Better Defensively

Created by: KingBurns

Team: 2021-22 San Jose Sharks

Initial Creation Date: Mar. 21, 2021

Published: Mar. 21, 2021

Salary Cap Mode: Basic

Legend

Left Handed

Original Team

Waivers Exempt

Right Handed

Position

Trade Clause

Max Perf. Bonus

Expiry Status

Term Remaining

McDavid, Connor

$12,500,000 ( Performance Bonus

$250,000)

NMC

UFA - 5

Description

I think this team is significantly better defensively.

First and foremost, Jones is gone and we get a very solid goalie tandem through free agency. We also give Burns to Seattle to get 2 solid defensemen after Karlsson. 2 solid defensemen with solid defensive skills on each side should give us an edge defensively. We also sign 2 solid defensive forwards that are great in the faceoff circle to give us very strong center depth.

Free Agent Signings

RFA	YEARS	CAP HIT
Donato, Ryan	5	$3,000,000
Blichfeld, Joachim	2	$750,000
True, Alex	2	$800,000
Balcers, Rūdolfs	2	$750,000

UFA	YEARS	CAP HIT
Brossoit, Laurent	2	$2,000,000
Driedger, Chris	3	$4,500,000
Schenn, Luke	1	$850,000
Savard, David	1	$4,500,000
Danault, Phillip	3	$5,500,000
Haula, Erik	1	$1,250,000
Nieto, Matt	1	$750,000

Trades

SJS

Seattle

ANA

Burns, Brent
Gambrell, Dylan [RFA Rights]
Jaros, Christian [RFA Rights]
2022 2nd round pick (SJS)

SJS

2021 5th round pick (WSH)
2022 3rd round pick (WSH)
2022 4th round pick (WSH)

WSH

Gregor, Noah [RFA Rights]

Buyouts

Martin Jones: $1,916,667

Draft	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Round 5	Round 6	Round 7
2021
2022
2023

ROSTER

LONG-TERM OUTLOOK

EMBED

TEXT-EMBED

ROSTER SIZE	SALARY CAP	CAP HIT	OVERAGES	BONUSES	CAP SPACE
22	$81,500,000	$71,922,030	$0	$425,000	$9,577,970

Left Wing	Centre	Right Wing
Kane, Evander $2,108,696$2,108,696 LW, RW NMC UFA - 1	Couture, Logan $8,000,000$8,000,000 C M-NTC UFA - 6	Labanc, Kevin $4,725,000$4,725,000 RW, LW UFA - 3
Leonard, John $925,000$925,000 ($212,500$212K) LW, RW UFA - 1	Hertl, Tomas $5,625,000$5,625,000 C M-NTC UFA - 1	Meier, Timo $3,000,000$3,000,000 LW, RW UFA - 2
Donato, Ryan $3,000,000$3,000,000 LW, C, RW UFA - 1	Danault, Phillip $5,500,000$5,500,000 C UFA - 6	Blichfeld, Joachim $750,000$750,000 RW, LW UFA - 1
Balcers, Rūdolfs $750,000$750,000 LW, RW UFA - 2		True, Alex $800,000$800,000 C, RW UFA - 1
	Haula, Erik $1,250,000$1,250,000 C, LW UFA - 2

Left Defense	Right Defense	Goaltender
Simek, Radim $2,250,000$2,250,000 LD/RD UFA - 3	Karlsson, Erik $10,000,000$10,000,000 RD NMC UFA - 6	Driedger, Chris $4,500,000$4,500,000 G UFA - 3
Ferraro, Mario $925,000$925,000 ($212,500$212K) LD UFA - 1	Savard, David $4,500,000$4,500,000 RD UFA - 4	Brossoit, Laurent $2,000,000$2,000,000 G UFA - 2
Vlasic, Marc-Édouard $7,000,000$7,000,000 LD/RD NMC UFA - 5	Schenn, Luke $850,000$850,000 RD UFA - 2

Scratches	Injured Reserve (IR)	Long Term IR (LTIR)
Nieto, Matt $750,000$750,000 LW, RW UFA - 2
Knyzhov, Nikolai $796,667$796,667 LD/RD UFA - 1

Top Comments

Mar. 21, 2021 at 4:03 p.m.

OldNYIfan

Once a Kings Fan Too

Joined: Jun. 2018

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If you guys were able to sign Danault (which would be a home run, in my opinion), wouldn't you play him between Hertl and Meier?

Mar. 21, 2021 at 4:06 p.m.

KingBurns

Go Sharks Go

Joined: Mar. 2021

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Quoting: OldNYIfan

If you guys were able to sign Danault (which would be a home run, in my opinion), wouldn't you play him between Hertl and Meier?

Hertl is also very solid at faceoffs so I wouldn't want to move him to wing

Mar. 21, 2021 at 4:37 p.m.

OldNYIfan

Once a Kings Fan Too

Joined: Jun. 2018

Posts: 40,581

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Quoting: KingBurns

Hertl is also very solid at faceoffs so I wouldn't want to move him to wing

Seems like an odd reason to play a guy who is your star off-season signing and is making $5.5 million per year on the third line.

Mar. 21, 2021 at 4:41 p.m.

KingBurns

Go Sharks Go

Joined: Mar. 2021

Posts: 238

Likes: 116

Quoting: OldNYIfan

Seems like an odd reason to play a guy who is your star off-season signing and is making $5.5 million per year on the third line.

ig

we could also move Couture to wing and roll with

Couture-Danault-Labanc
Kane-Hertl-Meier
Leonard-Haula-Blichfeld
Donato-True-Balcers

Mar. 21, 2021 at 5:35 p.m.

jfrojelin

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Joined: Jun. 2020

Posts: 1,325

Likes: 444

Play Knyzhov and scratch Vlasic would be the best way to improve the defense of this roster

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