Big moves to be a bubble team in 1-2 years

Created by: Ghost789

Team: 2024-25 San Jose Sharks

Initial Creation Date: Dec. 28, 2023

Published: Dec. 28, 2023

Salary Cap Mode: Basic

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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

Sharks will probably finish last and hopefully land that #1 pick- Celebrini. This roster whether it be in 2024/25 or 2025/26 is deep down the middle and I think could be a bubble team.

Even if u allow Smith and Celebrini to play another season in the NCAA, I think u still try and sign 2-3 younger FA/RFA’s to contracts especially with the Cap going up exponentially over the next few seasons and the Sharks having a ton of cap space.

Sharks need a top D man. Hanifin maybe if CGY can’t afford him?

I think Buffalo will have to trade or part ways with one of their Goalies this offseason… UPL would be my guess and I think the Sharks could sign him to 2-3 year deal similar to Blackwood. I’ve liked what I’ve seen from Blackwood.. he’s been consistent and keeps the team in games and that’s not easy playing on the worst NHL team.

Vlasic can be bought out or placed on LTIR if he goes down .

All signings are ballpark #’s, obviously even if a guy fetches $1-2M more then what I have here Sharks still have enough space and wiggle room. Nylander will probably be in the $11-13M range .. Hanfin $5-6M .. etc

Free Agent Signings

RESERVE LIST		YEARS	CAP HIT
Smith, Will		3	$950,000

RFA	YEARS	CAP HIT
Addison, Calen	3	$1,150,000
Thrun, Henry	3	$925,000
Okhotiuk, Nikita	3	$925,000
Bordeleau, Thomas	3	$925,000
Coe, Brandon	2	$850,000
Zadina, Filip	2	$1,750,000
Kunin, Luke	2	$2,250,000
Luukkonen, Ukko-Pekka	3	$2,250,000

UFA	YEARS	CAP HIT
Nylander, William	7	$12,000,000
Duclair, Anthony	3	$3,250,000
Hanifin, Noah	4	$6,000,000

CREATED		YEARS	CAP HIT
Celebrini, Macklin		3	$925,000

Offer Sheets

Offer sheet annual average (AAV) is calculated by dividing the contract value by the lower of: 1. The contract length, or 2. Five years

PLAYER	AAV	COMPENSATION
Luukkonen, Ukko-Pekka	$2,250,000	2024 2nd round pick

Buyouts

Martin Jones: $1,666,667

Retained Salary Transactions

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

Buried

Nikolai Knyzhov: $100,000 ($1,250,000)

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	$87,700,000	$73,925,000	$0	$850,000	$13,775,000

Left Wing	Centre	Right Wing
Celebrini, Macklin $925,000$925,000	Smith, Will $950,000$950,000 C RFA	Nylander, William $12,000,000$12,000,000 RW UFA - 8
Eklund, William $863,333$863,333 ($850,000$850K) LW RFA - 2	Hertl, Tomas $6,750,000$6,750,000 C NMC UFA - 6	Zadina, Filip $1,750,000$1,750,000 RW, LW RFA
Duclair, Anthony $3,250,000$3,250,000 LW, RW UFA	Couture, Logan $8,000,000$8,000,000 C M-NTC UFA - 3	Zetterlund, Fabian $1,450,000$1,450,000 RW RFA - 1
Granlund, Mikael $5,000,000$5,000,000 C, RW UFA - 1	Sturm, Nico $2,000,000$2,000,000 C UFA - 1	Kunin, Luke $2,250,000$2,250,000 RW, C RFA

Left Defense	Right Defense	Goaltender
Hanifin, Noah $6,000,000$6,000,000 LD UFA - 8	Addison, Calen $1,150,000$1,150,000 RD RFA	Blackwood, Mackenzie $2,350,000$2,350,000 G UFA - 1
Ferraro, Mario $3,250,000$3,250,000 LD UFA - 2	Benning, Matthew $1,250,000$1,250,000 RD UFA - 2	Luukkonen, Ukko-Pekka $2,250,000$2,250,000 G RFA
Burroughs, Kyle $1,100,000$1,100,000 LD/RD UFA - 2	Rutta, Jan $2,750,000$2,750,000 LD/RD UFA - 1

Scratches	Injured Reserve (IR)	Long Term IR (LTIR)
Okhotiuk, Nikita $925,000$925,000 LD RFA		Vlasic, Marc-Édouard $7,000,000$7,000,000 LD/RD M-NTC UFA - 2
Thrun, Henry $925,000$925,000 LD RFA
Smith, Givani $800,000$800,000 LW, RW UFA - 1

Top Comments

Dec. 28, 2023 at 3:20 a.m.

Jets12Kozy

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No sense buying aging players to speed this build up there are nice drafts coming up build a core through the draft and something FAs want to come to and be a part of then buy players for playoffs pushes.

Dec. 28, 2023 at 3:27 a.m.

Ghost789

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Quoting: Jets12Kozy

I think you gotta get at least 1 top line Forward and 1 Top D man from FA to solidify the roster for when guys like Smith, Celebrini , etc come to the NHL. Both Nylander and Hanifin are only 26 years old … Sharks don’t need to suck for another several seasons I think in 2 years they will be in the playoff picture with the prospects they’ve got coming in.

Dec. 28, 2023 at 3:30 a.m.

Jets12Kozy

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Quoting: Ghost789

Damn I thought hanifin was like 30 that's fair, but I do think 2 more years of top 5 picks would really help create a young dangerous core in San Jose

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Dec. 28, 2023 at 3:36 a.m.

Ghost789

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Quoting: Jets12Kozy

Damn I thought hanifin was like 30 that's fair, but I do think 2 more years of top 5 picks would really help create a young dangerous core in San Jose

I agree but they’ve already been really bad since 2020.. that’s almost 4 years now of below .500 hockey. They’ve had solid draft picks the past 3 years and this next draft might land them the #1 pick for the first time ever. I think that’s more than enough rebuilding time to start adding some younger FA pieces asap.

Dec. 28, 2023 at 9:21 a.m.

MoSeider53

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Sorry but Hanifin and Nylander aren't signing with a rebuilding Sharks team. Nylander's price range is 7 x $11,000,000 and Hanifin was already offered 8 x $7,500,000 to remain in Calgary. He's not taking less to go to high tax California.

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