Just a few hours after acquiring Mike Hoffman from the Ottawa Senators, the Sharks have dealt the 28-year-old forward to the Florida Panthers, along with their 2018 seventh-round draft pick in exchange for the 2018 fourth-round pick originally belonging to the Vegas Golden Knights, and a 2018 fifth-round pick. No salary was retained by San Jose in this move.
Dealing Mikkel Boedker to the Senators and flipping Hoffman allows to the Sharks to dump Boedker’s $4 million contract in its entirety, while accumulating draft picks in a year where the Sharks are missing a second- and third- round draft pick.