Team: 2021-22 San Jose Sharks

Initial Creation Date: Aug. 19, 2021

Published: Aug. 19, 2021

Salary Cap Mode: Basic

Kane's probably going to be gone whether it's by trade or buyout. Both Hertl and Couture it seemed like would score points in bunches. They would score a lot of points over a short period of time then struggle to get any points for another period of time.
Balcers and Barabanov looked good and a full season of Barabanov could help their top 6. Meier and Labanc have struggled offensively for the past two seasons. Maybe Labanc's decline can be attributed to having to play more minutes. In his best season so far in his career, Labanc spent a lot of time on the third line with Jumbo Joe and Marcus Sorenson. I'm pretty sure Meier was in the top 6 in his breakout season which was the same season as Labanc's best season so far. (2018-19) Patty Marleau is probably not retiring. He's a bottom 6 player at best, but I don't know if he'll play every night since the bottom 6 for San Jose looks stronger on paper. Goaltending should be better than last year, but should still be bottom 10. Reimer didn't have the greatest season behind a good defensive team and Hill while he had decent numbers, he hasn't played much NHL games. The D core should remain the same as last year. 3 declining vets (you can guess who), two promising young d men (Ferraro, Knyzhov), and one wild card (Simek). Burns is the best out of the 3 declining vets. I thought Simek and Vlasic were going to be playing Top 4 way back in January, but now those two are playing on the bottom pair together. Idk if Ryan Merkley will get his first NHL experience this season. On the right side there is Burns and Karlsson already and Vlasic has moved to play bottom RD. Unless one of them gets injured for a long stretch of time or they look total crap, then Merkley isn't going to play a NHL game the upcoming season.