Draft Moves 2023 Roster

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Created by: Ghost789

Team: 2023-24 San Jose Sharks

Initial Creation Date: Feb. 8, 2023

Published: Feb. 8, 2023

Salary Cap Mode: Basic

Description

I really don’t see any value in trading away Karlsson or Meier, either at the deadline or off-season. It makes zero sense. Meier is 26 and hasn’t even hit his prime yet. He’s on pace for 45 G’s / 80+ Points And Karlsson appears to be 100% healthy again and back to his old self and if he was traded the Sharks would have to retain around 20% of his contract minimum to gain any sort of decent return. Even then, I don’t see them getting 3 First Rounders and a prospect for an almost 33 yr old D man. Instead they should be buying out Vlasics horrific contact and saving 10%. He legitimately has zero value left and his 7M AAV just makes it that much worse.

This 22/23 season is a wash, Sharks will likely finish bottom 5 and hopefully have a top 5 draft pick and as of right now #5 prospect is Brayden Yager of the WHL.

They can easily just look forward to the 23/24 season with some young talent potentially cracking the lineup- Eklund, Bordeleau, Coe, Makiniemi, etc.

I would also like to see Hertl move to the wing again where he has freedom to be a playmaker/dangler and put up some points, he has so much skill and being a C hinders his ability to be creative offensively, I’ve been to several games in person and seen him on the Wing and it’s a night and day difference. The Sharks can either develop or draft another Top #1 C (maybe Yager). For now Couture can live out his days in that spot.

If the Sharks didn’t have high end prospects in the AHL almost NHL ready then I would say tear it down and trade away everyone but that is not the case.. they’ve got some really great talent in the pipeline they just need to stay course and in 3-4 years they’ll be back to a cup contender.

Either way I think this roster is much more youthful and exciting. Maybe they could pull a Kraken and be a surprise for next season.

Free Agent Signings

RFA	YEARS	CAP HIT
Mäkiniemi, Eetu	2	$900,000
Kaut, Martin	2	$800,000
Knyzhov, Nikolai	2	$875,000
Eyssimont, Michael	2	$800,000
Mann, Strauss	3	$850,000
Meier, Timo	8	$9,000,000

UFA	YEARS	CAP HIT
Harrington, Scott	1	$800,000
Korpisalo, Joonas	3	$3,000,000
Graves, Ryan	4	$3,750,000

CREATED		YEARS	CAP HIT
Yager, Brayden		3	$895,000

Trades

SJS

2024 5th round pick (CBJ)

CBJ

Labanc, Kevin ($1,250,000 retained)

SJS

Future Considerations

OTT

Kähkönen, Kaapo

SJS

Future Considerations

CHI

Lindblom, Oskar

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%)
Kevin Labanc: $1,250,000 (26.46%)

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	$72,677,779	$25,000	$907,500	$10,822,221

Left Wing	Centre	Right Wing
Meier, Timo $9,000,000$9,000,000 LW, RW UFA - 8	Couture, Logan $8,000,000$8,000,000 C M-NTC UFA - 4	Hertl, Tomas $6,750,000$6,750,000 C NMC UFA - 7
Eklund, William $863,333$863,333 ($850,000$850K) LW RFA - 3	Bordeleau, Thomas $916,667$916,667 C, LW RFA - 1	Barabanov, Alexander $2,500,000$2,500,000 RW, LW M-NTC UFA - 1
Kunin, Luke $2,750,000$2,750,000 RW, C RFA - 1	Sturm, Nico $2,000,000$2,000,000 C UFA - 2	Coe, Brandon $850,833$850,833 ($57,500$58K) RW RFA - 1
Eyssimont, Michael $800,000$800,000 RW, C UFA - 2	Lorentz, Steven $1,050,000$1,050,000 C, LW, RW UFA - 1	Kaut, Martin $800,000$800,000 RW RFA
	Yager, Brayden $895,000$895,000

Left Defense	Right Defense	Goaltender
Knyzhov, Nikolai $875,000$875,000 LD/RD UFA - 2	Karlsson, Erik $10,000,000$10,000,000 RD NMC UFA - 4	Korpisalo, Joonas $3,000,000$3,000,000 G UFA - 5
Graves, Ryan $3,750,000$3,750,000 LD UFA - 6	Benning, Matthew $1,250,000$1,250,000 RD UFA - 3	Mäkiniemi, Eetu $900,000$900,000 G UFA - 1
Ferraro, Mario $3,250,000$3,250,000 LD UFA - 3	Simek, Radim $2,250,000$2,250,000 LD/RD UFA - 1

Scratches	Injured Reserve (IR)	Long Term IR (LTIR)
Harrington, Scott $800,000$800,000 LD UFA
MacDonald, Jacob $762,500$762,500 LD/RD UFA - 1

Feb. 8, 2023 at 7:57 a.m.

Fergy22

Joined: May 2018

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If I were Ottawa I would take a flier on Kahkonen for free. He is having an off year and due to rebound, if not it’s off to Belleville.
This could be the start of a deal with more pieces moving……maybe something involving Zaitsev?

