{"id":369218,"date":"2026-06-21T15:29:08","date_gmt":"2026-06-21T15:29:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/369218\/"},"modified":"2026-06-21T15:29:08","modified_gmt":"2026-06-21T15:29:08","slug":"sharks-acquire-michael-kesselring-swap-1st-round-picks-with-sabres-field-level-media-professional-sports-content-solutions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/369218\/","title":{"rendered":"Sharks acquire Michael Kesselring, swap 1st-round picks with Sabres &#8211; Field Level Media &#8211; Professional sports content solutions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The San Jose Sharks acquired defenseman Michael Kesselring and the No. 27 overall pick in the 2026 NHL Draft from the Buffalo Sabres in exchange for the No. 20 selection.<\/p>\n<p>San Jose has eight selections in the upcoming draft on June 26-27 in Buffalo, including the No. 2 overall pick.<\/p>\n<p>Kesselring, who is listed at 6-foot-5 and 215 pounds, recorded two assists and averaged 13:24 of ice time in 34 games this past season with the Sabres.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMichael has a big frame with solid two-way ability,\u201d Sharks general manager Mike Grier said. \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 blue line. We\u2019re happy to have him be a part of the organization.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Kesselring, 26, has totaled 55 points (12 goals, 43 assists) in 190 games split between the Arizona Coyotes\/Utah Mammoth and Sabres. He was selected by the Edmonton Oilers in the sixth round of the 2018 NHL Draft.<\/p>\n<p>Kesselring was traded by the Oilers to the Coyotes on March 2, 2023, and again by the then-Utah Hockey Club to the Sabres on June 26, 2025.<\/p>\n<p>\u2013Field Level Media<\/p>\n<p>                                        <img loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/1782055748_263_be4452b65ace878d206f2029709048c825036e3517e6a89f4eedc3d4c530e2ba.jpeg\"  class=\"avatar avatar-96 photo\" height=\"96\" width=\"96\" decoding=\"async\"\/>                                    <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The San Jose Sharks acquired defenseman Michael Kesselring and the No. 27 overall pick in the 2026 NHL&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":369219,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[88,90,89],"class_list":["post-369218","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-jose","tag-san-jose","tag-san-jose-headlines","tag-san-jose-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/369218","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=369218"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/369218\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/369219"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=369218"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=369218"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=369218"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}