Team: 2021-22 San Jose Sharks

Initial Creation Date: Apr. 24, 2021

Published: May 14, 2021

Salary Cap Mode: Basic

This is a stretch and I highly doubt this happens
RNH values I kinda feel has waned a little so we get him for less than I thought he would at the beginning of the season,
But he would fit super well into our system.
We also only sign him if we are forced to void Kane’s deal. And I really don’t wan’t that but I think this end up being a finiancial requirement for Kane.
Hymen is the best available person who also fits an obvious need of ours! I think his numbers are inflated due to the surrounding players but he’s still a 20 goal 45-50 point player.

Driedgar is IMO the best available goalie at an ideal age to sign. (Under 30)

Those 3 will help reshape our weakest positions, top 6 forward group and goaltending.

Seattle expansion draft we lose Simek in my opinions.
Simek is the best for both us and Seattle
If they take him. They get a top 4 stay at home D man on a fair contract. And We save a little money letting him go and we have a built in replacement in Knyzhov who is younger and I feel better!
Hertl trade is bad for us as he is a heart and soul player... but we won’t have the funds to resign him next offseason and we can’t just let him walk for nothing, so we pick up a close replacement (well kinda) and a 1st. Strome is younger and I feel he is underrated. With this we get a good player and another top piece for our retool!
As for Meir I am just not sold on him. I feel we need to get what we can and move on. This trade provides us a solid young player for our 3C or top 6 wing group a d a 1st to bolster our prospect pool, Johnson is a reclamation project and Jersey has younger wings with more upside coming up soon this helps offset the cap hit of Meir and opens up spots for the prospects.
Donato and kellman just don’t fit our future plans but they are decent players we trade them to Detroit to give them a chance to play, or any team who will give us a 3rd and a 5th.

Taxi squad:
These are players who will most likely be fringe players fighting for time on the 3rd/4th lines, bottom D pairings and backup goalie. Would not be shocked to see these guys steal starts but I feel the other guys deserve at least the first chance.
Marleau gets one more year as an on ice coach working with the young kids and giving us real solid leadership. But this is his swan song and he retires at the end of the year.

Hughs, Coronato, and Cossa would
Represent an ideal 3 1st rounders from
This draft for us, I figure if we can get lucky in the lottery and draft 4-6 we get Hughs, Coronato at 14-17 with the rangers pick, and Cossa around 20-25 with the islanders pick.
all three are committed to playing in collage so at least for the 1st year or two they wouldn’t be able to help us and they can’t sign those contracts, but they will go a long way in restoring our prospect depth and I hope all 3 can help the future of the sharks. I see them being solid pieces for the sharks around 23/24 to 24/25 seasons.

This team is a fringe playoff team I see them a 6-8 seed if they have chemistry and a rebound season from Karlson. Otherwise we’re on the outside looking in. But we have a bunch more pieces for the future and a prospect pool that’s growing and starting to look more legit

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