Competing Sharks not what I want because Bedard

Created by: gegemoroo

Team: 2022-23 San Jose Sharks

Initial Creation Date: Apr. 6, 2022

Published: Apr. 6, 2022

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

First of all the best scenario for the Sharks, would be to play young guys and be bad next year for a chance of getting Bedard. But as Hertl was re-signed, that screams trying to compete....

In order to compete, I have made couple of scenarios:

Adin Hill trade is probably bad, but I think they trade him for something.
So Edmonton fans don't get too mad, that 2nd is just for now.

Sharks sign Bordeleau to fight Reedy/Bonino for the 3C spot. Really hope Bonino is our 4C and penalty kill specialist
Merkley playing between 2nd and 3rd pair to show his talent, best case scenario is he takes Burns spot as the 2nd puck-moving offensive d-men.
Gushchin has a chance to make it depending on the camp, but the realistically he is in the AHL.
Coe as an tweener between NHL and AHL.
Keep the Barbie/Hertl/Meier line and hope Eklund sparks Couture/Dahlen
Powerplay is where Eklund is reunited with Hertl.

I like the PP1 and 2

Spreading the talent with
PP1: Hertl, Meier, Eklund, Burns and Karlsson
PP2: Couture, Barabanov, Dahlen, Labanc and Merkley

PK is not my strenght, but I'll give Hertl/Couture some rest. If that doesn't work out put Couture/Hertl on one or both of the lines
PK1: Bonino, Balcers, Vlasic and Ferraro
PK2: Reedy, Nieto, Knyzhov and Karlsson

Alternative:
PK1: Couture, Bonino, Vlasic and Ferraro
PK2: Hertl, Balcers, Knyzhov and Karlsson

Free Agent Signings

RESERVE LIST		YEARS	CAP HIT
Bordeleau, Thomas		3	$925,000

RFA	YEARS	CAP HIT
Ferraro, Mario	4	$3,750,000
Kähkönen, Kaapo	2	$2,000,000
Dahlén, Jonathan	2	$1,500,000

UFA		YEARS	CAP HIT
Barabanov, Alexander		3	$3,000,000

Trades

SJS

2023 2nd round pick (EDM)

EDM

Hill, Adin

Buyouts

Martin Jones: $2,416,667

Draft	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Round 5	Round 6	Round 7
2022
2023
2024

ROSTER

LONG-TERM OUTLOOK

EMBED

TEXT-EMBED

ROSTER SIZE	SALARY CAP	CAP HIT	OVERAGES	BONUSES	CAP SPACE
23	$82,500,000	$70,522,500	$0	$465,000	$11,977,500

Roster

Left Wing	Centre	Right Wing
Barabanov, Alexander $3,000,000$3,000,000 RW, LW UFA - 2	Hertl, Tomas $6,750,000$6,750,000 C NMC UFA - 8	Meier, Timo $3,000,000$3,000,000 LW, RW UFA - 1
Eklund, William $894,167$894,167 LW RFA - 4	Couture, Logan $8,000,000$8,000,000 C M-NTC UFA - 5	Dahlén, Jonathan $1,500,000$1,500,000 LW, RW UFA
Balcers, Rūdolfs $750,000$750,000 LW, RW UFA - 1	Bordeleau, Thomas $925,000$925,000 C, LW RFA - 2	Labanc, Kevin $4,725,000$4,725,000 RW, LW UFA - 2
Nieto, Matt $850,000$850,000 LW, RW UFA - 1	Bonino, Nick $1,025,000$1,025,000 C, LW M-NTC UFA - 1	Reedy, Scott $842,500$842,500 ($82,500$82K) C UFA - 1
Viel, Jeffrey $750,000$750,000 LW UFA - 1		Coe, Brandon $850,833$850,833 ($82,500$82K) RW RFA - 2

Left Defense	Right Defense	Goaltender
Ferraro, Mario $3,750,000$3,750,000 LD UFA - 4		Reimer, James $2,250,000$2,250,000 G M-NTC UFA - 1
Knyzhov, Nikolai $850,000$850,000 LD/RD UFA - 1	Karlsson, Erik $10,000,000$10,000,000 RD NMC UFA - 5	Kähkönen, Kaapo $2,000,000$2,000,000 G UFA - 2
Vlasic, Marc-Édouard $7,000,000$7,000,000 LD/RD NMC UFA - 4	Burns, Brent $5,280,000$5,280,000 RD M-NTC UFA - 3
Simek, Radim $2,250,000$2,250,000 LD/RD UFA - 2	Merkley, Ryan $863,333$863,333 ($300,000$300K) RD UFA - 1

Special Teams

Power Play 1
Eklund, W.		Hertl, T.		Meier, T.
	Burns, B.		Karlsson, E.

Power Play 2
Barabanov, A.		Couture, L.		Dahlén, J.
	Labanc, K.		Merkley, R.

Penalty Kill 1
	Bonino, N.	Balcers, R.
	Vlasic, M.	Ferraro, M.

Penalty Kill 2
	Reedy, S.	Nieto, M.
	Knyzhov, N.	Karlsson, E.

Top Comments

Apr. 6, 2022 at 7:13 a.m.

CMcAvoy73

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The sharks are so confusing that I’m to the point where I think ownership is taking a major role. It’s just so obvious they should be in full sell, yet here they are, extending everyone they can.

Apr. 6, 2022 at 9:19 a.m.

gegemoroo

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Quoting: CMcAvoy73

The sharks are so confusing that I’m to the point where I think ownership is taking a major role. It’s just so obvious they should be in full sell, yet here they are, extending everyone they can.

Yup, that's the problem. They should start getting rid of the older contracts and really start building around Eklund, Meier and whomever is drafted or sticks from the prospect pool.
Veteran presence is okay to some extent, but the reality is that Sharks has too many guys that want to win now and they are not close to that at all.

Apr. 6, 2022 at 9:44 a.m.

gary_bettman

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Quoting: gegemoroo

They can't get rid of the big, old contracts without including picks and prospects. How do you not get that? No one is taking a Vlasic, Karlsson or Burns without including an Eklund, Robins or Coe in the package along with significant retention. We are stuck with these contracts, end of story.

Apr. 6, 2022 at 10:34 a.m.

CMcAvoy73

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Quoting: gegemoroo

The problem is they can’t get rid of the big time contracts…other than buyouts i guess. The players also are good enough to make sure the sharks don’t bottom out, but aren’t good enough to win. A vicious cycle to be stuck in. They shouldn’t have signed Hertl though. They should have traded couture when they had a chance. This team is just so stuck.

Apr. 6, 2022 at 10:55 a.m.

goodfella

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Quoting: CMcAvoy73

They're banking on the next set of kids on ELCs to offset the contract impacts.

I agree though, even as a Sharks fan I can't tell what we're doing.

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