It'll take some time for longtime followers of the San Jose Sharks to get used to seeing Tomas Hertl in a Vegas Golden Knights jersey. The white gloves, the gold sparkles on the jerseys, perhaps the reflective golden dome helmet at some point - it'll all be a bit jarring and a radical departure from the teal jersey Hertl wore for 10-plus seasons in San Jose.
Everybody would get involved from the Sharks standpoint - owner Hasso Plattner, team president Jonathan Becher, and Hertl himself, as he owns a full no-movement clause in his contract.
"Golden Knights general manager Kelly McCrimmon said last month that of the three deadline deals the team made, 'this was the one that definitely took the longest in terms of the commitment of time and different areas that had to be addressed.'"
"Sharks general manager Mike Grier was asked on March 8 whether a bigger return might have been out there if he had held onto Hertl until the offseason, when more teams might have shown interest, and the price tag for the centerman could have potentially been driven up. Grier flatly rejected that."
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