With the 2025-26 NHL season opener just a few days away, the Sharks on Sunday made a move.

San Jose traded winger Carl Grundstrom and defenseman Artem Guryev to the Philadelphia Flyers in exchange for defenseman Ryan Ellis and a conditional sixth-round pick in the 2026 NHL Draft, the Sharks announced .

Ellis, 34, hasn't played in an NHL game since November 2021 due to injury, and currently has two years left on his contract with cap hits of $6.25 million this season and next. In 11 seasons with the Nashville Predators and Flyers, Ellis has posted 275 points (76 goals, 199 assists) in 566 games.

Grundstrom, 27, was acquired last summer in a draft-week trade with the Kings, which sent defenseman Kyle Burroughs to Los Angeles. Grundstrom appeared in 56 games with San Jose in 2024-25,

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