Climbing Out of the Tank

Created by: areax91

Team: 2024-25 San Jose Sharks

Initial Creation Date: Oct. 18, 2023

Published: Oct. 18, 2023

Salary Cap Mode: Basic

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Original Team

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Max Perf. Bonus

Expiry Status

Term Remaining

McDavid, Connor

$12,500,000 ( Performance Bonus

$250,000)

NMC

UFA - 5

Description

After another season of tanking, the Sharks will want to show some sort of progress to climb their way out of the dredges of the Pacific.

Their needs this season:
- 2024 1st to be as high as possible (hopefully Celebrini will be in teal, but NHL lottery has never played nice with the Sharks so I do see them more realistically getting Eiserman or Catton)
- An additional late 1st, which will likely have to come from trading away another piece to a playoff-bound team.

Next season:
- Continue blooding in the youngsters, and have Bystedt start his career with the Cuda, with frequent call-ups in the cards pending on his progress.
- No need to trade Couture until Smith and whoever is the Sharks' 1st are ready for NHL action. Unless Celebrini is a Shark, a Couture trade would likely occur on 24-25's TDL.
- Get some help in the Top 6, ideally from teams that have had success. Stephenson from Vegas and Reinhart from Florida stand out as guys who could really help out San Jose's top 6 next year.
- Get our blueline's groove back with defense and offensive contributions. Pesce's is the dream D of this upcoming UFA market, but Dumba would probably be more willing to join the Sharks at their stage. To add Top 4 help defensively, Sharks should target Brodie from Toronto.
- The goaltending has been atrocious for the Sharks for years now, and I don't see Kahkonen as the answer. This is an area the Sharks should be willing to break the bank as a 1A has been a need for the franchise even when they were firmly a playoff team in the past. Samsonov is the standout target in my book.

Free Agent Signings

RESERVE LIST		YEARS	CAP HIT
Lund, Cameron		3	$850,000
Hävelid, Mattias		3	$850,000

RFA	YEARS	CAP HIT
Bordeleau, Thomas	2	$1,250,000
Zadina, Filip	3	$2,500,000
Thrun, Henry	2	$1,250,000
Mäkiniemi, Eetu	2	$1,000,000
Coe, Brandon	2	$775,000
Emberson, Ty	2	$775,000
Okhotiuk, Nikita	2	$800,000

UFA	YEARS	CAP HIT
Stephenson, Chandler	5	$3,750,000
Reinhart, Sam	5	$7,000,000
Brodie, TJ	2	$3,000,000
Sprong, Daniel	2	$2,500,000
Dumba, Matt	6	$6,000,000
Samsonov, Ilya	4	$5,250,000

CREATED	YEARS	CAP HIT
2024, lottery pick	3	$925,000
2024, Pitt	3	$925,000
2024, Ranger	3	$925,000

Trades

SJS

2024 3rd round pick (FLA)

Additional Details:

2023 TDL Trade

FLA

Benning, Matthew

SJS

2024 1st round pick (NYR)

Additional Details:

2023 TDL Trade

NYR

2025 3rd round pick (SJS)

Additional Details:

Barabanov

SJS

2024 2nd round pick (NSH)
2024 4th round pick (EDM)

Additional Details:

2023-24 TDL trade

2024 2nd is conditional in that it becomes a 2024 1st if Nashville reaches the postseason and Duclair appears in 50%+ games for the Predators.

NSH

Wiesblatt, Ozzy

Additional Details:

Duclair

SJS

2024 1st round pick (NJD)

Additional Details:

Devils reach 23-24 conference final, meaning conditions are met.

NJD

2024 2nd round pick (NJD)

SJS

2024 7th round pick (ANA)

Additional Details:

Anywhere looking for a depth D

ANA

Burroughs, Kyle

Buyouts

Martin Jones: $1,666,667
Marc-Édouard Vlasic: $3,833,333
Mikael Granlund: $1,666,667

Retained Salary Transactions

Brent Burns: $2,720,000 (34%)
Erik Karlsson: $1,500,000 (13.04%)

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

ROSTER

LONG-TERM OUTLOOK

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ROSTER SIZE	SALARY CAP	CAP HIT	OVERAGES	BONUSES	CAP SPACE
23	$88,500,000	$76,645,000	$0	$1,365,000	$11,855,000

