Flyers trade Ryan Ellis, pick to Sharks for Carl Grundstrom, Artem Guryev

The draft pick is a conditional sixth-round pick, which means that the Sharks will receive the earlier of the two picks that the Flyers currently have in the sixth round next summer, as Philadelphia has both its own and the Columbus Blue Jackets’. The Flyers now have five picks in next year’s draft.

Ellis hasn’t played since the 2021-22 season due to a torn psoas muscle in his back. Once considered one of the top blueliners in the game while a member of the Nashville Predators, it was definitely an exceptional career cut short by injury. There are two more years on his contract, which carries a cap hit of $6.25 million.

Grundstrom is coming off a tough season in the NHL. In 56 games with the Sharks, he scored three goals and six assists for nine points, the lowest production of the Swede’s NHL career since becoming a full-time member of the Los Angeles Kings in 2021.

The 27-year-old is heading into the final season of his two-year contract that he signed with the Sharks in July 2024. The deal has an AAV of $1.8 million. In 292 NHL regular-season appearances, Grundstrom has notched 43 goals and 33 assists for 76 points, with another five points in 17 Stanley Cup Playoff games.

Guryev has never played an NHL game, spending his first two seasons of pro hockey in the minors. He played the entire 2024-25 season with the Wichita Thunder, the Sharks’ ECHL affiliate. In 56 games across two years in Wichita, he has potted two goals and five assists for seven points. The Moscow native played 31 games for the American Hockey League’s San Jose Barracuda during the 2023-24 campaign, posting two goals and two assists for four points.

Guryev is entering the final season of his three-year, entry-level contract, which has a cap hit of $860,000.