San Jose Sharks (@SanJoseSharks) Basic Supervisor Mike Grier introduced at the moment that the membership has acquired ahead Egor Afanasyev from the Nashville Predators in trade for ahead Ozzy Wiesblatt.
Afanasyev, 23, led the Milwaukee Admirals of the American Hockey League (AHL) with 54 factors and 27 objectives and completed third on the membership with 27 assists in 56 video games through the 2023-24 season. He recorded his first skilled hat trick Nov. 8 vs. Toronto and completed the common season with 14 multi-point efforts, together with a career-high 4 factors Apr. 17 vs. Manitoba. He added 9 factors (5 objectives, 4 assists) in 15 video games within the Calder Cup Playoffs, ending third on the crew in postseason objectives, and tallied a hat trick with three objectives Could 22 at Grand Rapids. Moreover, he skated in two video games with the Nashville Predators in 2023-24, Feb. 13 vs. New Jersey and Feb. 15 vs. Dallas.
The ahead made his NHL debut on March 11, 2023, and completed the 2022-23 marketing campaign with one objective in 17 NHL video games, coming Apr. 10 at Calgary. Within the AHL that very same season, Afanasyev tallied 26 factors (13 objectives, 13 assists) in 57 common season contests and had 11 factors (5 objectives, six assists) in 16 playoff video games. In his first skilled season in 2021-22, Afanasyev totaled 33 factors (12 objectives, 21 assists) in 74 video games.
He spent the 2020-21 season on mortgage with CSKA Moskva of the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL) and appeared in 16 video games, ending his run with the membership with six factors (two objectives, 4 assists). He additionally competed in two video games within the VHL and 4 video games within the MHL that 12 months.
Previous to his skilled profession, Afanasyev performed one season with the Windsor Spitfires of the Ontario Hockey League (OHL), notching 67 factors (31 objectives, 36 assists) in 62 video games in 2019-20, and spent the 2 seasons prior with the Muskegon Lumberjacks of america Hockey League (USHL), incomes USHL Third All-Star Workforce honors in 2018-19 after tallying 62 factors (27 objectives, 35 assists) in 58 video games.
In worldwide play, Afanasyev represented Russia on the 2021 World Junior Championship and completed the match with 5 factors (two objectives, three assists) in seven video games.
The six-foot-four, 211-pound Tver, Russia native was chosen by Nashville within the 2019 NHL Draft (second spherical, 45th total).
Wiesblatt, 22, spent a lot of the final two seasons with the San Jose Barracuda of the AHL and completed with 11 factors (three objectives, eight assists) in 34 video games in 2023-24 and 15 factors (six objectives, 9 assists) in 45 video games in 2022-23. He performed in 16 common season video games and 15 postseason contests whereas on mortgage to Milwaukee to conclude the 2023-24 season, totaling 15 factors (three objectives, 12 assists) in these 31 video games.
Wiesblatt spent his junior profession with the Prince Albert Raiders of the Western Hockey League (WHL), serving to the membership win a league title in 2018-19. He concluded his stint with the crew with 179 factors (58 objectives, 121 assists) in 195 profession WHL video games.
The five-foot-10, 183-pound Calgary, Alberta native was chosen by San Jose within the 2020 NHL Draft (first spherical, thirty first total).