{"id":136068,"date":"2023-03-03T16:00:51","date_gmt":"2023-03-03T21:00:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/?p=136068"},"modified":"2023-03-03T20:31:52","modified_gmt":"2023-03-04T01:31:52","slug":"san-jose-sharks-flip-vladislav-namestnikov-to-winnipeg-jets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2023\/03\/03\/san-jose-sharks-flip-vladislav-namestnikov-to-winnipeg-jets\/","title":{"rendered":"San Jose Sharks Flip Vladislav Namestnikov to Winnipeg Jets"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Within 48 hours of acquiring <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/n\/namesvl01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2023-03-03_hr\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Vladislav Namestnikov<\/a> from the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/category\/lightning\/\" target=\"_self\">Tampa Bay Lightning<\/a>, the San Jose Sharks announced they have dealt Namestnikov to the Winnipeg Jets in exchange for a 2025 fourth-round draft pick. In this trade, the Sharks pick up a future asset while the Jets get a depth forward.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/SJSharks?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#SJSharks<\/a> have traded Vladislav Namestnikov to Winnipeg for a 2025 fourth-round selection.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 San Jose Sharks (@SanJoseSharks) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SanJoseSharks\/status\/1631731320622841858?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">March 3, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h2>Vladislav Namestnikov Traded to the Winnipeg Jets<\/h2>\n<p>Vladislav Namestnikov is on the move again. After acquiring the 30-year-old centre on <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2023\/03\/02\/vladislav-namestnikov-trade-sharks\/\" target=\"_self\">Wednesday<\/a>, the Sharks decided to flip him to Winnipeg for a future draft pick. Namestnikov is a versatile forward, but his strength lies more on the defensive side of the game. A previous first-round pick of the Lightning, Namestnikov has bounced around the NHL over the last 11 seasons. His best offensive <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nhl.com\/player\/vladislav-namestnikov-8476480\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">season<\/a> came in 2017-18 when he put up 20 goals and 44 points. He has never replicated that production and currently has six goals and nine assists.<\/p>\n<h3>What This Means Moving Forward<\/h3>\n<p>This move provides some depth and versatility to the Jets. While primarily a centre, Vladislav Namestnikov can also play on either wing. He has many years of NHL experience and is effective defensively. If he can chip in a few goals, he could be a decent depth pickup for the Jets. In the final year of a one-year contract, Namestnikov will most likely be a rental for the Jets as they push forward looking towards the playoffs. They could always look to bring him back at an affordable price for depth though.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, the Sharks continue to stock up future assets as they march through their rebuild. Flipping Namestnikov made sense for them in their current state and even though it&#8217;s not a major return it is another asset the Sharks can add to their basket.<\/p>\n<p><em>Main photo by: Charles LeClaire-USA TODAY Sports<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Within 48 hours of acquiring Vladislav Namestnikov from the Tampa Bay Lightning, the San Jose Sharks announced they have dealt Namestnikov to the Winnipeg Jets in exchange for a 2025 fourth-round draft pick. In this trade, the Sharks pick up a future asset while the Jets get a depth forward. The #SJSharks have traded Vladislav [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4428,"featured_media":136016,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4547,34,4548,25,33],"tags":[965,2767,5998],"class_list":["post-136068","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-hockey","category-news","category-nhl","category-sharks","category-jets","tag-nhl-trade-deadline","tag-vladislav-namestnikov","tag-winnipeg-jets-news"],"modified_by":"Dan Mount, Editor","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/136068","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4428"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=136068"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/136068\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/136016"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=136068"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=136068"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=136068"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}