It is going to be awhile longer before they’re playoff caliber, but the Sharks’ patience could pay off down the road.
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37 Comments
Dickinson was the #11 pick, nice breakdown
As a Sens fan, I'm going to really miss Gaudette. Guy was a real work horse every night.
The thing about young talented teams, which it seems like the sharks are trending towards, they only get better
Former Sabre Mike Grier is crushing it. Hey Mr Pegula, are you taking notes for you next Sabre rebuild? Just asking.
Honestly this FA has gone better than I expected. Once I saw most of the names I thought they would go after on the Blue Line all sign extensions right before FA started I thought they might get very little other than Klingberg. The Orlov signing really shocked me forgot he was even a FA as just figured he would have zero interest coming to a rebuilding team after just being on a team contending for the finals. Figured he would for sure want to stick on a team with such hopes at this late stage in his career. But guess because he already won a cup in 2018 that must not have been a big deal for him anymore kind of like Toffoli.
None of them might be huge needle movers but still a vast improvement to what they had out there at the tail end of last season. Which was pretty much just Mario and Lily followed by like 4 AHL level talent.
Misa can make the jump. But he should not play another second in junior. Needs to be NHL or NCAA. Can't play in the A due to the CHL-NHL Agreement
I am thinking that the Sharks could be a 3rd party team to eat half a salary to facilitate a trade between Dallas and NJ (Robertson for Hamilton plus picks) with SJ retaining 50% of Hamilton's $9 million. SJ would receive a 3rd rnd pick.
Sharks fantastic rebuild reminds me of Warriors Steph Dynasty rebuild.
Got an open slot for Gavin Mckinna.
I see Graf at 40 points next year and some 2nd line minutes. Plus a key PK forward.
I would love to somehow get seider from yzerman but that's never gonna happen. Not in a million years.
5:38 How else would you pronounce his name I wonder being a Swede myself… š
Just a fun question – what do you guys think would it take for the Sharks to land McDavid? Cellebrini, Eklund, Ferraro, Askarov and two 1st round picks?
I feel like you're selling Graf pretty short here. He's shown he's a middle 6 NHLer already and I'd pencil him in there easily over Grundstrom who's debatably bound for the AHL. Graf is great in all situations and could be a 2nd line 2-way winger in the future if he hits.
On the defensive side, if Shakir is healthy, he's going to be in the opening lineup and stay there. He was playing incredible just before his injury, and had he played 6 less games, I'd say he's a dark horse for the Calder. Greir has also pretty much said as much as well
trading ferraro would be the dumbest thing MG could do right now
This might be the perfect opportunity for the more mature Adam Gaudette to get his chance to play some real minutes with skilled guys. He could be a pleasant surprise.
The Sharks have an extremely bright future. San Jose and Chicago are perfect examples showing how āproper rebuildsā are done.
I see this team playing the role of buyers of bad contracts for picks too. If they can get some picks and a bad contract or two, itd make sense. I see Ferarro also as a potential trade candidate if they don't see him as a future top 4 D of the future
I have a lot of faith in the Sharks FO. They're doing a rebuild the right way. Identify young core players, put veterans to help them, and go from there. Toffoli is the best veteran for the Sharks – they need more players like him. The real question would be…how well can the young core do? If they can keep developing and growing- they'll be cup contenders by end of decade.
There are fanfics about our young stars. We've gotten the tumblr girlies tapped in to NHL and that counts for something
Even being where we are now, feels so dang relieving and exciting. Happy times to be a sharks fan again.
San Jose born and raised i cant wait for the next season even if we're bad again SJ is so fun. I believe this will be the core that will bring us a cup at some point
Yes he's one of my Top 10 players, but objectively you underestimate Wennberg. He adds some scoring, is a solid two-way player, and does the intangibles.
I think Thompson factors into the blue line this season
The future is teal!
I think Misa makes the team
Sharks and NJ make a deal Palat Mercer Jonas
A slow and steady process.
Amazed toffoli is still doing his thing.
Sharks watch out!
If they get a RHD in next year's 1st round, they can begin to compete. Players like Keaton Verhoeff and even Ryan Lin would be perfect to pair alongside Sam Dickinson.
I honestly think Grier is working a trade with one of the first round picks they have next year. He's not done yet and I think he will have a better idea of what he's looking for after development and training camp.
As a Sharks Fan since their inception, we got pretty spoiled with all the Years in the Playoffs. This has been a painfully needed rebuild, itās taken a few Years longer than I thought it would. Doug Wilson gave out a lot of long term big money contracts to aging Veterans. Grier has done a solid job getting rid of these, but it has taken time. I do believe heās building a dynasty that will hold together until the Salary Cap doesnāt allow it too!
I disagree with the veteran goalie idea. Behind Asky and Ned in the AHL they'll have Gabe Carriere, who had an excellent end to the season in my opinion. And Matt Davis who they just signed from Denver U. Now maybe it wouldn't be a bad idea to get a vet AHL goalie but I think it's best for Davis and Carriere to get a lot of games in this year.
palat to the sharks š¾
Thx HG, sounds like Grier is waiting for a salary cap dump to pick up another Jake Walman type situation to flip for draft picks. Agree with you about the goalie problems, thought retaining Romanov would have helped. Guess we sharks fans will see how Nov-dec works out. Sure getting tired of these rebuilding excuses by Grier, like your words of support for him gives some hope for the upcoming season.
mcdavid
Already looking more promising than the hawks and ducks in my opinion.
I think when the Sharks want to take a step forward, they'll have to trade one of their young elite forwards (not Celebrini or Misa) for a D. As it stands in a few years, they'll have a few elite forwards too good for tanking and making a lot of money and no D besides Dickinson (if he's as good as advertised)