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Created by: areax91

Team: 2022-23 San Jose Sharks

Initial Creation Date: Apr. 18, 2022

Published: Apr. 18, 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

Needs to be addressed:
- Upgrades to Top 6
- Re-signing key RFAs like Ferraro & Kahkonen
- Making cap space to qualify Meier and bridge Merkley and Knyzhov when they are out of contract at end of 22-23 season

The trades I made for this ACGM kept future cap space and immediate wing depth in mind. For the Top 6, Eklund joins the team full time and plays with Hertl and Meier. As for Couture's line, I went with trading Dahlen, Balcers, Gregor and a pick for Alex Killorn, who is A. a solid mid 6 scorer and b. out of contract at the end of the next season. I also feel Reilly Smith would be a solid fit for the Top 6 and his cap hit will likely be affordable.

Buying out Vlasic and trading away Hill and Simek will open crucial cap space, and giving Labanc a chance to play with Bordeleau and Wiesblatt can serve as a last chance for him to stay in San Jose and a barometer of what to do with him thereafter.

Free Agent Signings

RFA	YEARS	CAP HIT
Kähkönen, Kaapo	3	$2,250,000
Ferraro, Mario	4	$4,000,000
Meloche, Nicolas	1	$750,000
Sawchenko, Zach	2	$800,000

UFA	YEARS	CAP HIT
Smith, Reilly	3	$5,000,000
Megna, Jaycob	2	$900,000
Deslauriers, Nicolas	1	$1,000,000

Trades

SJS

2022 4th round pick (BUF)

BUF

Hill, Adin
2022 7th round pick (SJS)

Additional Details:

Draft day trade

SJS

2023 6th round pick (CBJ)

CBJ

Bonino, Nick

SJS

Killorn, Alex

TBL

Balcers, Rūdolfs
Dahlén, Jonathan [RFA Rights]
Gregor, Noah [RFA Rights]
2023 3rd round pick (SJS)

SJS

Future considerations

ARI

Simek, Radim
2023 6th round pick (SJS)
2024 3rd round pick (SJS)

Buyouts

Martin Jones: $2,416,667
Marc-Édouard Vlasic: $3,687,500

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

ROSTER

LONG-TERM OUTLOOK

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TEXT-EMBED

ROSTER SIZE	SALARY CAP	CAP HIT	OVERAGES	BONUSES	CAP SPACE
23	$82,500,000	$72,110,000	$0	$525,000	$10,390,000

Left Wing	Centre	Right Wing
Eklund, William $894,167$894,167 LW RFA - 4	Hertl, Tomas $6,750,000$6,750,000 C NMC UFA - 8	Meier, Timo $3,000,000$3,000,000 LW, RW UFA - 1
Killorn, Alex $4,450,000$4,450,000 RW, LW M-NTC UFA - 1	Couture, Logan $8,000,000$8,000,000 C M-NTC UFA - 5	Smith, Reilly $5,000,000$5,000,000 LW, RW UFA - 3
Labanc, Kevin $4,725,000$4,725,000 RW, LW UFA - 2	Bordeleau, Thomas $916,667$916,667 C, LW RFA - 2	Wiesblatt, Ozzy $835,833$835,833 ($82,500$82K) RW RFA - 3
Raska, Adam $848,333$848,333 ($60,000$60K) LW, RW RFA - 2	Weatherby, Jasper $842,500$842,500 ($82,500$82K) C UFA - 1
		Deslauriers, Nicolas $1,000,000$1,000,000 LW, RW UFA - 4

Left Defense	Right Defense	Goaltender
Ferraro, Mario $4,000,000$4,000,000 LD UFA - 4	Burns, Brent $5,280,000$5,280,000 RD M-NTC UFA - 3	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
Megna, Jaycob $900,000$900,000 LD UFA - 2	Merkley, Ryan $863,333$863,333 ($300,000$300K) RD UFA - 1	Kähkönen, Kaapo $2,250,000$2,250,000 G UFA - 2

Scratches	Injured Reserve (IR)	Long Term IR (LTIR)
Viel, Jeffrey $750,000$750,000 LW UFA - 1
Meloche, Nicolas $750,000$750,000 RD UFA - 1
Nieto, Matt $850,000$850,000 LW, RW UFA - 1

Top Comments

Apr. 18, 2022 at 6:14 p.m.

Bolts20Cup

Joined: May 2017

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Killorn has had his best 3 years of his career the last 3 on a very fair deal and this looks like a quantity over quality thing to Me

Apr. 18, 2022 at 6:16 p.m.

TampaBayLightning22

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Gee Killorn goes from paying no State income tax in Florida, To paying the highest taxes in the Country in California. And why would he do that?

Apr. 18, 2022 at 6:22 p.m.

areax91

Joined: Aug. 2019

Posts: 612

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Quoting: TampaBayLightning22

Gee Killorn goes from paying no State income tax in Florida, To paying the highest taxes in the Country in California. And why would he do that?

Tampa has just over $5 million in cap space after this season. I know the tax rate may be a turn off, but the bolts would get a solid 3rd line winger in Balcers, a potential 2nd line fit in Dahlen and depth in Gregor on top of a pick. Dahlen and Balcers could be the same cap hit as Killorn, and Gregor could be in Syracuse so it would be a financial benefit and an injection of Youth for Tampa to make the trade.

Apr. 18, 2022 at 6:25 p.m.

glarson17

Joined: Jun. 2019

Posts: 8,420

Likes: 3,794

That Tampa trade is terrible for San Jose. Pay 3 young, cheap and quality players with a 3rd for 1 year of Killorn who will be 33? Why in world would this even be considered?

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Apr. 18, 2022 at 6:27 p.m.

areax91

Joined: Aug. 2019

Posts: 612

Likes: 233

Quoting: glarson17

That Tampa trade is terrible for San Jose. Pay 3 young, cheap and quality players with a 3rd for 1 year of Killorn who will be 33? Why in world would this even be considered?

Making room for quality over quantity. We do lose three young RFA players, but I'd rather have the cap space they'll need used for impact RFAs like Meier, Bordeleau, Merkeley or Eklund instead. Moreover, we get an immediate injection of quality in the wings and mentorship for the young players we have on our team. Moreover, if we struggle again, we'd always have the option of trading away Killorn at the deadline.

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