PHILADELPHIA — The Philadelphia Flyers rid themselves of defenceman Ryan Ellis’ contract in a trade with the San Jose Sharks, ending his tenure at just four games played in four seasons.

Ellis and a conditional sixth-round draft pick were traded to San Jose on Sunday for forward Carl Grundstrom and defenceman Artem Guryev. The condition on the sixth-round pick is that San Jose shall receive the earlier of two picks Philadelphia currently owns in the 2026 sixth round, its own and Columbus’.

The Flyers now have five picks in the 2026 draft. They own one pick in each of the first three rounds, one in the sixth and one in the seventh round.

The Flyers thought they acquired one of the NHL’s best defencemen when they landed Ellis from Nashville ahead of the 2021 season. Ellis was selected by

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