{"id":378841,"date":"2026-06-29T02:13:28","date_gmt":"2026-06-29T02:13:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/378841\/"},"modified":"2026-06-29T02:13:28","modified_gmt":"2026-06-29T02:13:28","slug":"werenski-watch-sharks-reportedly-interested-in-norris-winner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/378841\/","title":{"rendered":"Werenski Watch: Sharks Reportedly Interested In Norris Winner"},"content":{"rendered":"

BUFFALO \u2014 There is no better defenseman to make a significant impact on the San Jose Sharks than Zach Werenski<\/a>.<\/p>\n

According to multiple reports, the Sharks have a serious interest in acquiring the 2026 Norris Trophy winner from the Columbus Blue Jackets<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou can absolutely count the Dallas Stars, Philadelphia Flyers, San Jose Sharks, and Hurricanes among the early teams with interest,\u201d Aaron Portzline from The Athletic<\/a> reports.<\/p>\n

Although Werenski hasn\u2019t formally requested a trade, questions loom about his future in Ohio. Werenski and agent Judd Moldaver will reportedly meet with the CBJ front office following the conclusion of the 2026 NHL Draft<\/a>. Werenski hasn\u2019t played in the Stanley Cup Playoffs<\/a> since 2020 and was a big part of Team USA\u2019s Gold Medal in 2026.<\/p>\n

Chris Johnston: I don\u2019t think at this point in time, Zach Werenski is willing to commit long term to Columbus; he certainly is willing to go back and play\u2026and honour his contract, but it will leave management with a big decision \u2013 Insider Trading (6\/25)<\/p>\n

\u2014 NHL Rumour Report (@NHLRumourReport) June 26, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n

Should the San Jose Sharks land the 28-year-old, the price will be high. GM Mike Grier<\/a> has all the trade assets needed to make a deal for Werenski, but he won\u2019t overpay. There is also the question of whether Werenski will sign an extension with the Sharks when his current contract ends in the summer of 2028.<\/p>\n

Werenski has full control over where he plays next season if he gets traded. The defenseman has a full no-move clause through the end of this season. In 75 games this season, Werenski had 81 points (22 goals, 59 assists). He averaged 26:37 time on ice per game.<\/p>\n

Despite needing to fill out the right side of the blue line, the Sharks would happily take Werenski. He would pair extremely well with Macklin Celebrini<\/a>. Celebrini\u2019s meteoric rise has NHL players taking the San Jose Sharks off their no-trade lists.<\/p>\n

Werenski is and will continue to be the talk of the off-season.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"BUFFALO \u2014 There is no better defenseman to make a significant impact on the San Jose Sharks than…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":378842,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[106081,27928,4401,9893,88,90,89,98,15509,755,52847],"class_list":["post-378841","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-jose","tag-2026-nhl-draft","tag-columbus-blue-jackets","tag-mike-grier","tag-nhl-trade-rumors","tag-san-jose","tag-san-jose-headlines","tag-san-jose-news","tag-san-jose-sharks","tag-sharks-trade-rumors","tag-sj-sharks","tag-zach-werenski"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/378841","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=378841"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/378841\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/378842"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=378841"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=378841"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=378841"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}