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Rebuild with 1 - Using Cap Space as an Asset

Created by: Bmke92

Team: 2024-25 San Jose Sharks

Initial Creation Date: Apr. 22, 2024

Published: Apr. 22, 2024

Salary Cap Mode: Accurate/Prorated

LTIR Enabled: Yes

Season Days: 192

Days Remaining: 192

Season Remaining: 100%

Projected Cap Hit Prior To Days Remaining

: $49,529,167

Description

If the sharks bring in celebrini, we need more NHL players to round out this roster and be at least respectable for our prospects to come in and develop. Getting more draft picks and assets are the main goal here as we transition through this rebuild. UFA is going to be tough to get decent players, so picking and choosing the right players that will complement the young guys is most important, but overall, i think trades are where MG can make some savy moves that help us in the long term.

Worth noting:

I think Granlund, Sturm, and Rutta are the trade candidates at the deadline. Benning/Burroughs should also be shopped but Benning's health has haulted any value he may have had with his contract. Burroughs played well this season, but only has value as an injury fill in/7th D man. Still may be useful.

Mukhamadulin needs NHL time this season, but not at the expense of his development. I think a split season between the Cuda and Sharks is ideal, but it would especially help if they find a long term partner for him by the time hes ready to come up. At this rate, he doesnt have much except Emberson if he is re-signed.

Couture is hopefully able to play 40-50 games this season,but no promises. He doesnt need to play overall, so theres no need to rush anything. He'll play when hes ready, and i'd hope that leads to some value down the road for him to move to a contender before his career is over.

Let me know your thoughts!

Free Agent Signings

RFA	YEARS	CAP HIT
Addison, Calen	2	$2,000,000
Bordeleau, Thomas	3	$1,750,000
Emberson, Ty	1	$1,000,000
Kunin, Luke	1	$3,000,000
Studnicka, Jack	1	$900,000
Thrun, Henry	3	$1,400,000
Zadina, Filip	2	$2,750,000
Coe, Brandon	1	$800,000

UFA	YEARS	CAP HIT
Joshua, Dakota	3	$3,250,000
Bailey, Justin	1	$1,000,000
Vrána, Jakub	1	$950,000
Sherwood, Kiefer	1	$1,300,000

CREATED		YEARS	CAP HIT
Celebrini, Macklin		3	$925,000

Trades

SJS

2024 7th round pick (ARI)

ARI

Knyzhov, Nikolai

SJS

Kotkaniemi, Jesperi
2025 2nd round pick (CAR)

Additional Details:

Canes need to move off this contract if they want to re-sign Guentzel and Jarvis long-term. Kotkaniemi already lost his job to Drury multiple times this season, so it's clear he's been warned about his play but wasn't able to do much with the playtime. They can replace him easily, and the $5M in space is extremely valuable as this team wants to compete for more years.

CAR

Smith, Givani
Wiesblatt, Ozzy
2025 6th round pick (SJS)

Additional Details:

If a pick comes back SJ's way, the Sharks should be jumping at this deal. Kotka is a great rebuilding project for the team despite the term because of his age. He fits the rebuild and has a chance to be a steal at under $5M per season as the cost rises for top 9 forwards. I dont know the details of what could head back to CAR, but an NHL grinder in smith and a late pick seems... fine?

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%)

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	$83,500,000	$70,832,500	$0	$850,000	$12,667,500

Prorated Cap Hit

Roster

Left Wing	Centre	Right Wing
Joshua, Dakota $3,250,000$3,250,000 LW UFA	Granlund, Mikael $5,000,000$5,000,000 C, RW UFA - 1	Zetterlund, Fabian $1,450,000$1,450,000 RW RFA - 1
Eklund, William $863,333$863,333 ($850,000$850K) LW RFA - 2	Celebrini, Macklin $925,000$925,000	Zadina, Filip $2,750,000$2,750,000 RW, LW RFA
Bordeleau, Thomas $1,750,000$1,750,000 C, LW RFA	Kotkaniemi, Jesperi $4,820,000$4,820,000 C UFA - 6	Kostin, Klim $2,000,000$2,000,000 LW, RW RFA - 1
Sherwood, Kiefer $1,300,000$1,300,000 LW, RW UFA	Sturm, Nico $2,000,000$2,000,000 C UFA - 1	Kunin, Luke $3,000,000$3,000,000 RW, C RFA
Vrána, Jakub $950,000$950,000 LW UFA		Bailey, Justin $1,000,000$1,000,000 RW UFA

