Bedard Makes Sharks a Darkhorse Next Year

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Created by: JoeThorntonsBeard

Team: 2023-24 San Jose Sharks

Initial Creation Date: Jan. 12, 2023

Published: Jan. 12, 2023

Salary Cap Mode: Basic

Description

Sharks Draft:
C. Bedard #1
D. Reinbacher #23
C. Price #30

Trades are mostly TDL or Draft.

Hertl Trade:
-COL gets there second-line center to help Mackinnon for many years to come.
-San Jose gets Girard who is bumped down to COL third pair after Byram returns and becomes expendable at 5 mil
-San jose also gets solid depth in O'Connor, B level Prospect Foudy, and a late first

Meier Trade:
-San Jose replaces traded Reimer with struggling blackwood who does have some untapped potential
-Also acquire Holtz and a first
-New Jersey gets one of the best power forwards in the league to help there small, skilled group up front

Free Agent Signings

RFA	YEARS	CAP HIT
Knyzhov, Nikolai	1	$925,000
Mäkiniemi, Eetu	1	$925,000
Mann, Strauss	2	$900,000
Meier, Timo	8	$9,250,000
Merkley, Ryan	1	$900,000
Reedy, Scott	1	$900,000
Viel, Jeffrey	3	$850,000
Weatherby, Jasper	3	$850,000
Blackwood, Mackenzie	2	$2,250,000

UFA	YEARS	CAP HIT
Reimer, James	1	$2,250,000
Monahan, Sean	4	$4,000,000
Nieto, Matt	2	$1,100,000
Bjugstad, Nick	2	$2,000,000
Megna, Jayson	2	$800,000

CREATED	YEARS	CAP HIT
Bedard, Connor	3	$925,000
Reinbacher, David	3	$925,000
Price, Caden	3	$925,000

Trades

SJS

2023 4th round pick (VAN)

VAN

Merkley, Ryan

Additional Details:

TDL or DRAFT

SJS

2023 3rd round pick (STL)
2024 3rd round pick (STL)

STL

Reimer, James

Additional Details:

TDL

SJS

COL

Hertl, Tomas

Additional Details:

TDL

SJS

Blackwood, Mackenzie [RFA Rights]
Holtz, Alexander
2023 1st round pick (NJD)
2024 2nd round pick (NJD)

NJD

Meier, Timo
2023 3rd round pick (STL)

Additional Details:

TDL

SJS

ANA

Simek, Radim
2024 4th round pick (VGK)

SJS

Kuraly, Sean
2024 3rd round pick (CBJ)

CBJ

Labanc, Kevin

Additional Details:

Offseason

Buyouts

Martin Jones: $2,916,667
Rūdolfs Balcers: $308,334
Marc-Édouard Vlasic: $1,444,445

Retained Salary Transactions

Brent Burns: $2,720,000 (34%)

Draft	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Round 5	Round 6	Round 7
2023
2024
2025

ROSTER

LONG-TERM OUTLOOK

EMBED

TEXT-EMBED

ROSTER SIZE	SALARY CAP	CAP HIT	OVERAGES	BONUSES	CAP SPACE
23	$84,000,000	$66,390,280	$25,000	$1,782,500	$17,609,720

Left Wing	Centre	Right Wing
Bordeleau, Thomas $916,667$916,667 C, LW RFA - 1	Couture, Logan $8,000,000$8,000,000 C M-NTC UFA - 4	Holtz, Alexander $894,167$894,167 ($850,000$850K) RW, LW RFA - 2
Eklund, William $863,333$863,333 ($850,000$850K) LW RFA - 3	Bedard, Connor $925,000$925,000	Monahan, Sean $4,000,000$4,000,000 C, LW, RW UFA - 1
Barabanov, Alexander $2,500,000$2,500,000 RW, LW M-NTC UFA - 1	Sturm, Nico $2,000,000$2,000,000 C UFA - 2	Kunin, Luke $2,750,000$2,750,000 RW, C RFA - 1
Kuraly, Sean $2,500,000$2,500,000 C, LW M-NTC UFA - 2	Bjugstad, Nick $2,000,000$2,000,000 C, RW UFA - 2	O'Connor, Logan $1,050,000$1,050,000 RW, LW UFA - 2

