US EditionSharks Update: Another Defenseman Injured, First Schedule Quirk Arrives, Gushchin Trade Tree Grows
The trade addresses Sharks’ defense injuries amid a tight NHL schedule; Olausson scored 26 points in 62 AHL games last season, Minnesota announced.
- On Friday, the Minnesota Wild acquired Oskar Olausson, 22-year-old forward, from the San Jose Sharks in exchange for right-shot defenseman Kyle Masters, 22, reversing a July trade.
- An already ailing San Jose Sharks defense corps faces injuries to Shakir Mukhamadullin, John Klingberg and Timothy Liljegren amid a schedule playing eight times in 13 days starting Tuesday.
- The 22-year-old Oskar Olausson recorded 26 points in 62 games with the Colorado Eagles in 2024-25 and made his NHL debut with the Colorado Avalanche on Nov. 23, 2022.
- Masters' immediate assignment remains uncertain as he is in the final year of his three-year entry-level contract and may report to Wichita or join the Barracuda.
- Olausson will report to the Iowa Wild and did not play in the Barracuda's season-opener, highlighting the trade's focus on minor-league development for now.
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Sharks, Wild complete trade
The Minnesota Wild have acquired forward Oskar Olausson from the San Jose Sharks in exchange for defenseman Kyle Masters. Olausson, 22, has recorded 33 goals and 33 assists for 66 points in 163 games over the last three seasons, all with the Colorado Eagles. He was originally a first-round choice (28th overall) by the Avalanche in the 2021 NHL Draft. Olausson has appeared in 17 Calder Cup Playoff games, recording one goal and seven assists, and h
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