{"id":380023,"date":"2026-06-30T00:53:06","date_gmt":"2026-06-30T00:53:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/380023\/"},"modified":"2026-06-30T00:53:06","modified_gmt":"2026-06-30T00:53:06","slug":"report-werenski-doesnt-want-to-come-to-sharks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/380023\/","title":{"rendered":"REPORT: Werenski Doesn\u2019t Want To Come to Sharks?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It sounds like all the Zach Werenski trade talk to the San Jose Sharks might be moot.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Elliotte Friedman doesn\u2019t think that Werenski wants to come to San Jose, at least not yet.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWherever Werenski\u2019s going to go now is most likely somewhere he thinks he can win,\u201d Friedman opined <a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/the-picks-are-in\/id1332150124?i=1000774669609\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">on the 32 Thoughts Podcast<\/a>. \u201cI just don\u2019t think you can win [a Stanley Cup] there now.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The San Jose Sharks, led by 20-year-old superstar Macklin Celebrini, are undoubtedly on the rise. But they\u2019ve also missed the playoffs for seven-straight seasons and running.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">So, the reigning Norris Trophy winner, 28, would have a point. It\u2019s also very much worth noting that the American superstar has a No-Movement Clause this upcoming season, so he\u2019s not going anywhere that he doesn\u2019t want, at least not in 2026-27.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Friedman talked a lot about the Dallas Stars being a sensible destination for Werenski.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Friedman also made an interesting point, too, about Werenski\u2019s contract, which expires at the end of the 2027-28 campaign.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cMaybe he might not be looking at you now,\u201d Friedman said, \u201cbut how\u2019s he going to feel in two years?\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The San Jose Sharks, if it all goes to plan, should be contending for the Cup, by then.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">San Jose Hockey Now reached out to Werenski\u2019s representation for confirmation of this report.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"It sounds like all the Zach Werenski trade talk to the San Jose Sharks might be moot. Elliotte&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":380024,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[27928,2069,16181,1035,88,90,89,98,3236,52847],"class_list":["post-380023","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-jose","tag-columbus-blue-jackets","tag-dallas-stars","tag-elliotte-friedman","tag-macklin-celebrini","tag-san-jose","tag-san-jose-headlines","tag-san-jose-news","tag-san-jose-sharks","tag-trade","tag-zach-werenski"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/380023","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=380023"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/380023\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/380024"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=380023"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=380023"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=380023"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}