DETAILED SHARKS OFFSEASON Land Celebrini Sign Reinhart Pesce Walker Debrusk

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Created by: CheechYou

Team: 2024-25 San Jose Sharks

Initial Creation Date: Mar. 24, 2024

Published: Mar. 24, 2024

Salary Cap Mode: Basic

Description

- LAND CELEBRINI:

Likely will end up last place, and say the 25% chance of selecting 1OA for Celebrini ends up working in SJ's favor for the first time in their franchise's existence.

- SIGN REINHART DEBRUSK

SJ was rumored to be in on Reinhart and nearly had him a few seasons back. Now that he's a UFA and still unsigned coming off a breakout campaign, Grier signs him with the plethora of cap space to play alongside Celebrini to give Celebrini's transition to the NHL as good a chance to be successful as possible. Reinhart also helps this young team in literally every facet of the game, and SJ has boat loads of cap space to give him the 10x7 offer. DeBrusk is another one of those Boston guys that Grier loves. He's looking for a payday and fits the bill of the team looking to get heavier with more talent and likewise helps Celebrini succeed in his move to the NHL.

- SIGN PESCE WALKER:

Pesce and Walker bring defensive stability to the team with solid play and allow guys like Mukhmadullin and Thompson to have the chance to develop their offensive game.

- MUSTY MAKES ROSTER; SMITH PLAYS IN AHL:

Musty has been tearing it up and it doesn't make all that much sense to have him return for another year in the OHL. Thankfully, he forces SJ's hand in this scenario and excels in training camp. Meanwhile, Smith shines as well but unlike Musty, he's allowed to play with the Cuda so the Sharks let him further develop there for a season (and put on more size / have him get used to the heavier men's game) and light up the AHL but give him a 9 game stint with the Sharks too at some point. Smith and Bystedt (possibly Edstrom) replace pending UFAs Granlund and Sturm in 2025.

- DEPTH SIGNINGS
Guys like Amadio and Trenin like Debrusk fit the bill of getting heavier to play against and solidify the bottom lines with not just size, but solid play in all 3 zones. They replace anchors like Hoffman and Kunin. Zadina has impressed offensively since the All-Star break and I can see him resigned to another 1 year deal but his defensive game is still atrocious and he doesn't have the size that the team is looking for, so here I have him walk.

Free Agent Signings

RESERVE LIST		YEARS	CAP HIT
Smith, Will		3	$950,000

RFA		YEARS	CAP HIT
Bordeleau, Thomas		2	$1,500,000
Thrun, Henry		2	$1,500,000

UFA	YEARS	CAP HIT
Reinhart, Sam	7	$10,000,000
Walker, Sean	5	$4,250,000
DeBrusk, Jake	6	$6,250,000
Carpenter, Ryan	2	$1,125,000
Trenin, Yakov	3	$2,250,000
Amadio, Michael	2	$2,500,000
Pesce, Brett	6	$6,250,000
Kähkönen, Kaapo	1	$2,350,000

CREATED		YEARS	CAP HIT
Celebrini, Macklin		3	$950,000

Trades

SJS

Anywhere, anything (there's some interest in him when he's healthy. Reasonable to think that he'll be traded to another team)

ANA

Benning, Matthew

SJS

Future considerations -- Any team

WPG

Rutta, Jan

Buyouts

Martin Jones: $1,666,667

Retained Salary Transactions

Brent Burns: $2,720,000 (34%)
Erik Karlsson: $1,500,000 (13.04%)
Tomas Hertl: $1,387,500 (17.05%)

Buried

Vitek Vanecek: $2,250,000 ($3,400,000)
Nikolai Knyzhov: $100,000 ($1,250,000)

Draft	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Round 5	Round 6	Round 7
2024
2025
2026

ROSTER

LONG-TERM OUTLOOK

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ROSTER SIZE	SALARY CAP	CAP HIT	OVERAGES	BONUSES	CAP SPACE
23	$87,500,000	$76,235,000	$0	$1,307,500	$11,265,000

Roster

Left Wing	Centre	Right Wing
Eklund, William $863,333$863,333 ($850,000$850K) LW RFA - 2	Celebrini, Macklin $950,000$950,000	Reinhart, Sam $10,000,000$10,000,000 RW UFA
Musty, Quentin $950,000$950,000 LW RFA - 2	Granlund, Mikael $5,000,000$5,000,000 C, RW UFA - 1	DeBrusk, Jake $6,250,000$6,250,000 RW, LW UFA
Bordeleau, Thomas $1,500,000$1,500,000 C, LW RFA	Sturm, Nico $2,000,000$2,000,000 C UFA - 1	Zetterlund, Fabian $1,450,000$1,450,000 RW RFA - 1
Trenin, Yakov $2,250,000$2,250,000 LW, C UFA	Carpenter, Ryan $1,125,000$1,125,000 RW, C UFA	Amadio, Michael $2,500,000$2,500,000 RW, LW UFA

Left Defense	Right Defense	Goaltender
Thrun, Henry $1,500,000$1,500,000 LD RFA	Pesce, Brett $6,250,000$6,250,000 RD UFA	Blackwood, Mackenzie $2,350,000$2,350,000 G UFA - 1
Mukhamadullin, Shakir $894,167$894,167 ($400,000$400K) LD RFA - 1	Walker, Sean $4,250,000$4,250,000 LD/RD UFA	Kähkönen, Kaapo $2,350,000$2,350,000 G UFA
Ferraro, Mario $3,250,000$3,250,000 LD UFA - 2	Thompson, Jack $828,333$828,333 ($57,500$58K) RD RFA - 1

Scratches	Injured Reserve (IR)	Long Term IR (LTIR)
Burroughs, Kyle $1,100,000$1,100,000 LD/RD UFA - 2		Couture, Logan $8,000,000$8,000,000 C M-NTC UFA - 3
Kostin, Klim $2,000,000$2,000,000 LW, RW RFA - 1
Vlasic, Marc-Édouard $7,000,000$7,000,000 LD/RD M-NTC UFA - 2

Special Teams

Power Play 1
Celebrini, M.		Reinhart, S.		Eklund, W.
	Mukhamadullin, S.		Zetterlund, F.