Feb. 8, 2023 at 8:08 a.m.

emoprettyboy

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Quoting: Fergy22

kahkonen's cap hit is 2.75 next year, no shot Ottawa can afford to take on that cap hit for a backup goalie that might just be terrible anyways

Feb. 8, 2023 at 8:16 a.m.

Fergy22

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Quoting: emoprettyboy

kahkonen's cap hit is 2.75 next year, no shot Ottawa can afford to take on that cap hit for a backup goalie that might just be terrible anyways

He had 4 solid years prior to this year , Forsberg was not exactly lighting it up before being moved to Ottawa. Roll the dice and at worst you get dinged 1.6 for him in Belleville for one year.

Feb. 8, 2023 at 8:50 a.m.

TCMonkey

Hockey 1st Sens 2nd

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Quoting: Fergy22

He had 4 solid years prior to this year , Forsberg was not exactly lighting it up before being moved to Ottawa. Roll the dice and at worst you get dinged 1.6 for him in Belleville for one year.

Zero reason for OTT to add a struggling Kahkonen at $2.75M when they could up Talbot for another year for that price, OR LESS.
Also, if we're gambling, there are 21 active roster goalies that will be UFA this summer, almost all of them have better stats and would cost less.
Declined.

Feb. 8, 2023 at 9:02 a.m.

emoprettyboy

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Quoting: Fergy22

He had 4 solid years prior to this year , Forsberg was not exactly lighting it up before being moved to Ottawa. Roll the dice and at worst you get dinged 1.6 for him in Belleville for one year.

Sens are gonna be squeezed really tight against the cap trying to fit DeBrincat in. They're going to need to go budget on their goalie, not expensive. Just doesn't make sense for the Sens. If the Sharks wanted to retain 50% and the Sens throw in a late pick for their troubles, then that's the starter

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Feb. 8, 2023 at 9:11 a.m.

Fergy22

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Quoting: emoprettyboy

What about a deal with Zaitsev + something minor going the other way?

Feb. 8, 2023 at 9:13 a.m.

Fergy22

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Quoting: TCMonkey

Talbot won’t be around to get re-signed if he is healthy he can fetch a decent return at the TDL.

Feb. 8, 2023 at 9:18 a.m.

sharcuda22

Joined: Apr. 2022

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I generally agree with you about not trading either one of them, but couture would move to wing before Tommy ever does and I dont think bords will be a 2C next year.

Feb. 8, 2023 at 11:25 a.m.

glarson17

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From what I’ve heard Yager is struggling, he isn’t going too 5 for sure. Also Coe can hardly crack the ahl lineup so he isn’t making the nhl next season. Vlasic has been much better this year but sure hasn’t lived up to $7 mil a year

Feb. 8, 2023 at 2:21 p.m.

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Viqsi

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That's a no from Columbus. The last thing in the world we need is more wingers, particularly overpaid wingers with term. That's a "you pay us" contract.

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Feb. 9, 2023 at 8:04 a.m.

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TCMonkey

Hockey 1st Sens 2nd

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Quoting: Fergy22

Talbot won’t be around to get re-signed if he is healthy he can fetch a decent return at the TDL.

I'm not sure what your definition of "decent return" is, and other than SEA no contending teams are really seeking a goalie at the deadline.
Either way, there's no chance OTT is spending $2.75M on a goalie next season unless he's a sure starter - we just don't have the cap space.

Feb. 9, 2023 at 9:04 a.m.

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Xspyrit

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I don't see the Sens being interested in Kähkönen and his contract

Quoting: Fergy22

He had 4 solid years prior to this year , Forsberg was not exactly lighting it up before being moved to Ottawa. Roll the dice and at worst you get dinged 1.6 for him in Belleville for one year.

2023-24 will be tight for Ottawa (then it will become much easier as dead cap disappears)

It is not a season where they can take chances like that

Even Belleville won't have a spot for him, as Sogaard and Merilainen will need to play to develop

If he was making 1.0 MAX then maybe he could be brought as a back up but it's not the case

Quoting: Fergy22

What about a deal with Zaitsev + something minor going the other way?

Zaitsev + 5th for Kähkönen ?

Then I would be interested

Feb. 9, 2023 at 9:33 a.m.

#13

Fergy22

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Zaitsev + 5th for Kähkönen ?

Then I would be interested[/quote]

This works

Feb. 9, 2023 at 9:37 a.m.

#14

Fergy22

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Quoting: TCMonkey

L.A would be my prediction , or any team that encounters an injury over the next 3 weeks

Feb. 10, 2023 at 10:03 a.m.

#15

TCMonkey

Hockey 1st Sens 2nd

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Quoting: Fergy22

L.A would be my prediction , or any team that encounters an injury over the next 3 weeks

And just hours later, down goes Logan Thompson! You got some kind of doll you cast spells on over there???

Feb. 10, 2023 at 11:28 a.m.

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Fergy22

Joined: May 2018

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Quoting: TCMonkey

And just hours later, down goes Logan Thompson! You got some kind of doll you cast spells on over there???

Bad luck for Vegas ( again ) , no voodoo involved on my end.

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