{"id":65769,"date":"2025-07-14T20:31:09","date_gmt":"2025-07-14T20:31:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/65769\/"},"modified":"2025-07-14T20:31:09","modified_gmt":"2025-07-14T20:31:09","slug":"jack-thompson-re-signs-but-is-he-long-for-sharks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/65769\/","title":{"rendered":"Jack Thompson Re-Signs, But Is He Long for Sharks?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The San Jose Sharks have re-signed a defenseman.<\/p>\n<p>RFA Jack Thompson has been inked to a one-year, two-way contract.<\/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\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">#SJSharks<\/a> re-signed 23 y\/o RD Jack Thompson to 1 yea deal<\/p>\n<p>NHL $800K<br \/>Minors $115K<br \/>Guaranteed $125K<\/p>\n<p>Rep&#8217;d by Ian Pulver <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jwalters82?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">@jwalters82<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/B_vally16?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">@B_vally16<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WillSportsGroup?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">@WillSportsGroup<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/6AxXgRtwaZ\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/t.co\/6AxXgRtwaZ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 PuckPedia (@PuckPedia) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PuckPedia\/status\/1944814317913956793?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">July 14, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cJack is a strong skater with two-way potential,\u201d San Jose Sharks GM Mike Grier said in a team press release. \u201cWe look forward to his continued progression within the organization.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Thompson, however, might be caught up in a defensive logjam this fall, as he\u2019s no longer waiver-exempt.<\/p>\n<p>The Sharks currently have seven NHL defensemen ahead of Thompson on the depth chart, Dmitry Orlov, John Klingberg, Nick Leddy, Mario Ferraro, Timothy Liljegren, Vincent Desharnais, and Shakir Mukhamadullin.<\/p>\n<p>Top prospect Sam Dickinson is waiting in the wings too.<\/p>\n<p>So he could get waived at the end of training camp.<\/p>\n<p>In Thompson\u2019s favor, he is right-handed and has puck-moving ability. Also, you never know about injuries during the training camp. Last year, for example, both Mukhamadullin and Marc-Edouard Vlasic were on the shelf, opening the door for Thompson to spend most of October and November with the Sharks. And, the 23-year-old has a whole summer to level up his game.<\/p>\n<p>Thompson posted four goals and 10 points in 31 NHL games, and three goals and 14 points in 27 AHL appearances last year.<\/p>\n<p>The 6-foot-1 defender was acquired from the Tampa Bay Lightning by the San Jose Sharks, along with a 2024 third-round pick, for Anthony Duclair and a 2025 seventh-rounder during the 2024 Trade Deadline.<\/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 re-signed a defenseman. RFA Jack Thompson has been inked to a one-year, two-way&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":65770,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[42],"tags":[46704,35842,1322,35843,27075,35845,293,28397,30247,1328,35846,62,31704,67,132,68,35847,46705],"class_list":{"0":"post-65769","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nhl","8":"tag-defensemen","9":"tag-dmitry-orlov","10":"tag-featured","11":"tag-jack-thompson","12":"tag-john-klingberg","13":"tag-mario-ferraro","14":"tag-nhl","15":"tag-nick-leddy","16":"tag-sam-dickinson","17":"tag-san-jose-sharks","18":"tag-shakir-mukhamadullin","19":"tag-sports","20":"tag-timothy-liljegren","21":"tag-united-states","22":"tag-unitedstates","23":"tag-us","24":"tag-vincent-desharnais","25":"tag-waivers"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/114853490525684146","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65769","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=65769"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65769\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/65770"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=65769"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=65769"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=65769"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}