Confirmed with Link: Wild trade Addison to Sharks? Yes, for 2026 5th, Raska

[LadyStanley]

Shake up

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[Sharkz4Fun]

Ryan Merkley but made the NHL. This is just a desperation move from Grier to get some offense from the back end similar to when Kraapo was traded here from MIN as a desperate move for G help. Absolutely horrific defensively, and another reclamation project.

 

[fasterthanlight]

I have never heard of this player but fire DW. Welcome Calen, hope u can score

MG seems to have a weird fascination with targeting/trading for kind-of random players like Kunin or now Addison

 

[Hobocop]

 

[gaucholoco3]

I’m all for upgrading the D but this has to signal they are going to waive a D.

 

[Pavelski2112]

Uhh ok I guess

 

[LadyStanley]

 

[hohosaregood]

He'd definitely be our best PMD but idk how this affects the logjam

I like this value a lot

 

[Alaskanice]

Welcome to San Jose, Calen!!

 

[Hodge]

Solid gamble. There was a while there when it looked like Addison was a future #1 PPQB type. That's probably not happening anymore but he's still young. I was hoping we'd look at Adam Boqvist but this is way less expensive.

 

[weastern bias]

For a 23 year old pending RFA RHD who scored at a 38 point pace last year I don't hate it

He just better not take #2 from Big Willy Style

 

[mogambomoroo]

Minnesota hasn't learned a thing in all of these years, never trade a offensively minded RD to Sharks... jk

In all seriousness good move by SJ to get a puck moving RD for free.

 

[gaucholoco3]

I’m curious why the Wild are giving up a 23yr old top 4 defenseman for a measly 5th round pick.

 

[Alaskanice]

I’m curious why the Wild are giving up a 23yr old top 4 defenseman for a measly 5th round pick.

I’m wondering as well. Maybe we’re moving someone??

 

[Gecklund]

This might be one of the better trades Grier has made. Addison is good offensively. He does have some growing defensively but I think he got kind of screwed with Goligoski as his partner in MIN. A 5th is basically nothing for him. I’d argue Addison is instantly our best D offensively.

 

[exchequer]

We’ll see what happens but if he was THAT good, some other teams would have paid more

 

[Lebanezer]

 

[Hodge]

I’m curious why the Wild are giving up a 23yr old top 4 defenseman for a measly 5th round pick.

He averaged just over 16 minutes a game last year. He's not a top 4 defenseman, or at least he has definitely not proven to be any more than a #6.

Still a worthy gamble for the price. Maybe we get lucky for once and he's Vince Dunn 2.0.

 

[mogambomoroo]

I think in this environment this was a hell of a move by Grier. Addison adds puck moving and offence that Sharks needs from the blue line. He is gonna keep that spot until better defencemen come through from our system, or trade/FA.

 

[weastern bias]

We’ll see what happens but if he was THAT good, some other teams would have paid more

We don't know if he was shopped around, based on what I've seen Guerin seems like a pretty terrible GM so he may have just made a bad move

 

[YUPPY]

This a forced trade-getting player. GMMG signature M.O. Thrun was in the same situation.

 

[Sendhelplease]

I really like this move. We need a defenseman who can actually run the powerplay and Addison seems capable of doing that plus he is cheap and young.

 

[ThorNton Apologist]

One of our glaring problems was lack of puck moving ability from the back end. This definitely helps that at a very low cost

 

[Hodge]

Grier's pro scouting track record has been impressive so far IMO. Lindblom was a bust (still a worthwhile gamble given what he showed pre-cancer) but Sturm, Lorentz, Benning, Eyssimont, MacDonald, Peterson, Zetterlund, Mukhamadullin, Blackwood, G. Smith, Burroughs and Emberson were all previously unheralded or flat out unknown players who have provided good value relative to their acquisition costs. Hopefully Addison is another success along these lines.

 

[Cas]

There's no way this is true.

Addison is 5'11", 172.