Cut free from the anchors

Team: 2019-20 San Jose Sharks

Initial Creation Date: Jan. 31, 2020

Published: Jan. 31, 2020

Salary Cap Mode: Basic

Goal of this exercise is to cut ties with the 4 players who are going to sink this ship during the next 6-8 years.

COL trade: SJS gets Graves who is doing quite well this year plus a 1st round pick for a player who can help out on Colorado's left side which is where they need it with Johnson and Makar playing RD. This works too as Byram is waiting in the wings for probably next year so the loss of Graves isn't terrible as Byram is for sure an upgrade there and Vlasic is a good veteran leader along with Johnson.

NYI: This was a trade of bad contracts and swap of RD. NYI has the money to make it work and EK goes back to the Eastern Conf where he flourished with OTT. EK is still a force to be reconked with. For SJS, they get another first and Boychuk is definitely not that great but at least he's only signed for 3 years and not 6-8.

NJD: a swap of poor contracts and a change of scenary for PK Subban might bring some semblence of his former self back. The money is roughly equal but Sharks are off the hook after 3 years.

CAR: this is the least likely to go through/the most likely to get everyone all mad at me. Jones is signed for 5 years but behind a stellar defense, he could rebound to his former self that took this team to the SCF in 2016 and the WCF in 2019. SJS retains $2M yearly for the next 5 years sweetens the deal and SJS gets another 1st round pick.

I am not a SJS fan though I live in the Bay Area so I follow them. Let me know what you think. People aren't going to like this. Short term, these hurt, but in 5 years, y'all will be thanking me.

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