{"id":217395,"date":"2025-09-11T05:32:19","date_gmt":"2025-09-11T05:32:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/217395\/"},"modified":"2025-09-11T05:32:19","modified_gmt":"2025-09-11T05:32:19","slug":"misa-signs-elc-but-sharks-still-could-face-contract-crunch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/217395\/","title":{"rendered":"Misa Signs ELC, But Sharks Still Could Face Contract Crunch"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The San Jose Sharks have signed Michael Misa to an entry-level contract.<\/p>\n<p>The No. 2 pick of the 2025 Draft, the 18-year-old forward is expected to compete for an NHL job during training camp.<\/p>\n<p>If Misa shows well, he could break camp with the San Jose Sharks, which could present a logistical problem for the team.<\/p>\n<p>At the moment, Misa\u2019s contract doesn\u2019t count against the team\u2019s 50 contracts. San Jose is currently at 49 of the 50 allowed contracts. You cannot go over 50, even in the off-season.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/SJSharks?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#SJSharks<\/a> signed &#8217;25 #2 pick Michael Misa to 3 year Entry Level Deal<\/p>\n<p>NHL Salary $877.5K<br \/>Signing Bonus $97.5K<br \/>&#8220;A&#8221; Perf Bonus $1M<br \/>&#8220;B&#8221; Perf Bonus $2.25M<\/p>\n<p>Cap Hit $975K, AAV $4.225M<\/p>\n<p>Rep&#8217;d by Dave Gagner <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/wassermanhockey?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@wassermanhockey<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/k082yDO4Wk\">https:\/\/t.co\/k082yDO4Wk<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 PuckPedia (@PuckPedia) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PuckPedia\/status\/1965833568367833559?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">September 10, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Misa, Sam Dickinson, and Leo Sahlin Wallenius\u2019s contracts don\u2019t count against the 50 right now because they\u2019re slide-eligible and are assignable to juniors or Europe. To slide a contract means pushing back the beginning of their three-year ELC\u2019s to next season.<\/p>\n<p>However, the San Jose Sharks will start the clock on Misa and Dickinson\u2019s contracts \u2014 Sahlin Wallenius is projected to start the season in Europe \u2014 if the CHL stars play more than nine games in the NHL.<\/p>\n<p>According to Puckpedia, at that moment, Misa and Dickinson\u2019s contracts will count against the 50. They don\u2019t right now, so both can participate in training camp and play up to nine NHL games, and not count against the hard 50 ceiling.<\/p>\n<p>So the San Jose Sharks have plenty of time to solve this logistical question, at earliest by their 10th game of the season, which is Oct. 28 against the Los Angeles Kings.<\/p>\n<p>They\u2019ll probably like to resolve this issue sooner though, just to have more flexibility. For example, the Sharks will want the ability to pounce on a useful player on waivers during camp.<\/p>\n<p>If Misa doesn\u2019t make his 10th NHL game, he\u2019s likely to be sent back to the OHL\u2019s Saginaw Spirit.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The San Jose Sharks have signed Michael Misa to an entry-level contract. The No. 2 pick of the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":217396,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[42],"tags":[12192,19361,118746,1322,12961,293,30247,1328,62,67,132,68],"class_list":{"0":"post-217395","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nhl","8":"tag-contract","9":"tag-contracts","10":"tag-elc","11":"tag-featured","12":"tag-michael-misa","13":"tag-nhl","14":"tag-sam-dickinson","15":"tag-san-jose-sharks","16":"tag-sports","17":"tag-united-states","18":"tag-unitedstates","19":"tag-us"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115184031921327474","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/217395","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=217395"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/217395\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/217396"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=217395"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=217395"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=217395"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}