San Jose Sharks' Oskar Lindblom (23) waits for a face-off against the Anaheim Ducks in the third period at the SAP Center in San Jose, Calif., on Tuesday, Nov. 1, 2022. (Nhat V. Meyer/Bay Area News Group)
The San Jose Sharks placed veteran forwards Oskar Lindblom, Jacob Peterson, and Ryan Carpenter on waivers Friday, likely clearing the way for forward William Eklund and Thomas Bordeleau to be on the team’s 23-man roster for the start of the regular season.
NHL teams have 24 hours to claim either Lindblom, Peterson, or Carpenter. If one or more of the players clear waivers, the expectation is they will be assigned to the San Jose Barracuda, the Sharks’ AHL affiliate.
Lindblom, 27, is in the second year of a two-year, $5 million deal he signed with the Sharks in July of last year as a free agent.
Per CapFriendly, if Lindblom clears and is assigned to the AHL, he’ll continue to count $1.35 million against San Jose’s salary cap.
Peterson, 24, was qualified as a restricted free agent by the Sharks this summer and was signed to a one-year, two-way deal worth $775,000 at the NHL level. Carpenter, 32, received the same contract when he signed with the Sharks as an unrestricted free agent in July.
Although the Sharks were perhaps not swayed by statistics alone, Peterson played in three preseason games and was held without a point. Both Lindblom and Carpenter played in two preseason games and were held scoreless.
Eklund and Bordeleau, meanwhile, both dressed for four preseason games. Eklund had a goal and two assists and Bordeleau had two goals.
At the moment, the Sharks’ NHL forward group consists of Eklund, Bordeleau, Tomas Hertl, Mikael Granlund, Kevin Labanc, Mike Hoffman, Anthony Duclair, Luke Kunin, Alexander Barabanov, Nico Sturm, Fabian Zetterlund, Filip Zadina and Givani Smith.
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Originally published at Curtis Pashelka