Quoting: papishark
Thats an extreme reaction. Id bet you wouldnt have liked someone to say that about the rangers last year or the year before, and look at them now? Great team with a good looking future
Lol, I was actually happy when we started the rebuild in 2018, because I just knew our window was as done as it gets. What we did is starting a rebuild/retool/youth movement, whatever you wanna call it a year early rather than a year too late.
What GMDW will probably do is relying on MJ as his starter, relying on a 41 year old guy who can barely skate as his 3C, on Noesen, True, Gambrell, Gregor (who's the best of the bunch, ouch), Kellman and others like these for secondary scoring (good luck if injuries happen). He's basically digging his head in the sand which ALWAYS ends badly.
This is your very last offseason to move Burns for something without having to retain like 3 mil of his deal yet Wilson isn't trading him. You need more than one forward yet he'll probably just add one, I could go on.
There is no shame in admitting that your window has closed (ours close in 2016, yours did in 2019), this is actually called maturity and being rational.
Hell, if you guys prove me wrong, I'll be happy, because the Sharks have been one of my favorite teams for some years now (and Couture and Vlasic have always been some of my league favorites) but I wouldn't bet a dollar on you guys.
The only thing that could allow you to be ok in 20-21 in the Pacific being weak, but that's it