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Created by: Rob32sjsharks

Team: 2022-23 San Jose Sharks

Initial Creation Date: May 3, 2022

Published: May 3, 2022

Salary Cap Mode: Basic

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If for some miracle the sharks get the first OA (they have a 3% chance at it) then this lineup and re-tool would take a few massive steps forward.
sharks would be in great shape with forward Wright, Eklund and Bordeleau combined with quality middle 6 prospects like Gushin Coe Robins & Weisblat to go along with a solid group of young D prospects in Laroque, Merkley, CIcek, Kinazev, and Hatakka and a top young goalie prospect in Gaudreau.
Our deep and solid forward prospect group will help us but with most of them 5'11 or smaller we ideally need 1 more top 9 power forward to provide net front presence and protection from bigger opponents. Marchment is the ideal winger in my eyes. a late bloomer who has come alive this year and shows all the tools to not be a 1 year wonder to go along with his size and toughness. And we benefit from the fact he has priced himself out of Florida's market and at 26 is still young enough to fit in our now abd our future plans.
lines are simple but each line has a nice balanced mix of players.
Meier (power forward/ sniper) Hertl (solid 2 way/ goal scorer) Barabanov (set up guy/ puck handler)
Eklund (elite Puck handler passer) Couture (solid 2 way center) Wright (goal scorer and plus passer)
Marchemnt (power forward net front presence) Bordeleau (puck handler/ distributor) Labanc (great shot/ good passer)
Gregor (speed) Bonino (defensive specialist) Reedy (net front presence power forward)
if Wright Eklund or Bordeleau aren’t quite ready then gregor reedy Marchment Veronneau or Nieto could all step up and fill in.
Defense is simple with not many moves.
Vlasic is bought out next year to give us enough cap to sign Meier
Labanc either rebounds and becomes valuable enough to trade or is bought out next season.
and next year all vacancies will be filled by the younger prospects who should be ready by then.
sharks would be a playoff team if we made these deals and get this lucky. and we would also be set up to continue to improve going forward as older vets age out of their deals and younger ELC take their place.

Free Agent Signings

RESERVE LIST	YEARS	CAP HIT
Kashnikov, Evgenii	3	$835,333
Jacobsson, Theo	3	$835,333
Laroque, Gannon	3	$835,333
Chrona, Magnus	2	$835,333
Cardwell, Ethan	3	$835,333
McCue, Max	3	$835,333

RFA	YEARS	CAP HIT
Ferraro, Mario	3	$3,000,000
Blichfeld, Joachim	1	$750,000
Chmelevski, Alexander	1	$750,000
Dahlén, Jonathan	1	$905,000
Gallant, Zachary	1	$750,000
Leonard, John	1	$750,000
Kähkönen, Kaapo	2	$1,850,000
Gregor, Noah	1	$800,000
Meloche, Nicolas	1	$785,000

UFA	YEARS	CAP HIT
Marchment, Mason	2	$4,250,000
Barabanov, Alexander	3	$3,350,000
Megna, Jaycob	1	$850,000

CREATED		YEARS	CAP HIT
Wright, Shane		3	$925,000

Trades

SJS

2022 6th round pick (ARI)

ARI

SJS

2022 3rd round pick (VGK)

CHI

Hill, Adin

SJS

2022 2nd round pick (TOR)

SEA

Dahlén, Jonathan

Buyouts

Martin Jones: $2,416,667

Draft	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Round 5	Round 6	Round 7
2022
2023
2024

ROSTER

LONG-TERM OUTLOOK

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ROSTER SIZE	SALARY CAP	CAP HIT	OVERAGES	BONUSES	CAP SPACE
23	$82,500,000	$71,438,334	$0	$382,500	$11,061,666