Left Wing	Centre	Right Wing
Eklund, William $863,333$863,333 ($850,000$850K) LW RFA - 2	Hertl, Tomas $6,750,000$6,750,000 C NMC UFA - 6	Reinhart, Sam $7,000,000$7,000,000 RW UFA
Couture, Logan $8,000,000$8,000,000 C M-NTC UFA - 3	Stephenson, Chandler $3,750,000$3,750,000 C, LW UFA	Zadina, Filip $2,500,000$2,500,000 RW, LW RFA
Gushchin, Daniil $828,333$828,333 ($57,500$58K) LW RFA - 1	Bordeleau, Thomas $1,250,000$1,250,000 C, LW RFA	Sprong, Daniel $2,500,000$2,500,000 RW, LW UFA
Robins, Tristen $797,500$797,500 ($57,500$58K) C RFA - 1	Sturm, Nico $2,000,000$2,000,000 C UFA - 1	Zetterlund, Fabian $1,450,000$1,450,000 RW RFA - 1

Left Defense	Right Defense	Goaltender
Mukhamadullin, Shakir $894,167$894,167 ($400,000$400K) LD RFA - 1	Dumba, Matt $6,000,000$6,000,000 RD UFA	Samsonov, Ilya $5,250,000$5,250,000 G UFA
Thrun, Henry $1,250,000$1,250,000 LD RFA	Brodie, TJ $3,000,000$3,000,000 LD/RD UFA	Blackwood, Mackenzie $2,350,000$2,350,000 G UFA - 1
Ferraro, Mario $3,250,000$3,250,000 LD UFA - 2	Rutta, Jan $2,750,000$2,750,000 LD/RD UFA - 1

Scratches	Injured Reserve (IR)	Long Term IR (LTIR)
Knyzhov, Nikolai $1,250,000$1,250,000 LD/RD UFA - 1
Smith, Givani $800,000$800,000 LW, RW UFA - 1
Emberson, Ty $775,000$775,000 RD RFA

Top Comments

Oct. 18, 2023 at 10:13 p.m.

GiggywithGibby

Future Ducks legend

Joined: Jun. 2022

Posts: 10,103

Likes: 6,875

It's going to be a long, long time.before San Jose starts to show any upward progress on the season rankings. 12th best prospect pool in the NHL (post 2023 draft) is not something that gets fixed in just one more draft. Some interesting younger pieces added, but no where near enough to start climbing the ladder.

The kings have maintained relevance with injections of youth from outside. The knights have a number of years left before souring, the Oilers will be in the mix as long as McDavid is around, Calgary just locked into their core. Maybe you can claw ahead of Vancouver if Petey leaves or Seattle, but the Ducks are a few years ahead in the rebuild.

Sharks are going to be bottom of the Pacific for the next 3-5 years.

Oct. 18, 2023 at 11:50 p.m.

Rob32sjsharks

Joined: Apr. 2020

Posts: 11,289

Likes: 4,689

Quoting: GiggywithGibby

7-12 depending on the website!
And potentially 3 1sts with one being top 2 and 4 picks in the top 35 goes a long way towards improving that, plus 3 of their D prospects were hurt last year and a year of them developing will improve the prospect pool rankings a lot.

Sharks will have the most cap space they have ever had in 24 and 25 as well!

Grier has made some really good moves and been really smart so far so I’m interested in seeing how he does with money to spend!

I don’t care about who is ahead of us just look at NJD and Buffalo, both have a hell of a lot in front of them but still climbing up the rankings!

I have a feeling in 2-3 years sharks will be out of the basement and maybe not playoffs but getting closer or at least close enough to make a run.

Oct. 19, 2023 at 2:35 a.m.

Waffelz

Joined: Jun. 2019

Posts: 820

Likes: 309

You've committed the cardinal sin of buying out a player and not using the cap space. If you're going to leave yourself $10m in space you're just hurting the team in the future by buying out Vlasic.

I think the trades aren't insane, but it isn't likely that all of them get made. I could see Barabonov or Duclair sticking around, and I don't like paying a goalie big money to play for a team that will still be bad.

Oct. 19, 2023 at 3:09 a.m.

GiggywithGibby

Future Ducks legend

Joined: Jun. 2022

Posts: 10,103

Likes: 6,875

Quoting: Rob32sjsharks

New Jersey and Buffalo were also very bad for a very long time and racked up multiple top 5 picks. San Jose unfortunately sent Stutzle to Ottawa, so the rebuild starts with Eklund. 2024 is also a relatively weak draft compared to 2023. Buckle up man, it's going to be a minute.

Oct. 19, 2023 at 3:23 a.m.

Rob32sjsharks

Joined: Apr. 2020

Posts: 11,289

Likes: 4,689

Quoting: GiggywithGibby

24 has a strong top 4/5 thins out after but there are a few solid D with upside that can be had in the middle, hope is we move a few picks to 25 which is stronger.

24 top 2 and 25 top 4 would go a long way.

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