Quoting: goodfella
It's a bad thing. They're not deep enough to compete for a Cup. They need to tank another year and try for next year.
It’s only a quarter of the season in. There is still a ton of the season left. James Reimer, who has been beasting, cannot possibly keep this up all season long. He has to eventually fatigue and taper down. He’s a “platoon” type of goalie and Adin Hill would really need to step up if the Sharks want to keep up this wild card/playoff spot contention alive.
The good news is if they are in the playoff hunt is that Tomas Hertl may want to re-sign and believe the Sharks have a new cup window in the following years.
The cap is going to be very difficult when you got to eventually give pay raises to Meier, Ferraro, etc. and that doesn’t even include Hertl re-signing.
I keep hearing that this draft class is deep and I have no clue how to pick prospects, but would a mid-tier to late first round draft pick be pointless/obsolete?
To be honest, I rather not have the Sharks get their teeth knocked in the first or second round of the playoffs anyways, but with all these long term contracts, something tells me the Sharks are still not going anywhere for a while.