{"id":487095,"date":"2026-03-05T14:46:17","date_gmt":"2026-03-05T14:46:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/487095\/"},"modified":"2026-03-05T14:46:17","modified_gmt":"2026-03-05T14:46:17","slug":"klingberg-talks-up-down-season-wants-to-stay-with-sharks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/487095\/","title":{"rendered":"Klingberg Talks &#8220;Up &#038; Down&#8221; Season, Wants To Stay With Sharks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>John Klingberg did not hesitate when asked if he\u2019d like to remain with San Jose Sharks.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes, it\u2019d be nice,\u201d Klingberg quickly said when asked if he\u2019d like to be with the team past the Mar. 6 Trade Deadline and next season.<\/p>\n<p>While Klingberg was clear with his preference, he knows that decision rests on different shoulders.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s up to [Mike Grier and the] coaching staff,\u201d Klingberg said. \u201cEvery day, [I\u2019m just] trying to do my best and prove that I still belong. I can\u2019t really do anything other than control my own game.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Klingberg said he hasn\u2019t heard about any discussions between his camp and the San Jose Sharks, about him staying. The veteran defenseman had signed a one-year, $4 million contract over the summer,<\/p>\n<p>Trading Klingberg wouldn\u2019t be a straightforward task for the Sharks GM due to Klingberg\u2019s 14-team no-trade list. After his contract\u2019s full no-trade clause expired on Jan. 30, Klingberg said he was asked to submit his no-trade list before the Olympic break began on Feb. 6.<\/p>\n<p>Klingberg, a pending unrestricted free agent, admitted it\u2019s been an \u201cup and down\u201d season for him. Consequently, there doesn\u2019t appear to be much of a trade market for him.<\/p>\n<p>While the 33-year-old leads <a href=\"https:\/\/sanjosehockeynow.com\/san-jose-sharks-klingberg-wennberg-dickinson-locker-room\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">San Jose Sharks<\/a> defenseman with 10 goals and has enjoyed some streaks of exciting offensive play, he\u2019s also struggled with turnovers and consistent defending. Brought in to quarterback the top power play unit, Klingberg has recently lost that role to Dmitry Orlov.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sanjosehockeynow.com\/san-jose-sharks-john-klingberg-healthy-scratch-ryan-warsofsky\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">John Klingberg<\/a> has also missed 14 games this season due to injury and a handful of healthy scratches, including as recently as Feb. 2.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c[I\u2019m] just finding my game [and] realizing how to play my game within the structure,\u201d Klingberg said \u201cSometimes, when you\u2019re struggling, [you] maybe try to do too much \u2026 but the kind of player you are, you want to be out there and really be able to decide the game, but it\u2019s been a little bit up and down, so we\u2019ll work through it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Because of multiple hip injuries, Klingberg has had to change his game from his youth, when he was one of the most dangerous offensive blueliners in the NHL. It sounds like he\u2019s still adjusting.<\/p>\n<p>All that said, Klingberg is second on the Sharks in ice-time, behind Orlov, at 21:01 a night, and San Jose is surprisingly in the playoff race, which is certainly some credit to him.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s unclear, however, the Sharks\u2019 future plans for him. Best guess, they look elsewhere for a new PP quarterback and let him walk on Jul. 1.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"John Klingberg did not hesitate when asked if he\u2019d like to remain with San Jose Sharks. \u201cYes, it\u2019d&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":487096,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5127],"tags":[12301,58,5,691,4,519,168,5306,5305,1780,6045],"class_list":{"0":"post-487095","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-san-jose-sharks","8":"tag-2025-26","9":"tag-featured","10":"tag-hockey","11":"tag-john-klingberg","12":"tag-nhl","13":"tag-san-jose","14":"tag-san-jose-sharks","15":"tag-sanjose","16":"tag-sanjosesharks","17":"tag-sharks","18":"tag-trade-deadline"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nhl\/116177114580234412","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/487095","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=487095"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/487095\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/487096"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=487095"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=487095"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=487095"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}