{"id":555840,"date":"2026-04-19T07:42:23","date_gmt":"2026-04-19T07:42:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/555840\/"},"modified":"2026-04-19T07:42:23","modified_gmt":"2026-04-19T07:42:23","slug":"west-notes-ferraro-bogosian-johnson-harkins-pro-hockey-rumors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/555840\/","title":{"rendered":"West Notes: Ferraro, Bogosian, Johnson, Harkins \u2013 Pro Hockey Rumors"},"content":{"rendered":"

A subject of trade rumors for the past few years, San Jose Sharks defenseman Mario Ferraro<\/a> is only a few months away from being able to choose where he would like to continue his NHL career. According to Curtis Pashelka of The Mercury News<\/a>, whether it be in San Jose or elsewhere, Ferraro is seeking a longer-term deal.<\/p>\n

Pashelka added that Ferraro is excited about the future of the Sharks organization, but it doesn\u2019t currently seem that he\u2019ll be back with the team next season. Max Miller of Sharks Hockey Digest reported<\/a> that Ferraro is expected to test the free agent market, but the door hasn\u2019t been closed from either side on a return.<\/p>\n

Although he\u2019s not a standout defenseman by any means, Ferraro may be able to take advantage of a thin free agent market to get what he wants. The 27-year-old blue liner scored six goals and 23 points in 82 games for the Sharks this season, averaging just over 21 minutes of ice time a night. Still, San Jose already has left-handed defensemen Dmitry Orlov<\/a>, Shakir Mukhamadullin<\/a>, and Sam Dickinson<\/a> signed through next season, meaning most of their available dollars should go to addressing the right-hand side.<\/p>\n

Additional notes from the Western Conference:<\/p>\n

Veteran defenseman Zach Bogosian<\/a> made his return to the lineup in the Minnesota Wild\u2019s blowout win over the Dallas Stars (via Michael Russo of The Athletic<\/a>). Bogosian, 35, had been nursing a lower-body injury from the Wild\u2019s April 4th matchup against the Ottawa Senators. He skated in 13:01 of today\u2019s game, blocking two shots and delivering two hits.
\nAccording to Derek Lee of The Hockey News<\/a>, the Anaheim Ducks could be returning a pair of fourth-line forwards in their Round One matchup against the Edmonton Oilers. Lee shared that Ross Johnston<\/a> (lower-body) and Jansen Harkins<\/a> (hand surgery) both participated in today\u2019s practice, although the former was in a non-contact jersey. Still, it\u2019s a positive step in the right direction for the Ducks to take on the Oilers at full strength.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A subject of trade rumors for the past few years, San Jose Sharks defenseman Mario Ferraro is only…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":428155,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[233,5,402,25748,814,38,4,29586,168,3703],"class_list":{"0":"post-555840","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nhl","8":"tag-anaheim-ducks","9":"tag-hockey","10":"tag-injury","11":"tag-jansen-harkins","12":"tag-mario-ferraro","13":"tag-minnesota-wild","14":"tag-nhl","15":"tag-ross-johnston","16":"tag-san-jose-sharks","17":"tag-zach-bogosian"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nhl\/116430251215613476","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/555840","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=555840"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/555840\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/428155"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=555840"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=555840"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=555840"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}