Left Defense	Right Defense	Goaltender
Megna, Jaycob $762,500$762,500 LD UFA - 1	Karlsson, Erik $10,000,000$10,000,000 RD NMC UFA - 4	Blackwood, Mackenzie $2,250,000$2,250,000 G UFA - 2
Girard, Samuel $5,000,000$5,000,000 LD/RD UFA - 4	Benning, Matthew $1,250,000$1,250,000 RD UFA - 3	Kähkönen, Kaapo $2,750,000$2,750,000 G UFA - 1
Ferraro, Mario $3,250,000$3,250,000 LD UFA - 3	Knyzhov, Nikolai $925,000$925,000 LD/RD UFA - 2

Scratches	Injured Reserve (IR)	Long Term IR (LTIR)
Nieto, Matt $1,100,000$1,100,000 LW, RW UFA - 2
Kniazev, Artemi $789,167$789,167 ($82,500$82K) LD RFA - 1
Lindblom, Oskar $2,500,000$2,500,000 LW UFA - 1

Jan. 12, 2023 at 2:35 a.m.

AC14

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Blues aren't trading for Reimer, they certainly aren't trading 2 3rds for Reimer.

The blues goaltending hasn't been near as big of an issue as it looks on paper. Greiss isn't great, but Binnington honestly has played pretty well despite his stat sheet. The defense has been god awful in front of him. 9/10 goals that he lets in he doesn't stand a chance.

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Jan. 12, 2023 at 2:41 a.m.

mokumboi

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The Blues aren't doing that, obviously.

Jan. 12, 2023 at 2:52 a.m.

JoeThorntonsBeard

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Quoting: mokumboi

The Blues aren't doing that, obviously.

Quoting: AC14

So if the struggling sub-890 SP% Binnington goes down you want to ride Griess in the playoffs? Lol. Riemer is a great goalie 1a 1b goalie to have. with over a 900 SP% every year of his career.

Jan. 12, 2023 at 3:25 a.m.

Tintin

do not Devil my ass

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You don't have the comps for that return you're suggesting Meier fetches, especially without an extension attached.
The 1st rd pick would likely have to be removed in its entirety.

Quoting: JoeThorntonsBeard

So if the struggling sub-890 SP% Binnington goes down you want to ride Griess in the playoffs? Lol. Riemer is a great goalie 1a 1b goalie to have. with over a 900 SP% every year of his career.

Bold of you to assume the Blues are making the playoffs.
The WC race in the west is very tight.

Jan. 12, 2023 at 3:54 a.m.

AndrewPawlack

18 lotteries, 0 wins

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blackwood sux lol
literally one of the worst goalies in the league on breakaways

Jan. 12, 2023 at 4:11 a.m.

TJTwolf

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Whilst Hertl would be nice and all the Avs can't afford to add that kind of cap hit and lose those pieces so they decline.

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Jan. 12, 2023 at 7:12 a.m.

littlejerryseinfeld

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I don't see how Colorado can afford hertl

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Jan. 12, 2023 at 7:45 a.m.

xercuses

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Quoting: JoeThorntonsBeard

So if the struggling sub-890 SP% Binnington goes down you want to ride Griess in the playoffs? Lol. Riemer is a great goalie 1a 1b goalie to have. with over a 900 SP% every year of his career.

So you made the trade on if a player goes down. And you chose the blues randomly. Well why not say so in the first place lol.

Jan. 12, 2023 at 9:11 a.m.

Xqb15a

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COL isn’t doing that for a number of reasons one of which is they don’t want Hertl’s contract and to pay him till he is 37, when in that time frame Makar and Rantanen will need new deals.

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Jan. 12, 2023 at 9:36 a.m.

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glarson17

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I don’t see how trading half your top 6 will make SJ a dark horse next year. That labanc trade is terrible for San Jose. Don’t see Hertl getting moved for a while

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Jan. 12, 2023 at 10:00 a.m.