Power Play 2
Kostin, K.		Granlund, M.		DeBrusk, J.
	Bordeleau, T.		Thompson, J.

Penalty Kill 1
	Sturm, N.	Reinhart, S.
	Thrun, H.	Pesce, B.

Penalty Kill 2
	Trenin, Y.	Carpenter, R.
	Ferraro, M.	Walker, S.

Mar. 24 at 8:23 p.m.

Letsgosharks

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This would be like super cool, I just think that this is rushing the rebuild, and we will have to pay top UFAs that much more to sign here

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Mar. 24 at 8:40 p.m.

LuckyMoneyPuck

SkateOrDie

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1/2 those FA aren't coming there, and SJS isn't going to spend that much without even building up it's youth core.

Mar. 24 at 9:16 p.m.

Kyle_Davidson

Kyle from Chicago

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There is a 75% chance Celebrini won’t be a shark. Based on those odds I’d say he’s definitely a Blackhawk.

Mar. 24 at 9:20 p.m.

Tjm220

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There is video evidence that Sam Reinhart was offered via trade to San Jose from Buffalo with the 14th overall pick in exchange for the number seven overall pick they used to take Eklund. San Jose said no, so Buffalo ended up offering him to Florida for Devon Levi and their 1st round pick (Jiri Kulich). Arguably Buffalo ended up with a better deal.

Mar. 24 at 9:56 p.m.

Letsgosharks

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Quoting: Tjm220

Wow, I didn't realize it was that close

Mar. 24 at 10:01 p.m.

palhal

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Quoting: Letsgosharks

This would be like super cool, I just think that this is rushing the rebuild, and we will have to pay top UFAs that much more to sign here

Agree with you. But these signings of players in their 30s and take them to their mid 30s and more seems disastrous. Isn't that one of the problems former GM Wilson did, signing older players to long term contracts. They decline and then still stuck with a high/bad cap.

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Mar. 24 at 10:05 p.m.

Letsgosharks

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Quoting: palhal

exactly that, that was our downfall, I also think Reinhart's contract is going to be super ugly the last couple years no matter what team he is on, this in my opinion will be his best season

Mar. 24 at 10:47 p.m.

RecycleShark

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Quoting: palhal

Agree about GM DW's long bad contracts. Too many 8 years x $8+M. However what's proposed here seems reasonable to me. We won't get Reinhart, Pesce, or Debrusk for less. Walker might be an overpay. Sharks need to spend some $ on top 4 D UFA's next year or repeat the disaster. Unfortunately I don't know if any decent UFA's would sign with the Sharks after this year. Maybe Celebrini is the draw.

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Mar. 24 at 11:19 p.m.

oilfire

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I despise tanking, but the Sharks are so far down that road, with all that dead cap.

Just be bad until the bad money is off the books.

Mar. 25 at 12:19 a.m.

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Tjm220

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Quoting: Letsgosharks

Wow, I didn't realize it was that close

This happens to have everything, including the video I was talking about:

https://www.fearthefin.com/san-jose-sharks-buffalo-sabres-sam-reinhart-nhl-entry-draft-trade-report-william-eklund-wallstedt/

Mar. 25 at 5:35 a.m.

#11

RecycleShark

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Quoting: oilfire

I despise tanking, but the Sharks are so far down that road, with all that dead cap.

Just be bad until the bad money is off the books.

Actually, starting in July most of the bad money is off the books and the Sharks will have lots of cap to spend on UFA's. Reaching the floor will be difficult. Time to stop tanking. Or tanking so hard.

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Mar. 25 at 9:29 a.m.

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GiggywithGibby

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You guys just don't have the youth movement to be doing this yet.

I understand the Sharks have been bad long enough to justify that they should be on the upswing, but they lost out on some of those premium picks and young assets, that set the rebuild back like 3 years.

Mar. 25 at 10:06 a.m.

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palhal

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Quoting: RecycleShark

You're right. The Sharks are that difficult situation. They have to overpay for UFAs , which may lead to problems later regarding their cap and term. But since so many teams are at the cap, players are looking for a "home" on their last contracts. If possible try to find players that find California desirable as place to play/live.

Mar. 25 at 1:18 p.m.

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oilfire

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Quoting: RecycleShark

Aren't Hertl and Karlsson on for quite awhile? Thats the dead money I refer to. It just doesn't seem prudent to try and be competitive during that time frame. Being less bad than this year would be good though.

Mar. 27 at 1:04 a.m.

#15

RecycleShark

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Quoting: oilfire

It's only $1.4M / yr for Hertl and $1.5M / yr for Karlsson. Sharks didn't get much in those trades, but they did get cap space.

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