The San Jose Sharks have made a trade that could improve the Barracuda.<\/p>\n
The Sharks sent defenseman Jack Thompson to the Vancouver Canucks for defenseman Jett Woo.<\/p>\n
Also, an NHL executive, not with either San Jose or Vancouver, explained how this trade could help both organizations.<\/p>\n
Thompson, 23, was a 2020 Tampa Bay Lightning second-round pick, acquired in the Anthony Duclair trade in 2024.<\/p>\n
The 6-foot-1 right-hander had four goals and 10 points in 31 games with the San Jose Sharks last year but couldn\u2019t carve out a place on the NHL roster this season.<\/p>\n
Thompson has three goals and 12 points in 42 games with the Barracuda this year, averaging 18:46 a night.<\/p>\n
The San Jose Sharks has gained more defensive NHL-caliber depth, pushing out Thompson, who\u2019s set to become an RFA after this season.<\/p>\n
Woo, 25, was a 2018 Canucks\u2019 second-round pick.<\/p>\n
The 6-foot-0 right-hander has never played in the NHL, but he\u2019s been a staple of Vancouver\u2019s AHL affiliates for the last six years, the Utica Comets and Abbotsford Canucks.<\/p>\n
Last playoffs, Woo averaged 21:23 a night, fourth among Abbotsford defensemen, helping the Canucks win the Calder Cup.<\/p>\n
Woo is set to become a UFA after this season.<\/p>\n
\u201cJust as good but equally different players,\u201d the exec said. \u201cJett is more a harder, skating defenseman.\u201d<\/p>\n
Woo is also more defensively-oriented than Thompson, which helps to balance the Barracuda blueline. Luca Cagnoni, Lucas Carlsson, and Mattias Havelid are more offensive, while Woo, Nolan Allan, and Braden Hache lean more defensive.<\/p>\n
This deal should give Thompson a better chance to return to the NHL, while Woo should give a Barracuda squad eyeing a Calder Cup run more defensive chops and experience.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The San Jose Sharks have made a trade that could improve the Barracuda. The Sharks sent defenseman Jack…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":506685,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[66],"tags":[230385,831,9817,230386,385,834,835,99,447,1320],"class_list":{"0":"post-506684","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nhl","8":"tag-abbotsford-canucks","9":"tag-featured","10":"tag-jack-thompson","11":"tag-jett-woo","12":"tag-nhl","13":"tag-san-jose-barracuda","14":"tag-san-jose-sharks","15":"tag-sports","16":"tag-trade","17":"tag-vancouver-canucks"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/506684","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=506684"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/506684\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/506685"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=506684"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=506684"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=506684"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}