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SJ19

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Quoting: glarson17

I don’t see how trading half your top 6 will make SJ a dark horse next year. That labanc trade is terrible for San Jose. Don’t see Hertl getting moved for a while

Bank needs a new team

Jan. 12, 2023 at 10:04 a.m.

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mokumboi

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Quoting: JoeThorntonsBeard

So if the struggling sub-890 SP% Binnington goes down you want to ride Griess in the playoffs? Lol. Riemer is a great goalie 1a 1b goalie to have. with over a 900 SP% every year of his career.

(sigh)

First of all, if Binnington gets hurt, we're not making the playoffs. And that's because Binnington isn't struggling - you should watch games instead of reading stats.

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Jan. 12, 2023 at 11:12 a.m.

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AStovetop

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Quoting: SJ19

Bank needs a new team

Agreed but he has value again, and he's getting a way worse player and a low pick back.
Sharks could get a decent return from Labanc with like 750k retention.

But if we were really trying to be competitive next year, why trade him and Hertl?

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Jan. 12, 2023 at 11:48 a.m.

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AC14

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Quoting: JoeThorntonsBeard

So if the struggling sub-890 SP% Binnington goes down you want to ride Griess in the playoffs? Lol. Riemer is a great goalie 1a 1b goalie to have. with over a 900 SP% every year of his career.

We just extended Hofer, he has like a .920+ This season. He’s our plan for backup and possibly 1a/1B down the road. I gaurantee you he gets a shot before we look for external help.

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Jan. 12, 2023 at 12:07 p.m.

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GiggywithGibby

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Quoting: mokumboi

(sigh)

First of all, if Binnington gets hurt, we're not making the playoffs. And that's because Binnington isn't struggling - you should watch games instead of reading stats.

People on here don't like to do that, Ducks fans go through the same thing with Gibson on a weekly basis. Clearly the stats speak the whole truth and our goalies are washed up AHL caliber players.

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Jan. 12, 2023 at 12:11 p.m.

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pretzelcoatl

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Too much for Meier. If you're getting Holtz and a 1st, you're not getting anything else.

Jan. 12, 2023 at 12:25 p.m.

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SJ19

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Quoting: pretzelcoatl

Too much for Meier. If you're getting Holtz and a 1st, you're not getting anything else.

They will

Jan. 12, 2023 at 12:31 p.m.

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pretzelcoatl

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Quoting: SJ19

They will

They will what, get Holtz and a 1st and then some? I seriously doubt that.

Jan. 12, 2023 at 3:06 p.m.

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glarson17

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Quoting: SJ19

Bank needs a new team

No he doesn’t he has 23 points in his last 30 games, which is when they actually put him in the top 6

Jan. 12, 2023 at 7:44 p.m.

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SJ19

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Quoting: glarson17

No he doesn’t he has 23 points in his last 30 games, which is when they actually put him in the top 6

We need players with more grit and toughness - perfect time to trade with those points

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Jan. 12, 2023 at 7:46 p.m.

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SJ19

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Quoting: pretzelcoatl

They will what, get Holtz and a 1st and then some? I seriously doubt that.

Watch around TD day - teams get desperate - 1st Holtz and something else even a 2nd

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Jan. 12, 2023 at 8:42 p.m.

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glarson17

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Quoting: SJ19

We need players with more grit and toughness - perfect time to trade with those points

So you trade a top 6 player for a 4th liner? Sure trade him but don’t give him away

Jan. 12, 2023 at 10:42 p.m.

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JoeThorntonsBeard

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Quoting: glarson17

So you trade a top 6 player for a 4th liner? Sure trade him but don’t give him away

Kuraly has 8 goals, Labanc has 10 lol. labanc also never stands out, just puts up points here and there, as he has a good shot.
Kuraly also had 14 goals last year, and provides grit if the sharks do get younger and more skilled. Labanc is VERY replaceable

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Jan. 13, 2023 at 8:21 a.m.

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SJ19

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Quoting: JoeThorntonsBeard

Bingo

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