Flyers & Sharks Complete Multi-Player Trade
The San Jose Sharks and Philadelphia Flyers have wrapped up their preseason by completing a trade on Sunday, involving three players, two of which are active, and one conditional draft pick.
#SJSharks have acquired defenseman Ryan Ellis and a 2026 conditional 6th round pick from the Flyers for Carl Grundstrom and Artem Guryev.
— Curtis Pashelka (@CurtisPashelka) October 5, 2025
Pashelka was first to report the trade, which the teams quickly announced soon after. The deal sees defenceman Ryan Ellis and a conditional sixth-rounder head to the Sharks, for depth forward Carl Grundstrom and Artem Guryev.
Per the Sharks team report:
Ellis, 34, has not played due to injury since Nov. 2021. In 11 seasons with the Nashville Predators and Flyers, Ellis has posted 275 points (76 goals, 199 assists) in 566 games.
Grundstrom, 27, appeared in 56 games with San Jose in 2024-25, scoring nine points (three goals, six assists) and 24 penalty minutes. In 292 career games with the Los Angeles Kings and San Jose, Grundstrom has scored 76 points (43 goals, 33 assists). Guryev spent last season with Wichita (ECHL), posting five points (two goals, three assists). He was originally selected by San Jose in the fifth round (135th overall) of the 2021 NHL Draft.
#sjsharks have added the contract of #Flyers’ Ryan Ellis ($6.25 million cap hit) via trade with PHI - to go along with #GoHabsGo Carey Price ($10.5 million cap hit).#Flyers will save almost $4.5m in space and not have to operate in LTIR. San Jose buys cap flexibility.
— Frank Seravalli (@frank_seravalli) October 5, 2025
The Sharks now have Carey Price and Ellis on the cap to help get them to the floor, meanwhile the Flyers add some depth pieces. Expect to see a few more trades trickle in before puck drops on the regular season Tuesday night.
#SJSharks now have $34,437,501 in “dead cap.”
Photo credit: Eric Hartline-Imagn Images
$24,750,000 in IR: Price, Couture, Ellis
$6,800,001 in buyouts: Vlasic, Jones, Knyzhov
$2,887,500 in retained salary: Karlson, Hertlhttps://t.co/o7eUYMViAP
