in a seven-game assignment to Germany\u2019s minor-pro league, where he recorded four assists.<\/p>\n<p>The 6-foot-2 defender rose through the ranks of Austrian hockey and made his debut in the country\u2019s top league in 2023. He finished his first pro season with seven points in 30 games with EC Salzburg and captained Team Germany at the 2024 World Junior Championships \u2013 where he scored four points in five games. Sinn has since built a tendency for very little scoring in top pro leagues, but near point-per-game scoring in minor-pro leagues, through trips in Austria and Germany. Those tenures include no scoring in 12 games in the Champions Hockey League, but two points in three games of Germany\u2019s Deutschland Cup.<\/p>\n<p>Sinn will bring another big body and shutdown ability to the Sharks defense corps. He could have a hope at one day filling the hard-working, shutdown role filled by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/f\/ferrama01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=www.prohockeyrumors.com&amp;utm_campaign=2026-05-28_hr\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Mario Ferraro<\/a> in his final months in the Sharks lineup. That dream will be far off, though, as Sinn enters his North American career behind prospect <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.eliteprospects.com\/player\/618999\/leo-sahlin-wallenius\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Leo Sahlin Wallenius<\/a> on the depth chart and almost certainly headed for a second-pair role in the AHL.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The San Jose Sharks have looked towards Germany to reinforce their blue line. 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