NHL trade season is well underway. There have been significant trades going back to the fall but the “trade season” really kicked off in a big way in late January when the Colorado Avalanche shocked the hockey world by trading Mikko Rantanen to the Carolina Hurricanes.

Struggling through another awful season, the Sharks could be on the verge of shedding several additional players.

The Sharks still could have an exciting 2025 NHL trade deadline. Sure, their obvious top trade chips are long gone — Mackenzie Blackwood went to the Colorado Avalanche for Nikolai Kovalenko and a second-round pick in December,

Mikko Rantanen could be on the move again if Carolina cannot sign the 2022 Stanley Cup champion, now in his prime, to an extension