SAN JOSE – The Sharks, within the midst of their longest shedding streak of the season, claimed ahead Ryan Dzingel off of waivers from the Toronto Maple Leafs on Monday.
The Sharks additionally positioned struggling ahead Lane Pederson on waivers.
Dzingel, 29, and defenseman Ilya Lyubushkin had been traded from the Arizona Coyotes to the Maple Leafs on Saturday for ahead Nick Ritchie and a conditional draft decide. Toronto then positioned Dzingel on waivers on Sunday.
Dzingel, in his ninth skilled season, has 86 targets and 187 factors in 398 profession NHL video games, and had 20-goal seasons in 2018 and 2019. He had seven factors in 26 video games for the Coyotes this season.
Dzingel is on a one-year, $1.1 million contract he signed with the Coyotes in July. He's slated to turn out to be an unrestricted free agent this summer time.
The Sharks, who've gone 0-3-3 since Jan. 29, play the Anaheim Geese on Tuesday and coach Bob Boughner indicated that Dzingel would have the ability to meet the staff in Orange County.
Dzingel scored a mixed 62 targets in 247 video games with Ottawa from 2015 to 2019, as he was a teammate of defenseman Erik Karlsson’s for his first three years with the Senators.
“He’s a man that has some offense to his recreation given the chance,” Boughner mentioned. “I do know he hasn’t been a top-six man for the final 12 months or so, however I feel historical past exhibits that, given the possibility, he can produce.”
The Sharks final season plucked Rudolfs Balcers off waivers from Ottawa final season. Balcers has 32 factors in 73 video games since he returned to San Jose and has been in a top-six ahead function for many of this season when he’s been wholesome.
“Greater than something for us, he’s a man that doesn’t value us something and it’s slightly little bit of an injection of some power right here,” Boughner mentioned of Dzingel.
Dzingel additionally performed with goalie James Reimer with the Carolina Hurricanes in 2019-2020 and the primary month of the 2020-2021 season.
“He’s a terrific participant. He’s bought nice velocity, a very good shot,” Reimer mentioned of Dzingel. “He needs to win and he needs to be his finest each single evening. I’m excited to see him and excited to see him play as effectively.”
The Sharks, as of early Monday afternoon, didn't have a real fourth-line heart to switch Pederson, though Boughner talked about Matt Nieto or Noah Gregor as prospects except the staff recollects a participant from the Barracuda. Dzingel has some expertise as an NHL centerman however has performed the wing for many of his profession.
Pederson, 24, had two factors in 26 video games for the Sharks this season, primarily as a fourth-line ahead. If he clears waivers, he can be assigned to the Barracuda of the AHL.
Boughner mentioned his message to Pederson was to, “go down, get that confidence again and slightly bit swagger in your recreation and be top-of-the-line gamers down with the Barracuda. It’s proven all 12 months that we’ve given quite a lot of these guys alternatives, and if he's, he’ll get again right here (assuming) he clears.
“However for him, it’s extra of a confidence factor.”