Luke Kunin von Haie scratched for trade -related purposes

The San Jose Sharks Center Luke Kunin will be held from the line -up compared to the Colorado Avalanche on Thursday, reports Chris Johnston von TSN.

In 63 appearances with the Sharks this season, Kunin scored 11 goals and added seven templates for 18 points, which were paired with 46 minutes of penalty and a minus 24 rating.

Kunin was originally selected by the Minnesota Wild in the NHL design in 2016 and has a total of 422 career competitions with the wild, Nashville Predators and Sharks, in which he collected 73 goals and 69 assists for 142 points, into the overall tension with the wild gates and 69 assists. With the game in 2019-20, Kunin scored 31 points in which 15 goals and 16 templates were achieved in 63 excursions. The 27-year-old-born Chesterfield, Mon., also scored four goals and an assist for five points in 14 appearances in the Stanley Cup Playoffs.

Kunin has a one-year contract via Puckpedia, which contains an annual average of $ 2.75 million. Kunin is entitled to become an unrestricted free agent in the off -season.

Before the NHL trade closing on March 7, the sharks have already taken several steps, including a Thursday, in which the club ship center Nico Sturm led to defending champion Florida Panthers together with a seventh selection of the seventh round in the NHL 2027 NHL draft in the fourth round in the NHL 2027. On Wednesday, the Sharks defender Vincent Desharnais from the Pittsburgh Penguins acquired in a deal in which the club in the NHL design 2028 took part with a selection of the fifth round.

The reconstruction sharks will take part in the avalanche on Thursday, which is located at the end of the NHL classification with a 17-37-9 record and 43 points. However, the sharks will take over the Avalanche, who are looking for two wins of the Toronto Maple Leafs and Buffalo Sabres after their third victory in a row.