If Mike Grier and the San Jose Sharks wanted to be aggressive with adding talent to the roster this offseason, who are some of the names on the market? Start with Mitch Marner of the Toronto Maple Leafs and why he would be an aggressive move for the Sharks but would add some help for Macklin Celebrini and Will Smith. Then, examine why the Sharks can’t offer sheet Martin Necas from the Carolina Hurricanes and why working out a trade would be doable for San Jose. Finally, look at two more realistic options in Nikolaj Ehlers of the Winnipeg Jets and Jakob Chychrun from the Ottawa Senators as both franchises might be forced to make changes this offseason.
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Marner is an intriguing thought but with potential of Celebrini Smith Musty and Eklund being high cost in the near future bookmarking 11-12 mil for Marner who is known to be soft doesn’t seem logical for Grier
Marner would be the ideal player, but only if it doesn’t cost us Eklund.
If Celebrini and Smith sign would it be a option to try and obtain some veteran leadership eg sign Stamkos if he makes free agency
I would say maybe look at Tavares as well I think with Toronto circumstances they would jump at a Tavares trade however Tavares may shoot the idea with his no trade
Yep it’s May… don’t see any of these
Anyone who thinks you're an idiot is an idiot. It's good to explore these options
Sharks should avoid a high end player until after next year. Get another high draft pick then go all in. Just my 2 cents. Good show!
Not 100% sure but I’m pretty sure Marner is really close with Marleau so maybe if he wants to reunited with Marleau.
It's important to have a proven veteran offensive player to relieve pressure off the youngsters. Suppose the team is in an offensive slump, it's important to have that vet take the brunt of the pressure so the youngsters don't have to.
Something I’d like SJ to do is address SIZE. You look at the teams left in the playoffs and they have size. You need to be able to win those cliche battles. Yes SJ needs forward help, but I’d like to focus defense before offense. The next two years have A LOT of good defenseman hitting the market especially. For example someone like Brenden Dillon but I also like someone with offensive upside like Brandon Montour. A lot of options SJ can play with money wise. I like the Necas thought. Carolina has a lot of UFA’s coming up
I'd much rather gamble and not get a guy like Marner as a UFA next offseason than give up significant future assets to bring him in now. If we trade for him there's a possibility, especially with him waiving his NMC, that we're able to re-sign him. However, if we trade for him and he walks after this season then we exchanged a bunch of assets to get one year of a great player when, if anything, we don't want great players. Maybe we can flip him at the TDL but he still has complete control over where he goes so it might be difficult to move him and we might get significantly less than we spent on him. Let's say we flip him and the net difference is we lose pick 14 in the draft, then pick 14 ends up as a guy we'd probably have taken like Jiricek and he ends up as a good top pairing defenseman. Would you rather have 3/4 of a season of Marner and pick later next year or would you rather have a long term top pairing defenseman?
For a team that struggles defensively, Cychrun would be the logical deal