Tomas Hertl was traded to the Vegas Golden Knights by the San Jose Sharks on Friday for forward David Edstrom and a first-round pick in the 2025 NHL Draft.
Third-round picks in 2025 and the 2027 NHL Draft were also sent to Vegas.
The Sharks announced Feb. 12 that the 30-year-old center would be out after deciding to have surgery to clean out loose cartilage in his left knee. He has not played since San Jose’s 5-2 loss to the Buffalo Sabres on Jan. 27.
Hertl leads the Sharks with 34 points (15 goals, 19 assists) in 48 games this season and represented them at 2024 NHL All-Star Weekend in Toronto from Feb. 1-3. He has played all 11 of his NHL seasons for San Jose since he was chosen in the first round (No. 17) of the 2012 NHL Draft and his 484 points (218 goals, 266 assists) in 712 regular-season games are sixth in team history.
Hertl has six seasons left on an eight-year contract he signed with the Sharks on March 16, 2022. He was the Golden Knights’ third addition ahead of the 2024 NHL Trade Deadline after the defending Stanley Cup champions acquired defenseman Noah Hanifin in a three-team trade with the Calgary Flames and Philadelphia Flyers on Wednesday, and Anthony Mantha from the Washington Capitals on Tuesday.
Vegas (33-23-7) has lost four in a row and eight of 10 (2-7-1) to fall to the second wild card into the Stanley Cup Playoffs from the Western Conference, six points ahead of the Calgary Flames and Seattle Kraken. The Golden Knights play the Detroit Red Wings at T-Mobile Arena on Saturday (10 p.m. ET; SCRIPPS, BSDET).
The Sharks traded forward Anthony Duclair and a seventh-round pick in the 2025 NHL Draft to the Tampa Bay Lightning on Thursday for defenseman Jack Thompson and third-round pick in the 2024 NHL Draft. They acquired goalie Vitek Vanecek and a seventh-round pick in the 2025 NHL Draft from the New Jersey Devils for for Kaapo Kahkonen.
San Jose is 15-40-7 with a .298 points percentage better than only the Chicago Blackhawks (.294).
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