{"id":364717,"date":"2026-06-17T21:01:09","date_gmt":"2026-06-17T21:01:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/364717\/"},"modified":"2026-06-17T21:01:09","modified_gmt":"2026-06-17T21:01:09","slug":"breaking-sharks-acquire-kesselring-from-sabres","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/364717\/","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING: Sharks Acquire Kesselring From Sabres"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The San Jose Sharks have acquired defenseman Michael Kesselring from the <a href=\"https:\/\/sharkshockeydigest.com\/tag\/buffalo-sabres\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"335\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Buffalo Sabres<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The team announced the deal Wednesday afternoon. This trade also includes <a href=\"https:\/\/sharkshockeydigest.com\/tag\/2026-nhl-draft\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"3159\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">2026 NHL Draft<\/a> picks. San Jose sends the 20th overall pick to the Sabres. Buffalo attached the 27th overall pick along with the 26-year-old RHD.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/hashtag\/SJSharks?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow\">#SJSharks<\/a> have made a trade acquiring Michael Kesselring and the 2026 27th overall pick from the Buffalo Sabres in exchange for the 20th overall selection (EDM\u2019s pick)<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Max Miller (@Real_Max_Miller) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Real_Max_Miller\/status\/2067340650811375999?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow\">June 17, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Kesselring played 34 games for the Sabres this season. The d-man registered two assists and appeared in one Stanley Cup Playoff game.<\/p>\n<p>The 6-foot-5 blue liner is a <a href=\"https:\/\/puckpedia.com\/player\/michael-kesselring\" type=\"link\" id=\"https:\/\/puckpedia.com\/player\/michael-kesselring\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"(opens in a new tab)\">restricted free-agent<\/a> with arbitration rights. Many NHL Insiders suspected Kesselring could be a trade piece as he fell out of favor with the Atlantic Division champs.<\/p>\n<p>For the San Jose Sharks, Kesselring\u2019s addition fill a major hole on the blue line. GM <a href=\"https:\/\/sharkshockeydigest.com\/tag\/mike-grier\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"15\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Mike Grier<\/a> and HC <a href=\"https:\/\/sharkshockeydigest.com\/tag\/ryan-warsofsky\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"13\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Ryan Warsofsky<\/a> told reporters during <a href=\"https:\/\/sharkshockeydigest.com\/tag\/exit-interview\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"3154\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">exit interviews<\/a> that adjusting the defense was a top priority.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMichael has a big frame with solid two-way ability,\u201d Grier said in a release. \u201cHe is a responsible player in the defensive zone with a well rounded offensive game, and will be a good upgrade for us patrolling the blueline. We\u2019re happy to have him a part of the organization.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Last season, the San Jose Sharks played with just two RHD: <a href=\"https:\/\/sharkshockeydigest.com\/tag\/john-klingberg\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"2661\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">John Klingberg<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/sharkshockeydigest.com\/tag\/vincent-desharnais\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"655\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Vincent Desharnais<\/a>. Adding Kesselring to the mix will be an upgrade.<\/p>\n<p>Desharnais and Klingberg are both UFAs. <\/p>\n<p>For now, the Sharks make a trade to fill a hole without losing major prospects or draft capital. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The San Jose Sharks have acquired defenseman Michael Kesselring from the Buffalo Sabres. The team announced the deal&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":364718,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[106081,2064,66125,4401,88,90,89,98,11966,65278,755],"class_list":["post-364717","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-jose","tag-2026-nhl-draft","tag-buffalo-sabres","tag-michael-kesselring","tag-mike-grier","tag-san-jose","tag-san-jose-headlines","tag-san-jose-news","tag-san-jose-sharks","tag-sharks-prospects","tag-sharks-trade","tag-sj-sharks"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/364717","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=364717"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/364717\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/364718"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=364717"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=364717"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=364717"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}