{"id":379446,"date":"2026-06-29T16:42:08","date_gmt":"2026-06-29T16:42:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/379446\/"},"modified":"2026-06-29T16:42:08","modified_gmt":"2026-06-29T16:42:08","slug":"sharks-sign-kesselring-to-3-year-contract","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/379446\/","title":{"rendered":"Sharks Sign Kesselring To 3-Year Contract"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The San Jose Sharks have begun their off-season work, as the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nhl.com\/sharks\/news\/sharks-sign-michael-kesselring-to-a-three-year-contract\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"(opens in a new tab)\">team announced<\/a> it has signed <a href=\"https:\/\/sharkshockeydigest.com\/tag\/michael-kesselring\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"3196\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Michael Kesselring<\/a> to a three-year contract.<\/p>\n<p>First reported by PuckPedia on Sunday evening, Kesselring\u2019s contract holds an average annual value of $4.5 million. The 26-year-old was a pending restricted free agent and was acquired via trade 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 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>Kesselring was a nice addition by San Jose Sharks GM <a href=\"https:\/\/sharkshockeydigest.com\/tag\/mike-grier\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"15\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Mike Grier<\/a>, as his project of reshaping the defense began with this move. Kesselring is a righty, something the Sharks lacked last season. The former 6th-round pick has shown he can be a successful NHL player, but injuries derailed his 25-26 season.<\/p>\n<p>The Sharks\u2019 d-man only played 34 games for the Sabers last season, registering two assists. He appeared in one playoff game against the <a href=\"https:\/\/sharkshockeydigest.com\/tag\/boston-bruins\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"709\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Boston Bruins<\/a> but barely played. Across just five shifts, Kesselring had 4:25 minutes of ice time.<\/p>\n<p>In 24-25, Kesselring played all 82 games for the <a href=\"https:\/\/sharkshockeydigest.com\/tag\/utah-mammoth\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"2606\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Utah Mammoth<\/a>, then known as the Utah Hockey Club. That season, Kesselring showcased the ability to play hard defense and chip in offensively, scoring 7 goals and 22 assists.<\/p>\n<p>Kesselring was part of San Jose Sharks head coach <a href=\"https:\/\/sharkshockeydigest.com\/tag\/ryan-warsofsky\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"13\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Ryan Warsofsky\u2019s<\/a> Team USA World Championship gold-medal team in 2025. That gold medal ended a 92-year drought at Worlds for the Americans.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The San Jose Sharks have begun their off-season work, as the team announced it has signed Michael Kesselring&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":371212,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[2064,4388,66125,1036,88,90,89,98,65278,755],"class_list":["post-379446","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-jose","tag-buffalo-sabres","tag-contract-extension","tag-michael-kesselring","tag-ryan-warsofsky","tag-san-jose","tag-san-jose-headlines","tag-san-jose-news","tag-san-jose-sharks","tag-sharks-trade","tag-sj-sharks"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/379446","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=379446"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/379446\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/371212"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=379446"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=379446"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=379446"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}