Left Wing	Centre	Right Wing
Meier, Timo $3,000,000$3,000,000 LW, RW UFA - 1	Hertl, Tomas $6,750,000$6,750,000 C NMC UFA - 8	Barabanov, Alexander $3,350,000$3,350,000 RW, LW UFA - 2
Eklund, William $894,167$894,167 LW RFA - 4	Couture, Logan $8,000,000$8,000,000 C M-NTC UFA - 5	Wright, Shane $925,000$925,000
Marchment, Mason $4,250,000$4,250,000 LW, RW UFA - 4	Bordeleau, Thomas $916,667$916,667 C, LW RFA - 2	Labanc, Kevin $4,725,000$4,725,000 RW, LW UFA - 2
Gregor, Noah $800,000$800,000 LW, RW RFA - 1	Bonino, Nick $1,025,000$1,025,000 C, LW M-NTC UFA - 1	Reedy, Scott $842,500$842,500 ($82,500$82K) C UFA - 1

Left Defense	Right Defense	Goaltender
Ferraro, Mario $3,000,000$3,000,000 LD UFA - 4	Burns, Brent $5,280,000$5,280,000 RD M-NTC UFA - 3	Kähkönen, Kaapo $1,850,000$1,850,000 G UFA - 2
Knyzhov, Nikolai $850,000$850,000 LD/RD UFA - 1	Karlsson, Erik $10,000,000$10,000,000 RD NMC UFA - 5	Reimer, James $2,250,000$2,250,000 G M-NTC UFA - 1
Vlasic, Marc-Édouard $7,000,000$7,000,000 LD/RD NMC UFA - 4	Merkley, Ryan $863,333$863,333 ($300,000$300K) RD UFA - 1

Scratches	Injured Reserve (IR)	Long Term IR (LTIR)
Megna, Jaycob $850,000$850,000 LD UFA - 2
Veronneau, Max $750,000$750,000 RW UFA - 1
Nieto, Matt $850,000$850,000 LW, RW UFA - 1

May 3, 2022 at 11:00 p.m.

Kyle_Okposo_Lover

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Respect but one quick thing. Gaudreau sucks. he is a bad goalie and no shot at the NHL imo. Just watching him, he is so bad

May 3, 2022 at 11:01 p.m.

Rob32sjsharks

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Quoting: oliver_wahlstrom

Respect but one quick thing. Gaudreau sucks. he is a bad goalie and no shot at the NHL imo. Just watching him, he is so bad

he’s 18 and has size and skill give him a few years, and i would expect us to draft another goalie or two till we find a keeper.

May 3, 2022 at 11:17 p.m.

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All that luck…and this team is still hooped for a long time.

May 4, 2022 at 12:16 a.m.

Rob32sjsharks

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Quoting: CMcAvoy73

All that luck…and this team is still hooped for a long time.

hooped?

May 4, 2022 at 1:47 a.m.

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Quoting: Rob32sjsharks

hooped?

Maybe scooped?

May 4, 2022 at 1:48 a.m.

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Quoting: WhereArtTLuongo

Maybe scooped?

whatever he meant that’s a solid roster to me with tons of growth potential.

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May 4, 2022 at 7:31 a.m.

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Quoting: Rob32sjsharks

hooped?

Quoting: WhereArtTLuongo

Maybe scooped?

Think of it as a particular kind of screwed.

May 4, 2022 at 12:53 p.m.

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Quoting: Rob32sjsharks

whatever he meant that’s a solid roster to me with tons of growth potential.

The problem with that room for growth is that the contracts don’t line up. When the kids are on their entry deals, the team will still be bogged down by the Karlsson, Burns, Vlasic, and probably Couture contracts. Couture seems to have regressed the last three years, especially when compared to his late 20s version. Its pretty commonplace for forwards to decline in their early 30s. I wouldn’t be excited about 35 year old $8M Logan couture.

If the kids are good, they’ll want to be paid on their second contract, as they all do these days. Karlsson’s deal is still there. Burns might be for a year. If Vlasic’s deal hasn’t been bought out his will be there for some of those years. Coutures will be there and he’ll then be in his late 30s. Then you honestly have to start worrying about Hertl. He’ll be around Coutures age by then.

