{"id":379041,"date":"2026-06-29T08:29:08","date_gmt":"2026-06-29T08:29:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/379041\/"},"modified":"2026-06-29T08:29:08","modified_gmt":"2026-06-29T08:29:08","slug":"sharks-sign-kesselring-how-to-unlock-his-potential","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/379041\/","title":{"rendered":"Sharks Sign Kesselring, How To Unlock His Potential?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The San Jose Sharks have signed Michael Kesselring.<\/p>\n<p>The Sharks signed the 26-year-old defenseman to a three-year, $13.5 million contract ($4.5 million AAV), buying up two of his UFA seasons. There were no trade protections. Kesselring was a pending RFA.<\/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> signed recently acquired 26 y\/o RFA RD Michael Kesselring to 3 year $4.5M Cap Hit Deal.<\/p>\n<p>Kesselring is an RFA. The deal covers 1 RFA &amp; 2 UFA seasons.<\/p>\n<p>Contract is $4.5M salary each season and does not include trade protection.<\/p>\n<p>Rep&#8217;d by Matt &amp; Ryan Keator WIN Hockey\u2026<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 PuckPedia (@PuckPedia) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/PuckPedia\/status\/2071386180973990387?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow\">June 29, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The San Jose Sharks acquired the 6-foot-5 right-hander and the No. 27 pick in the 2026 Draft from the Buffalo Sabres on Jun. 17, in exchange for the No. 20.<\/p>\n<p>Kesselring was coming off a tough season with the Sabres, posting two assists in 34 games. He was a frequent healthy scratch and also dealt with injuries.<\/p>\n<p>But Kesselring broke out with the Utah Mammoth in 2024-25, notching seven goals and 29 points, skating 17:41 a game. He was also used on the second-unit power play.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/sanjosehockeynow.com\/san-jose-sharks-michael-kesselring-buffalo-sabres-trade-scouts\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">San Jose Sharks<\/a> are hoping for at least that type of return to form from Kesselring.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHas top-four potential,\u201d an NHL scout told San Jose Hockey Now. \u201cGood size, moves well, has some upside.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>At the moment, Kesselring is the Sharks\u2019 only signed NHL right-handed blueliner.<\/p>\n<p>Jason Demers, who played with Kesselring on the Bakersfield Condors, spoke on how to unlock Kesselring\u2019s potential on the most recent episode of the San Jose Hockey Now Podcast:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The San Jose Sharks have signed Michael Kesselring. The Sharks signed the 26-year-old defenseman to a three-year, $13.5&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":364791,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[93,28347,66125,88,90,89,98],"class_list":["post-379041","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-jose","tag-featured","tag-jason-demers","tag-michael-kesselring","tag-san-jose","tag-san-jose-headlines","tag-san-jose-news","tag-san-jose-sharks"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/379041","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=379041"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/379041\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/364791"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=379041"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=379041"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=379041"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}