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Sharks Holding Luke Kunin Out For Trade Purposes

March 6, 2025 at 4:44 pm CDT | by Gabriel Foley 2 Comments

The San Jose Sharks are planning to hold forward Luke Kunin out of the lineup on Thursday night for trade-related purposes. The decision was first reported by Curtis Pashelka of the Bay Area News Group and later seconded by Chris Johnston of The Athletic. San Jose traded fourth-line centerman Nico Sturm to the Florida Panthers earlier on Thursday – and would part with both of their bottom-six centerman should Kunin also be on the move.

Kunin has been a part of two trades in his eight-year career, though neither came in the middle of the season. The Minnesota Wild drafted Kunin with the 15th-overall selection in the 2016 NHL Draft and promoted him to the NHL two years later. He started off slow, with just 21 points across his first 68 games and two NHL seasons. He was reassigned to the minors for part of the 2018-19 campaign and found much hardier scoring – 20 points in 28 AHL games – which sparked a breakout performance in the 2019-20 season. Kunin posted a career-high 15 goals and 31 points in 63 games that year. Minnesota followed that statement year by selling high on Kunin before the start of the following season, dealing him to the Nashville Predators for Nick Bonino and the draft pick that would turn into Marat Khusnutdinov.

Kunin initially held onto his scoring through the early-career move, with 10 goals and 19 points in his first 38 games in Nashville. But a lower-body injury cut his first year with the Predators short, and he only managed 22 points in 82 games after returning in 2021-22. That downward trend prompted another move, with Nashville sending Kunin to San Jose for John Leonard and a draft pick in July of 2022. Kunin has filled a depth role in San Jose in the three seasons since. He’s twice scored 11 goals and 18 points in a single Sharks season – managing the feat in 77 games last year and 63 games of this season.

But those numbers are still far from the 30-point ceiling Kunin managed at his best. He’s a physically imposing centerman, but needs the backing of a hardy line to be at his best. He’ll be a cheap option on the open market, though any potential buyer will have to hope yet another trade can kick Kunin’s goal-scoring back into gear.

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  1. FeeltheThunder

    5 months ago

    Hard to say who could be in on Luke Kunin as several teams could have interested in him. I guess we’ll find out soon enough.

    Reply
  2. Gbear

    5 months ago

    Stars would be a good fit here. Some toughness in their bottom 6 would be good for Dallas.

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