There’s just so much bad value there, that i don’t really see a route to competing, unless the cap goes up very dramatically, like $30M over the next three years.

May 4, 2022 at 1:21 p.m.

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Quoting: oliver_wahlstrom

Respect but one quick thing. Gaudreau sucks. he is a bad goalie and no shot at the NHL imo. Just watching him, he is so bad

Huh? Common islanders fan L

May 4, 2022 at 3:34 p.m.

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Quoting: CMcAvoy73

this has all been figured into my plan,
Marchemnt is on a 2 year show me deal, Labanc is traded or bought out next year, vlasic the year after, Burns is up in 3, Couture and Karlsson in 5 and there will be cap increases each year.
combine all this with some of the prospects taking longer to mature and or possibly being busts along with more younger guys coming up we should be in good shape actually.
for instance Eklund and wright would be due new deals as Burns deal expires, both would get bridge deals for 5-7 mil bordeleau will get his when Vlasic is bought out, Meier once Labanc is gone.
it's not perfect but we would have enough and yes there may be a few guys squeezed out but thats NHL life.

May 4, 2022 at 3:38 p.m.

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Quoting: Rob32sjsharks

Thats the NHL life when you have contracts like this. The sharks will likely have enough money to squeeze the kids second contracts in, but not add around them. I’m afraid its pretty futile. Teams can’t thrive with that many anchors.

May 4, 2022 at 7:15 p.m.

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If we trade for a goalie, its not too bad. I would think we would pursue the FA market before pulling a trigger on buying a goalie tbh.

May 4, 2022 at 7:17 p.m.

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Quoting: CMcAvoy73

but the anchors are 5 years or less.
and I wouldn't call Burns or Couture Anchors yet. truth is we have 3 bad contracts Karlsson (4 mil too much) Labanc (4.7 for 3 goals!) and Vlasic (i think any decent AHL D man could match up with him at this point)
truth is the majority of the really good teams have multiple young guys and solid prospect pool to pull from, our pool is stronger and should get even better after the 22 & 23 drafts as long as we don't start trading away picks. and for the next 3-4 years we have a lot of really good depth pieces to pull from to supplement our roster.

May 4, 2022 at 7:20 p.m.

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Quoting: Aussie_Blackhawk

If we trade for a goalie, its not too bad. I would think we would pursue the FA market before pulling a trigger on buying a goalie tbh.

my feeling is though with you guys making the decision to rebuild, I would assume not many goalies would want to jump on, and I don't see Chicago paying big money or long term for one so that leaves you mostly guys trying to reclaim a starting roll or rebound from poor season. Hill just works to well and if not with Chicago, I see him being a desirable guy for a 3rd to at least a few teams out there.

May 4, 2022 at 7:21 p.m.

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Quoting: Bias_it_self

Huh? Common islanders fan L

Ben Gaudreau has sucked. he has been terrible lmao

May 4, 2022 at 7:26 p.m.

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Edited May 4, 2022 at 7:35 p.m.

Quoting: oliver_wahlstrom

Ben Gaudreau has sucked. he has been terrible lmao

I really don't think he has, 2 things 1 he spent almost 2 years barely playing and had to adjust back to being a starter and for a bad team, and 2nd he faced almost double the shots the other teams goalie had in that playoff round and still kept it close.
give him a better team and some help next year i see him making solid strides, he was the 3rd ranked goalie in the 21 draft class for a reason.

though he does have the curse of the 81st pick on him! almost no one drafted at 81 ever makes it to the NHL and of those who have, rarely are more than depth pieces. not sure why but look it up. since 1969 they have 2 good D men (Fredrik Olausson & Alexei Zhitnik) 3 decent forwards and 1 decent goalie (Tuggnut) 6 good players in 63 years from the 81st pick and only 12 to play more than 100 NHL games. so that's a 9% chance of getting a good player and 19% chance of them playing more than 1 year of hockey.