Left Defense	Right Defense	Goaltender
Ferraro, Mario $3,250,000$3,250,000 LD UFA - 2	Rutta, Jan $2,750,000$2,750,000 LD/RD UFA - 1	Blackwood, Mackenzie $2,350,000$2,350,000 G UFA - 1
Thrun, Henry $1,400,000$1,400,000 LD RFA	Benning, Matthew $1,250,000$1,250,000 RD UFA - 2	Vanecek, Vitek $3,400,000$3,400,000 G UFA - 1
Vlasic, Marc-Édouard $7,000,000$7,000,000 LD/RD M-NTC UFA - 2	Addison, Calen $2,000,000$2,000,000 RD RFA
Burroughs, Kyle $1,100,000$1,100,000 LD/RD UFA - 2

Scratches	Injured Reserve (IR)	Long Term IR (LTIR)
	Couture, Logan $8,000,000$8,000,000 C M-NTC UFA - 3

Special Teams

Power Play 1
Eklund, W.		Zetterlund, F.		Celebrini, M.
	Granlund, M.		Addison, C.

Power Play 2
Joshua, D.		Kotkaniemi, J.		Zadina, F.
	Thrun, H.		Bordeleau, T.

Penalty Kill 1
	Sturm, N.	Granlund, M.
	Rutta, J.	Ferraro, M.

Penalty Kill 2
		Kunin, L.
	Benning, M.	Vlasic, M.

Apr. 22 at 3:28 p.m.

Cornbreadnhl

Joined: Feb. 2024

Posts: 456

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Rangers say no way Jose.

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Apr. 22 at 3:42 p.m.

Fox_Czar_Cup

Joined: Apr. 2016

Posts: 7,996

Likes: 1,453

Goodrow is good. If we need to shed him eventually, we simply retain 1m and receive a mid pick. Obvious pass

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Apr. 22 at 3:51 p.m.

DFinn91

Joined: May 2021

Posts: 551

Likes: 203

Too much money and term for Addison and Zadina. I honestly wouldn’t be shocked if neither of those guys are offered contracts. If they do they probably won’t be 2 year deals.

Apr. 22 at 4:04 p.m.

Bmke92

Thread Starter

Joined: Jun. 2019

Posts: 9

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I dont disagree that its an overpay, but the number is meant to be arbitrary. We're just trying to reach the cap floor in this rebuild so a few hundred thousand is beside the point. Overall, I'd like Zadina and Addison back for another season. I'd prefer 2 years for Zadina because i like his makeup more as a third line complementary winger, and that second year would be an opportunity to move him if he is worth the contract. Addison's second year is less ideal, but with this team multiple seasons away from a PP QB being NHL ready, I'm fine with another year while Thompson likely takes his spot sooner rather than later.

Apr. 22 at 4:05 p.m.

Bmke92

Thread Starter

Joined: Jun. 2019

Posts: 9

Likes: 0

I removed the Goodrow trade after hearing the feedback. The lack of NYR picks makes it tough to see why SJ would do it without at least a 3rd coming back, but they only have firsts available to move!

Apr. 22 at 4:33 p.m.

Huge_Caniac_Abe_Lincoln

On the Rod Meal Plan

Joined: May 2023

Posts: 527

Likes: 315

The cost against the cap for a Kotkaniemi buyout is 835k per year - less than a league minimum player. If the ask is more than a 4th round pick to dump him - which consensus seems like it is - they are better served to buy him out.

Apr. 22 at 6:03 p.m.

poeticentropy

Joined: Oct. 2020

Posts: 1,633

Likes: 531

like the comment above, I don't see Carolina dumping a 2nd for this. I think SJ would take him on for a much later pick.

Apr. 22 at 8:04 p.m.

DenisPotvin

Joined: Oct. 2016

Posts: 463

Likes: 84

Quoting: Huge_Caniac_Abe_Lincoln

Maybe, but 835k for what, 12 years? It's real money and still a drain on the cap..

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