I like this deal with New Jersey

So of the aging players on the Sharks, they trade Couture????

they should trade more than just couture.

but I don't see any of those contracts bringing back a 1st and a good prospect. Each year that goes by, these guys will be harder and harder to trade and then they will septuple down and pay hertl at age 29

this forward group is powerful but the defense and goaltending still sketches me out

Unlike the Devils. Hard pass on that offer.

Ullmark plays 50-55 games instead of 35, and hutton has his vision issue solved. I'm ok with that

Defense is fine, was already better this year and i got rid of the biggest problem and brought in a good 2 way 2C to help.

Did Hutton pay you money? Because without any problems without vision he played bad games. And if the vision problem suddenly comes back, I don’t understand why take such a risk, it’s strange.

I'm not sure I'd call a backup goalie "such a risk"

I don't think the Sabres are solving every issue they have this offseason.

Well, as it turned out this season, Ulmark was solid, but he sometimes gets hurt, Hutton can no longer be considered even a reliable backup due to his strange history. I think solving the problem of the backup goalie is not so difficult even for Adams, in a free agency there will be 4-5 guys who are suitable for us.

I guess we disagree on the severity of the issue (not to mention how fickle goaltending is, the year before with among the worst defenses in the NHL hutton had an almost league average .908 save percentage).

im ready to move on when you are.

Well, even Jack doesn't think Hutton is a reliable guy, unlike the same Ullmark.

you would need to send this years pick to get couture

i disagree. hes 31, has 56 million coming his way through age 38 and coming off a major injury. getting a 1st and a prospect and not taking money back is plenty.

Devils decline very quickly

yes but from the looks of it the sharks are not trying to rebuild yet. They are going to go at it next year and see what happens. If they start rebuilding then maby this is a possibility

Sharks will pass but thanks for the offer!

Thats a big no thanks from SJ and youre not even close!

If that is the approach the Sharks are taking they have several years of misery on the horizon. They already have two of the worst contracts in the league with Jones and Vlasic and in a couple of years a few more that will likely be looking that way Burns, Karlsson and Couture. On top of that they have no high end prospects or draft picks to speak of to fill in the rest of their roster on smaller contracts. Yikes.

Yes yes we hear it from the experts on here constantly thanks for the originality have a good day bye now.

You don't have to be an expert to see the obvious

I assume you think Buffalo is in a better position for the future?

For this year probably not. For the next several I would say yes. The Sabres have a good amount of young talent that will likely develop into better players in the next couple of years. The Sharks best players are all at a point where it is reasonable to expect a steady decline in their play over the next few years. I would expect that this past season was a bit of a one off for them due to all of their injuries and I would expect them if mostly healthy this upcoming season to be right on the playoff bubble in the West. Now certainly it is possible that the Sharks hit on a bunch of later picks and the Sabres prospects and picks all end up being flops and their young talent could regress as opposed to develop further in which case the Sharks will be better. But it is much more likely that the Sabres roster will further develop while the Sharks roster continues to regress unless they move out some of their older talent for futures.

The sabres were supposed to have young talent arise for about 6 years now, and the sharks were supposed to need to rebuild in 2010. I think I’ll take my chances

In 2010 the Sharks had the former 9th o/a pick in Logan Couture, a 22 year old Vlasic who had established himself as a good NHL defenseman, a 25 year Joe Pavelski coming off a 51 point season to build around. The only young player that growth can be expected out of from your current team is timo meier.

You guys are not far off! Sharks have some scary contracts and are looking at a brutal 5-10 year span till they are able to compete again, so I get our hope to remain Competitive.
That being said this would be an ideal start for us to speed up a rebuild/retool we need prospects talent and draft capitol you get this for couture you’ll get more for Hertl and a ransom for Meir and you start the rebuild.