May 4, 2022 at 7:58 p.m.

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Quoting: Rob32sjsharks

We have flexibility with Cap so could perhaps offer them (UFA market) good money and use as trade bait at TDL on a 1 year deal. Yes we will be rebuilding but using a 3rd for a goalie won't be atop of the priority however Im not willing to write off the idea completely.

May 4, 2022 at 8:24 p.m.

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Edited May 4, 2022 at 8:30 p.m.

Quoting: Aussie_Blackhawk

very true but again the top goalies (Husso, Campbell, Fleury, Kuemper) will all want long term deals with contenders and that leaves you Koskinen, Wedgewood, Jones, Desmith, Comrie, and Holtby to fill your starter need, and of those guys i would only focus on Desmith Comrie Wedgewood the rest are either too old or haven't been good/ injured in the last few years.
Plus if Hill shines hes 25 and could be part of the rebuild or you can deal him at the deadline for more than the 3rd, and if he fails its a late 3rd not a big risk.
I've actually thought a lot about this and to me its very logical but I would never doubt you might be right and they Just sign a guy like Koskinen or Holtby or Jones in the hope they are just good enough to lose a lot of games but not terrible enough to replace (if they are going for a top 3 pick)

May 4, 2022 at 8:32 p.m.

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Quoting: Rob32sjsharks

Burns has been an anchor for a while.

Like i said about couture, theres been a noticeable drop off for 2 or 3 years now (not lumping it in, I honestly just forget). Thats tough to swallow now. Whats it look like when he’s 35? How about when he’s 38?
Same story for Karlsson. What’s Hertl look like when he’s 32-33? A lot of guys are experiencing a significant drop off at that point. I just don’t think the sharks will be able to fill in gaps from outside the organization for a long time due to cap space. Teams need to do that to contend.

May 4, 2022 at 8:39 p.m.

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Quoting: CMcAvoy73

Couture played pretty well this year considering the bottom 6 depth players we have stuck on his wing, Dahlen Nieto Bonino Balcers! give the guy 2 legit top 6 wingers next season and i bet hes back to 30G 65P! yes i worry about couture past 35 but i still feel he is close to his contract value.
and Burns played the most min in the NHL and against every teams top line night in and night out and not all of it with Ferraro, he has played with Megna, SImek, Ferraro, and even Vlasic, and stil put up top 15 defensive points. how is he an anchor?

May 4, 2022 at 9:20 p.m.

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Quoting: Rob32sjsharks

Well, burns plays minutes…but he sucks. Absolute turnstile. He’s one of the big reasons the sharks aren’t good.

No, couture isn’t at his value. The last three seasons he’s been at .69 points per game. So he plays at a 25 goal pace the first three years of his 30s, and you think he’s going to go in the other direction? Good luck.

I just don’t see any route to them competing for 5 years unless some really weird stuff happens.

May 4, 2022 at 10:19 p.m.

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Quoting: CMcAvoy73

you don’t think with better line mates couture wouldn’t improve to say .85 ppg?

May 4, 2022 at 11:05 p.m.

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Quoting: Rob32sjsharks

you don’t think with better line mates couture wouldn’t improve to say .85 ppg?

Probably not. Its not even a commentary on couture. Its just how players usually age. Doesn’t couture only have one .85 PPG season under his belt anyhow? I don’t think we’re going to see the best of Couture now that he looks to be regressing into his mid 30’s.

May 4, 2022 at 11:49 p.m.

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Quoting: CMcAvoy73

I get it’s natural to see regression as you age but you don’t think with 2 legit top 6 wings he won’t improve a bit? i’m not asking much he was a .73 ppg i'm asking for .85 that’s only 9 more points over 77 games! I feel legit line-mates could make that happen!

May 4, 2022 at 11:56 p.m.

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Quoting: Rob32sjsharks

I just think its kind of naive for him to have his second best season next year. Things should be going down, not up…just according to standard trends. I think coutures best hockey is behind him, because that’s what history tells us.

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