Two Roads Diverge

Created by: JNoons13

Team: 2023-24 San Jose Sharks

Initial Creation Date: Jul. 8, 2023

Published: Jul. 8, 2023

Salary Cap Mode: Basic

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Position

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Max Perf. Bonus

Expiry Status

Term Remaining

McDavid, Connor

$12,500,000 ( Performance Bonus

$250,000)

NMC

UFA - 5

Description

From the looks of it, the Sharks have 2 rumored deals floating around for Erik Karlsson. They can either trade him to Pittsburgh with less retention and take on additional bad contracts with less term, or they can commit to retaining a large amount and ship him to Carolina to acquire some high value futures. With the team several years from contending, I think I am on the high retention = high value train as of now, but we will see what plays out this weekend. As for the lines, I think they would find a Veteran to lock down 4C, that just feels like Grier and Quinn's style, but idk who so I just slotted in Bordeleau for now. Will be Bystedt or Bordeleau by the trade deadline. Similarly, I think Thrun (and maybe Knyzhov too) start the year with the Cuda but are regulars by the end of the year. Sharks management seem to be in no rush to get prospects in the lineup.

Trades

SJS

Myers, Tyler

Additional Details:

After the Canucks pay Myers' bonus.

VAN

Labanc, Kevin

SJS

Perets, Yaniv
Pesce, Brett
2024 1st round pick (CAR)

Additional Details:

Perets doesn't need to be included but I know Mike Grier wants to add quality goaltending prospects + Quinnipiac just won a national title and, while not exactly a Boston-Area college, GMMG clearly loves his New England college players. I wonder with Carolina’s goaltending situation if this makes Perets expendable. The first round pick is top 15 protected.

CAR

Karlsson, Erik ($4,350,000 retained)

SJS

Fabbro, Dante
2025 1st round pick (TBL)

Additional Details:

This wouldn't officially be a 3 team trade, but I think Carolina flips Pesce to Nashville as early as today and uses the assets to acquire EK65. This pick is top 10 protected.

NSH

Pesce, Brett

SJS

Additional Details:

Granlund and Petry almost combine for Karlsson's full cap hit, but they expire 2 years earlier than EK65's, allowing just over $9M in cap space to open at the end of next season. P.O. Joseph + the '25 second are included because Karlsson is a 100 point defenseman and the Penguins will have to convince San Jose this is a better option than trading him to Carolina with millions retained for higher value assets.

PIT

Erik Karlsson ($2M Retained)

Buyouts

Martin Jones: $2,916,667
Rūdolfs Balcers: $308,334

Retained Salary Transactions

Brent Burns: $2,720,000 (34%)
Erik Karlsson: $4,350,000 (43.5%)

Draft	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Round 5	Round 6	Round 7
2024
2025
2026

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ROSTER SIZE	SALARY CAP	CAP HIT	OVERAGES	BONUSES	CAP SPACE
22	$83,500,000	$72,325,001	$25,000	$850,000	$11,174,999

Left Wing	Centre	Right Wing
Duclair, Anthony $3,000,000$3,000,000 LW, RW UFA - 1	Hertl, Tomas $6,750,000$6,750,000 C NMC UFA - 7	Barabanov, Alexander $2,500,000$2,500,000 RW, LW M-NTC UFA - 1
Eklund, William $863,333$863,333 ($850,000$850K) LW RFA - 3	Couture, Logan $8,000,000$8,000,000 C M-NTC UFA - 4	Kunin, Luke $2,750,000$2,750,000 RW, C RFA - 1
Peterson, Jacob $775,000$775,000 LW, C RFA - 1	Sturm, Nico $2,000,000$2,000,000 C UFA - 2	Zetterlund, Fabian $1,450,000$1,450,000 RW RFA - 2
Lindblom, Oskar $2,500,000$2,500,000 LW UFA - 1	Bordeleau, Thomas $916,667$916,667 C, LW RFA - 1	Smith, Givani $800,000$800,000 LW, RW UFA - 2

Left Defense	Right Defense	Goaltender
Ferraro, Mario $3,250,000$3,250,000 LD UFA - 3	Myers, Tyler $6,000,000$6,000,000 RD M-NTC UFA - 1	Blackwood, Mackenzie $2,350,000$2,350,000 G UFA - 2
Knyzhov, Nikolai $1,250,000$1,250,000 LD/RD UFA - 2	Fabbro, Dante $2,500,000$2,500,000 RD UFA - 1	Kähkönen, Kaapo $2,750,000$2,750,000 G UFA - 1
Vlasic, Marc-Édouard $7,000,000$7,000,000 LD/RD M-NTC UFA - 3	Benning, Matthew $1,250,000$1,250,000 RD UFA - 3

Scratches	Injured Reserve (IR)	Long Term IR (LTIR)
Burroughs, Kyle $1,100,000$1,100,000 LD/RD UFA - 3		Petry, Jeff $2,343,750$2,343,750 RD M-NTC, NMC UFA - 2
Simek, Radim $2,250,000$2,250,000 LD/RD UFA - 1		Joseph, Pierre-Olivier $825,000$825,000 LD RFA - 1
		Granlund, Mikael $5,000,000$5,000,000 C, RW UFA - 2

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Jul. 8, 2023 at 8:36 a.m.

InRodWeTrust

Joined: Jul. 2022

Posts: 1,553

Likes: 565

Already gave you Makiniemi. Our goaltending prospect pool is weak. And once again I don't think we're dealing Pesce to Nashville through SJ. Doubt Pittsburgh wants to help with the retention either.

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