Next year after keeping Meier selling others at TDL

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Created by: Waffelz

Team: 2023-24 San Jose Sharks

Initial Creation Date: Jan. 21, 2023

Published: Jan. 21, 2023

Salary Cap Mode: Basic

Description

Reimer, Nieto, Bonino, and maybe Harrington traded at deadline for a 4th, 5th, 5th, and 7th, respectively. Merkley for a whatever they can get for him, Is be happy with a 4th.

Also assumed Kahkkonen doesn't get any better, barely backup quality, if that. Karlsson stays good, bit doesn't put up anywhere near 100 points 2 years in a row.

Definitely not a contender, unless they somehow end up with Bedard, even then probably not. Defense leaves a lot to be desired, especially considering the massive regression of Ferarro, and goaltending is questionable at best.

The year after this you get Labanc, Simek, Kunin, Lindblom, and Kahkkonen of the books, and buying out Vlasic becomes very reasonable. Jones' buyout cost goes down by over $1 million, and suddenly you have a whole lot of cap to work with, and Karlsson/Couture should still have a year or two of serviceable play left.

Free Agent Signings

RFA	YEARS	CAP HIT
Eyssimont, Michael	1	$775,000
Knyzhov, Nikolai	1	$775,000
Mäkiniemi, Eetu	1	$950,000
Meier, Timo	8	$9,500,000
Svechnikov, Evgeny	1	$775,000

Buyouts

Martin Jones: $2,916,667
Rūdolfs Balcers: $308,334

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

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ROSTER SIZE	SALARY CAP	CAP HIT	OVERAGES	BONUSES	CAP SPACE
23	$83,500,000	$78,897,501	$25,000	$850,000	$4,602,499

Left Wing	Centre	Right Wing
Meier, Timo $9,500,000$9,500,000 LW, RW UFA - 8	Hertl, Tomas $6,750,000$6,750,000 C NMC UFA - 7	Barabanov, Alexander $2,500,000$2,500,000 RW, LW M-NTC UFA - 1
Eklund, William $863,333$863,333 ($850,000$850K) LW RFA - 3	Couture, Logan $8,000,000$8,000,000 C M-NTC UFA - 4	Eyssimont, Michael $775,000$775,000 RW, C UFA - 2
Bordeleau, Thomas $916,667$916,667 C, LW RFA - 1	Sturm, Nico $2,000,000$2,000,000 C UFA - 2	Labanc, Kevin $4,725,000$4,725,000 RW, LW UFA - 1
Lindblom, Oskar $2,500,000$2,500,000 LW UFA - 1	Lorentz, Steven $1,050,000$1,050,000 C, LW, RW UFA - 1	Svechnikov, Evgeny $775,000$775,000 LW, RW UFA

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	Mäkiniemi, Eetu $950,000$950,000 G UFA - 1
Vlasic, Marc-Édouard $7,000,000$7,000,000 LD/RD M-NTC UFA - 3	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 $775,000$775,000 LD/RD UFA - 2

Scratches	Injured Reserve (IR)	Long Term IR (LTIR)
Cicek, Nick $835,000$835,000 LD RFA - 1
Kunin, Luke $2,750,000$2,750,000 RW, C RFA - 1
Simek, Radim $2,250,000$2,250,000 LD/RD UFA - 1

Jan. 21, 2023 at 1:21 a.m.

jakdonaghy

Joined: Jun. 2018

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You forgot to add Bedard, probably on 2nd line instead of Eyssimont

Jan. 21, 2023 at 2:38 a.m.

Waffelz

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Quoting: jakdonaghy

You forgot to add Bedard, probably on 2nd line instead of Eyssimont

This is assuming they don't win the lottery, but I would try him with Hertl and Meier, move Barabonov down with Couture and Eklund.

Jan. 21, 2023 at 7:59 a.m.

SJSGM

go Sharks go

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(being optimistic)
I think if we keep Meier we could actually be decent next year. Guys like Nieto and Bonino would be out of the top 9 and replaced by Eklund and Bordeleau.
But yeah I agree, 24/25 might be the year to start getting better. Everything you said in your description, as well as hopefully the guy we pick around #5 will be ready.

Jan. 21, 2023 at 9:37 a.m.

sharcuda22

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Quoting: SJSGM

Question for all the sharks guys at 5/6/7th overall if mitchkov is still available would you take him?

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Jan. 21, 2023 at 9:48 a.m.

SJSGM

go Sharks go

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Quoting: sharcuda22

Question for all the sharks guys at 5/6/7th overall if mitchkov is still available would you take him?

I personally prefer going with a safer option and hoping someone like Benson is still available. Michkov is doing decent with Sochi now and if he continues to perform well I think you might have to if he's still there that late, but I would rather go for a guy that we know could play in our top 9 within a couple years.

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Jan. 21, 2023 at 2:44 p.m.

Burnzie8_88_4Cup

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I've been keeping eyes on Cuda, Bords has like 16 goals, why 3rd Line? Cooch and 2nd Line needs a goal scorer.

Jan. 21, 2023 at 4:57 p.m.

Waffelz

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Quoting: sharcuda22

Question for all the sharks guys at 5/6/7th overall if mitchkov is still available would you take him?

I'd rather have someone who can contribute immediately, I wouldn't want to risk him being in Russia for 3+ years.

Quoting: CB37

I've been keeping eyes on Cuda, Bords has like 16 goals, why 3rd Line? Cooch and 2nd Line needs a goal scorer.

That's reasonable, as long as the young kids can play effectively in both zones at the NHL level.

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