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That San Jose trade is insanely bad for the Sharks. Here's a few reasons why:
-Willie's contract is up after next season. I don't think the Sharks are ready by the end of next summer, so I think it's very likely Nylander serves out his time in San Jose and moves on as soon as the clock strikes 12:01 on July 1, 2024.
-You're asking the Sharks to retain something like $25M over the next 5 years - a literally unprecedented amount - during a season when he's playing at probably the highest level he has since he left Ottawa. I don't know what kind of compensation $25M in retention would cost, but I think it would *start* at the pair of 1sts you have included here. San Jose might want to move cap, but they're not going to eat all that money on an actually useful player just for the fun of it.
-James Reimer has a 5 team NTC. James Reimer is a former Leafs goalie. James Reimer's wife, April, once had a night where she received dozens of death threats from Leafs fans because James had a bad game. James Reimer's NTC is probably just "Toronto" written 5 times.
That Chicago trade is also pretty bad for the Hawks, and while there's only one reason why, it's pretty obvious: any team that's interested in Patty Kane will only have to offer up their 2023 1st and this trade is beat. You gotta give Chicago *something* for them to retain $5.25M on a guy at Kane's level.