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Luke Kunin News
The Sharks have signed Luke Kunin to a one-year contract extension worth $2.75M.

Kunin completed a second successful full season with San Jose in 2023-24 and earned himself a one-year contract extension worth $2.75M on Sunday. The 26-year-old centre surpassed 10+ goals for the fourth time in his seven-year career in 2023-24 as he ended with 11 goals, 18 points, 83 PIMs and a -30 plus/minus in 77 games played.

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Kunin (undisclosed) will be a game-time decision on Saturday vs. Nashville.

Kunin played in the Sharks last game but is dealing with an undisclosed ailment, making his status uncertain for Saturday's game against the Nashville Predators. The bruising forward has been held off the scoresheet in 12 of his last 13 games.

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Kunin (upper-body) is on the ice for warmups and is expected to play against the Jets on Tuesday.

Kunin has missed the Sharks last five games due to an upper-body injury and was activated off the Injured Reserve earlier today. Kunin was not expected to return to the lineup until Friday, but he appears to be available for Tuesday's game against the Jets. The 26-year-old forward has been enjoying a solid second season in San Jose, with five goals, two assists, 40 SOG, 27 PIMs and a -11 plus/minus in 23 games prior to his injury.

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Luke Kunin (upper body) has been activated from the Injured Reserve and is expected to play Friday.

Kunin has missed the Sharks last five games due to an upper-body injury and has been activated off the Injured Reserve but is not expected to return to the lineup until Friday. The 26-year-old forward has been enjoying a solid second season in San Jose, with five goals, two assists, 40 SOG, 27 PIMs and a -11 plus/minus in 23 games prior to his injury.

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Kunin (hand) will not play in Friday's game in New Jersey.

Kunin was struck in the hand by a shot in Thursday's game in Philadelphia and was able to finish the game, but it will force him to miss Friday's game against the Devils. Kunin has five goals and two assists across 23 games with the Sharks this season.

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Luke Kunin will miss the remainder of the 2022-23 season after having surgery to repair a torn ACL.

Kunin has five goals, eight assists, 42 PIMs and 58 SOG but will not miss the remainder of the season after having surgery to repair a torn ACL Tuesday. The estimated time of recovery for injuries of this nature is approximately six-eight months, so Kunin will hope to be back for the start of the 2023-24 season.

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The Predators have signed Luke Kunin to a two-year deal worth $4.6 million ($2.3M AAV).

The Predators acquired the RFA this offseason and signed him to a two-year extension on Wednesday. Kunin, who is coming into his third full NHL season set career-highs in goals (15) and assists (16) in 63 games a season ago. Kunin opened Predators training camp skating on a line with Colton Sissons and Calle Jarnkrok.

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The Predators have acquired Luke Kunin and a 2020 fourth-round pick (No.101 overall) from the Wild for Nick Bonino, a 2020 second-round pick (No.37 overall) and a 2020 third-round pick (No.70 overall).

Kunin is a pending RFA, who is projected to sign a contract in the range of $3.25M AAV, which would be $850K savings from Nick Bonino's $4.1M AAV cap hit. Kunin is coming off of the best season of his young career, scoring 15 goals with 16 assists (31 points) in 63 games and has even more upside in Nashville, where he'll be surrounded by more top-end talent.

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Kunin (upper-body) will return to the Wild lineup on Tuesday.

Kunin has missed the last five games with an upper-body injury but is expected to replace Gerald Mayhew in the lineup on Tuesday. It's unclear how the Wild's lines will shake out with this change but Kunin re-enters the lineup with 11 points (4G / 7A) in his last 19 games.

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Kunin is expected to miss 10-to-14 days with an upper-body injury.

Kunin played 5:20 TOI in Edmonton on Friday but did not return to the bench for the second period. With Kunin out for at least one week, Gerald Mayhew was recalled prior to Sunday's game, but Ryan Donato will most likely replace him in the lineup.

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Kunin (upper-body) will return to the Wild lineup on Thursday.

Kunin missed the last two games with an upper-body injury but will replace Joel Eriksson Ek (lower-body) in the lineup tomorrow. Kunin will skate on the second line with Jason Zucker and Ryan Donato and has 14 points (5G / 9A) in 37 games this season.

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