Kickstart the Re-build Baby

Team: 2020-21 San Jose Sharks

Initial Creation Date: May 19, 2020

Published: May 19, 2020

Salary Cap Mode: Basic

Okay there is a lot to unpack here so bear with me.

The Karlsson trade is a revision of my earlier proposal. I worry that it might be too steep for PIT now but we will see. In general I would not be afraid of retaining money if I were the Sharks as the guys I am looking at moving (anyone making more than $6M) cost over half the cap for a LONG time. Retaining, even a lot to move them could help immensely during the re-build as much as it may hurt. You get a 1st and PoJo coming back as well as two guys to fill holes in the lineup until prospects are ready.

The MTL trade is another refinement of an idea I had earlier. I actually think you can get away with less retention on Vlasic (maybe only $1M) but I am structuring this closer to a worst case scenario cap wise to prove that these moves make sense no matter what. You lose Couture (and more importantly his contract) and are able to get a much younger Domi back to be apart of your new, younger core.

The Vancouver trade is moving another long contract for a shorter one and a decent player in return before that one goes bad. Helps Vancouver be better in the now and lets be real, Benning isn't good at cap management. Pearson is a decent forward and you get another cap dump plug to fill in until the prospects are ready.

I haven't yet figured out what I want to do about Burns. You only have 1 ret slot left and retaining on Burns would leave you with no flexibility for 5 years -so that is out of the question. I feel like Dallas might be a realistic option but I haven't been able to conjure up a trade that makes sense to me (any ideas would be appreciated).

Contract wise I went worst case scenario for the AAV'S.
Murray hasn't been good for awhile now but he is only 25 and you hope that he rebounds to form. I would not give him this contract but I keep seeing analyists say he will be looking for a raise so I went worst case and gave him a 5@5. A better and more realistic deal might be 2@4.

I believe in Labanc and he did the team a solid this year by taking a discount so we repay him with an 8 year contract that he hopefully lives up to.

Domi I genuinely have no idea what he will make, so I gave him a mid term guesstimate.

I signed TVR to help solidify this tanking and young D-core so that the kids can be sheltered a bit.



Obviously the idea here is to re-build the team. I know I traded fan favourites and good players too, but in order to move on you will need to lose the long term contracts, otherwise you have a high chance of being stuck in limbo for the majority of the decade. As someone who's team has done that - it isn't fun in the slightest.

Feedback would be nice but don't be a dick. I know this is beyond unliekly to happen but I really do think this team would be better set up to win in the future than your current squad.

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