Why would you buyout Melker?

Bibeau isn't NHL ready

Because it saves the Sharks $1.3M. There is no reason to pay him $2M when you have cheaper players that can do what he can.

LOLOLOLOLOLOLOL. Bibeau has been playing for the Cuda for 3 seasons. He has nothing left to prove there after winning a crap ton of game. If you said Korenar, I would say "okay, maybe" but Bibeau is certainly ready for the NHL. Try again and do better.

But why wouldn't you just trade M. Karlsson? You don't have to buy him out

Bibeau had a .904 sv % last season, That's definitely not going to get better in the NHL, probably under .900

Melker would have been traded a long time ago if anyone would take him. But he's bad, very bad and at $2M no one wants him. Bibeau had a not great season, but the Cuda were very bad defensively also. His body of work over the last three seasons is enough to give him a shot at the NHL level, and will likely do well enough as a backup, certainly about as good as Dell, for $1M less.

Korenar is a better option than Bibeau

4 years younger and had a better sv % under the same defense

What you are saying about Melker is not true at all. He got 16 points and is a great Pker. Seems fine for 2 mil

Korenar is one year in the minors, with only a slightly better save %, and you don't bank on one season as a trend. You bank on six seasons of solid work in the AHL with a league average save percentage. Korenar hasnt earned his way to the NHL yet, he wasnt even the starter for the baby Sharks last season, so in what world would he go straight to be the big club backup? The answer is no world. There are all sorts of business reasons you go with Bibeau too. The fact he's not waiver exempt means you risk losing him for nothing. Sure, probably not a huge loss, but at least give him a shot, if he doesn't do well, he'll be sent down and be less likely to get taken, and then he can be the permanent AHL goalie. If he is taken, then that's one less problem for Doug to deal with.

What you're saying about Melker is just not true at all. His 16 points are on the low side for a 4th liner on a playoff team. 5 of them were empty net points, 6 of the remainder were when he happened to be on the ice with top 6. So he generated all of 5 points while playing in a bottom six role. His line performs much, much better when he is off the ice, then when he is on the ice. As for PK, he is just awful, as in one of the worst PK'ers in the league. The team gives up 70% more shots on the PK when he is put on the ice to kill PKs. His positioning is bad, and he doesnt have the speed/quickness to move low to high and high to low, and he rarely gets in the way to block a shot because he cant get there and his stick work is bad.

$2M is a terrible pay for a fringe AHLer.

What I'm saying is Bibeau and Korenar aren't ready for the NHL yet, maybe next season, but if you had to choose I would choose Korenar. I bet Korenar will start more games in the preseason then Bibeau.

The Sharks were about average for PK's last season, and Melker would play on most of them. Is he being slightly overpaid? yes, but only by a couple hundred thousand. He is also not a ''fringe AHL'' player

You are wrong that Bibeau isnt ready for the NHL. He has the experience at the AHL level which is the primary factor in determining "readiness". There are also dozens of scouts, pundits, etc. who say he is ready to be an NHL backup, and you dont really know for sure unless you play him. You could choose Korenar all you want, but no one else would. That's a Malcom Subban scenario which killed his development for two years.

Melker played on less than a third of the Sharks PK minutes and was not good. He's overpaid by $1M+. Every stat on the planet, including TOI, points, possession, etc, says he is a fringe AHLer, and you dont pay fringe AHLers $2M. There's only so much a player "can bring to the locker room", which is BS subjectiveness anyway, to earn a paycheck.

Again, I don't think either AHL goalie should start the season as back-up. I think we should see if Dell can have a bounce-back season and if not, consider bringing up an AHL goalie. According to DobberProspects, Korenar has a 20 % higher chance of making the NHL.

Overpaid by 1 million is a stretch given he got 16 points. He had a bit of a down year and we'll see if he can produce more offensively

True, Dobber prospects has that percentage, but that's based off of age and pro experience, which he doesnt have. That percentage may drop significantly in his 2nd pro season. This is why Bibeau will be first up.

He hasn't had a bit if a down year, hes had lower point totals each of the last few years. His impact on the PK was mediocre in the first place, and now he's older and his legs have gone, he's a negative factor. $1M isnt a stretch considering his comparables (points, possession) make the league minimum on two way deals.