{"id":366438,"date":"2026-06-19T00:11:28","date_gmt":"2026-06-19T00:11:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/366438\/"},"modified":"2026-06-19T00:11:28","modified_gmt":"2026-06-19T00:11:28","slug":"sharks-acquire-michael-kesselring-no-27-selection-in-2026-draft-from-sabres-for-no-20-pick","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/366438\/","title":{"rendered":"Sharks acquire Michael Kesselring, No. 27 selection in 2026 draft from Sabres for No. 20 pick"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"c-paragraph\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/nhl\/team-page\/san-jose-sharks\/28\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/nhl\/team-page\/san-jose-sharks\/28\" target=\"_blank\">San Jose Sharks<\/a> have acquired defenceman <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/nhl\/player\/michael-kesselring\/8480891\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/nhl\/player\/michael-kesselring\/8480891\" target=\"_blank\">Michael Kesselring<\/a> and the No. 27 selection in the 2026 NHL Draft from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/nhl\/team-page\/buffalo-sabres\/7\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/nhl\/team-page\/buffalo-sabres\/7\" target=\"_blank\">Buffalo Sabres<\/a> in exchange for the No. 20 pick. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Kesselring, 26, only appeared in 36 games this season due to an ankle injury.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">He had two assists in 34 games this season while averaging 13:24 of ice time and appeared in one playoff game before the Sabres were eliminated in the second round.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">The 6-foot-5, right-shot blueliner is coming off a two-year, $2.8 million contract that carried a cap hit of $1.4 million and is a restricted free agent. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Kesselring was acquired by the Sabres, along with forward <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/nhl\/player\/josh-doan\/8482659\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/nhl\/player\/josh-doan\/8482659\" target=\"_blank\">Josh Doan<\/a>, from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/nhl\/team-page\/utah-mammoth\/68\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/nhl\/team-page\/utah-mammoth\/68\" target=\"_blank\">Utah Mammoth<\/a> in June of 2025 in exchange for forward <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/nhl\/player\/&#009;jj-peterka-550315\/8482175\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/nhl\/player\/&#009;jj-peterka-550315\/8482175\" target=\"_blank\">JJ Peterka<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Drafted 164th overall by the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/nhl\/team-page\/edmonton-oilers\/22\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/nhl\/team-page\/edmonton-oilers\/22\" target=\"_blank\">Edmonton Oilers<\/a> in 2018, Kesselring has 12 goals and 55 points in 190 games split between the Arizona Coyotes, Mammoth, and Sabres.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">The Florence, S.C., native helped the United States end a 92-year drought at the World Hockey Championship, winning gold in 2025.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The San Jose Sharks have acquired defenceman Michael Kesselring and the No. 27 selection in the 2026 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