The San Jose Sharks announced on Sunday afternoon that they acquired defenseman Ryan Ellis and a conditional sixth-round pick from the Philadelphia Flyers .

San Jose sent Philadelphia forward Carl Grundstrom and defenseman Artem Gruyère in return.

Ellis will likely not play a game for the Sharks . He has not played a game since Nov. 2021, when he tore a psoas muscle in his back that, in all likelihood, ended his NHL career.

He sustained the injury in his fourth game with the Flyers after they acquired him in a trade from the Nashville Predators back in 2021.

The 34-year-old defenseman is in the seventh year of an eight year, $50 million deal he signed with Nashville in Aug. 2018. He will carry an annual cap hit of $6.25 million for the next two seasons before his contract expire

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