Timo Meier was traded to the New Jersey Devils by the San Jose Sharks on Sunday.
The Sharks, who will retain 50 percent of Meier’s salary, received forwards Fabian Zetterlund and Andreas Johnsson, defensemen Shakir Mukhamadullin and Nikita Okhotiuk, a conditional first-round pick in the 2023 NHL Draft, and a second- and seventh-round pick in the 2024 NHL Draft. The Devils also received defensemen Scott Harrington and Santeri Hatakka, forward prospect Timur Ibragimov, goalie prospect Zachary Emond and a fifth-round pick in the 2024 NHL Draft.
Meier, who has missed the past three games with an upper-body injury, is in the final season of a four-year contract he signed with the Sharks on July 1, 2019, and can become a restricted free agent after the season. The 26-year-old forward has 52 points (31 goals, 21 assists) in 57 games this season.
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Selected by San Jose in the first round (No. 9) of the 2015 NHL Draft, Meier has 316 points (154 goals, 162 assists) in 451 regular-season games, and 20 points (seven goals, 13 assists) in 35 Stanley Cup Playoff games.
Harrington, a 29-year-old defenseman, has seven points (one goal, six assists) in 28 games this season. He signed a one-year contract with the Sharks on Sept. 30 after attending training camp on a professional tryout contract.
A second-round pick (No. 54) by the Pittsburgh Penguins in the 2011 NHL Draft, Harrington has 45 points (eight goals, 37 assists) in 238 regular-season games for the Penguins, Toronto Maple Leafs, Columbus Blue Jackets and Sharks.
The Devils (39-15-5), who are 8-2-1 in their past 11 games, are second in the Metropolitan Division, three points behind the Carolina Hurricanes. They have qualified for the playoffs just once since losing in the Stanley Cup Final in 2012, that coming in 2018, when they lost in five games to the Tampa Bay Lightning in the Eastern Conference First Round.
Zetterlund, a 23-year-old forward, has 20 points (six goals, 14 assists) in 45 games this season. A third-round pick (No. 63) by the Devils in the 2017 NHL Draft, Zetterlund had eight points (three goals, five assists) in 14 games last season, his first in the NHL.
Mukhamadullin was selected in the first round (No. 20) of the 2020 NHL Draft. The 21-year-old defenseman has played the past four seasons for Salavat Yulaev Ufa of the Kontinental Hockey League and has 25 points (six goals, 19 assists) in 66 games this season.
Okhotiuk, 22, has one goal in 10 games this season. Johnsson, 28, has 29 points (nine goals, 20 assists) in 36 games with Utica of the American Hockey League. He had 35 points (13 goals, 22 assists) in 71 NHL games last season.
The Sharks (18-30-12) are seventh in the Pacific Division.
The 2023 NHL Trade Deadline is 3 p.m. ET on Friday.
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