The San Jose Sharks granted longtime defenseman Erik Karlsson's request for a trade Sunday, dealing him to the Pittsburgh Penguins in a three-team trade the included the Montreal Canadiens for a haul that included veteran forward Mikael Granlund and a 2024 first-round pick.
Along with Granlund and the first-round pick, which is top-10 protected, the Sharks also acquired winger Mike Hoffman and defenseman Jan Rutta.
The Penguins also received forwards Rem Pitlick and Dillon Hamaliuk and a 2026 third-round pick, while the Canadiens are getting defenseman Jeff Petry, goaltender Casey DeSmith, forward Nathan Legare and a 2025 second-round selection.
Karlsson, the 2023 Norris Trophy winner as the NHL's top defenseman, had told the Sharks that he wanted to be traded to a title contender during the offseason. «I want to win,» Karlsson said at the NHL Awards media day in June. «That's not to say that I'm going to win.