Panthers acquire F Nico Sturm from Sharks

The San Jose Sharks have traded forward Nico Sturm to the Florida Panthers in return for draft compensation ahead of the NHL trade deadline.

BY FIELD LEVEL MEDIA

Mar 6, 2025, 12:42 PM

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The Florida Panthers acquired forward Nico Sturm and a seventh-round pick of the 2027 NHL Draft from the San Jose Sharks on Thursday in exchange for a fourth-round selection of the 2026 draft.

The teams completed a trade for the second time in as many days. Florida added goaltender Vitek Vanecek from San Jose on Wednesday in exchange for forward Patrick Giles.

The Panthers are acquiring Sturm in the wake of placing star forward Matthew Tkachuk on long-term injured reserve on Sunday because of a groin injury.

🔁 The #SJSharks have acquired a 2026 4th round selection from Florida in exchange for Nico Sturm and a 2027 7th rounder. @Shift4 | #TheFutureIsTeal

— San Jose Sharks (@SanJoseSharks) March 6, 2025

Sturm, 29, has 13 points (seven goals, six assists) in 47 games with the Sharks this season.

A Stanley Cup champion with Colorado, Sturm has 91 points (46 goals, 45 assists) in 316 career regular-season games with the Minnesota Wild (2018-22), Avalanche (2022) and Sharks (2023-25).

–Field Level Media

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The Colorado Avalanche came into the season with championship aspirations and Alexandar Georgiev as their top goaltender.

Two months in, Colorado was scuffling and made bold moves to reshape its goaltending tandem. The Avalanche dealt backup Justus Annunen and a 2025 sixth-round pick to the Nashville Predators in exchange for Scott Wedgewood, and days later Georgiev was flipped to San Jose as part of a package for Mackenzie Blackwood.

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