Days after signing Tristin Langan to an AHL contract, the San Jose Sharks made another depth-related move this morning, swapping defenseman Kyle Wood for Trevor Carrick of the Carolina Hurricanes. Carrick immediately signed a two-year contract with the Sharks following the trade, with the NHL cap hit pegged by CapFriendly at $700,000.
Carrick, a 6-foot-2, left-handed defenseman, has been a standout player on the AHL’s Charlotte Checkers for several years and was a major component of their Calder Cup win last year. Having scored 44 and 47 points over the last two AHL seasons, Carrick will likely inject an additional dose of offense into a Barracuda lineup that appears to sorely need it, having lost Francis Perron to the Canucks earlier in the offseason (to speak nothing of the possibility of losing several forwards to the NHL for stretches at a time).