Senators land Zetterlund from Sharks

The Ottawa Senators are acquiring winger Fabian Zetterlund, forward Tristen Robins, and a 2025 fourth-round pick from the San Jose Sharks for forward Zack Ostapchuk, winger Noah Gregor, and a 2025 second-round pick, the teams announced Friday.

Zetterlund carries a cap hit of $1.45 million and can become an arbitration-eligible restricted free agent this summer. He scored 17 goals and 36 points in 64 contests this season for the struggling Sharks while averaging almost 17 minutes of ice time.

"(The Sharks) did make us an offer early this year, and we chose to wait for after the season," his agent, Claude Lemieux, told NBC Sports' Sheng Peng. "They asked again to talk contract extension; we agreed and countered a few days ago. I can't tell you if the trade was the result of the counteroffer or not."

New Jersey drafted Zetterlund in the third round in 2017 but dealt him to San Jose as part of the Timo Meier trade in February 2023.

The 25-year-old owns 50 goals and 111 points in 227 career NHL games.

Robins, 23, appeared in three contests for the Sharks in 2022-23. A 2020 second-round pick, he's totaled seven goals and 18 points in 41 games for the AHL's San Jose Barracuda this season.

Ostapchuk has chipped in four points in 43 outings for the Senators in 2024-25. The 21-year-old is listed at 6-foot-4 and 212 pounds and was drafted by Ottawa in the second round in 2021.

Gregor spent the first four seasons of his NHL tenure in San Jose, totaling 26 goals and 51 points in 178 games. He spent the last campaign with the Toronto Maple Leafs before recording six points in 40 matchups for the Senators this season.