Équipe: 2019-20 Sharks de San Jose

Date de création initiale: 14 déc. 2018

Publié: 19 déc. 2018

Mode - plafond salarial: Basique

Here's the thinking:
1. Goaltending: Jones is very good. He led the sharks to the SCF and has a great PO record. BUT, Dell has shown that he can carry the load and Bibeau and Korenar have been the best goaltenders in the Minors. Its about resource allocation and moving jones and giving Dell the #1 job and bibeau the back up save 5m per year for a long time. They can also geta respectable return for him for a team like CAR, OTT, STL or the like that has major questions in that position.

2. D: Simek is establishing himself well, and Ryan looks like an NHLer too.As such, dougie can swing to keep karlsson and establish a solid base alongside Burns, Vlasic and Dillon, complimented by Simek and Ryan. Then, Merkley, Middleton, Desimone, Wood, and Roy who all look like potential NHLers too, can compete for a look at the #7/8 spots in case of injury or if Simek/Ryan stumble. Braun is the aging, nearly 4M man out here, but I think he is in decline and it makes sense to sell to a young team like Ottawa that has a good young Dcore but might be looking for a solid veteran base. Braun is that guy and his value is respectable.

The key is resigning karlsson who finally looks like he fits in...

3. Forwards: the emergence of Sorensen, along with the good play of Radil and Goodrow mean that Dougie can take a little risk here and take a swing at loading up the top lines with a panarin signing at 10M per. pavs, given his age, can likely be kept at around 6M per if dougie provides term (something like 8m, 8m, 6m, 5m, 3m). I think what pavs brings off the ice in leadership is crucial and makes this deal less risky than it otherwise would be.

Then, the sharks would open up 2-3 spots for competition among existing cuda like Perron, True, Halb, chartier, gambrell, and others along with chekhovich, blichfeld, gregor and others going pro next year as well as Batherson who looks like an NHLer acquired in trade. Having 8-10 potential NHL forwards creates a healthy competition.

The downsides of this team would be:

1. Goaltending: Can Dell carry the load? Can bibeau play well is 20-30 back up games? What about after 19-20?

2. O depth: The top 6 of Panarin, Couture, Hertl, Meier, kane, and Pavs are pretty secure. However, the bottom six of sorensen, goodrow, radil, batherson, Suomela, and Checkhovich could be disastrous.

3. Age on D: Burns and Vlasic would be another year older, though the rest of the D would be in the 25-29 range, which is not too bad.

4. No cap flexibility. This pretty much hits the cap at the start of the season given less flexibility for adding at the deadline or midseason moves.

The big pluses would be:

1. The D: very strong Top 4 and some solid youth on depth. I feel like this is a top 6 D (with many possible 7,8's) that would rank long term in the top 5 or 10 of the league. 11.2M per is in line with what karlsson is likely looking for and what teams would pay, so it's a realistic deal.

2. Top 6 forwards: Panarin is a super star. The sharks havent had one of those for a long time up front, and he immediately adds a speed and scay attack which still being good defensively. He transforms for the top 6. Meier signs the 2 yr 10M bridge deal, and givens them a super top line with hertl and cooch. Pavs is older and Kane is mercurial, but this would be a pretty fearsome top 6. The bottom 6 could surprise as the sharks have alot of pretty good players in the system in the cuda as well as the WHL leading scorer, and #3 in the Q (#1 in goals). Lots of good potential up front.

3. Long term stability: This team is pretty much fully stable through 2021, with just Simek, Dillon, and Dell as UFA's. They will have roughly 13M in cap space at the end of next year ample space to resign all three (dillon 4 yrs 4M, Dell 3 yrs 12M, Simek 2 years 3M = 9.5M/yr total). As such, this roster is a relatively stable long term team.

4. Draft picks: the sharks have traded away alot of picks and done a masterful job signing FAs from europe, college, and even jrs to keep the shelf stocked. However, that is a hard long term strategy. As such, through these trades, the sharks can add 5 ore draft picks over the net couple years to keep the farm stocked.

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