Équipe: 2022-23 Sharks de San Jose

Date de création initiale: 29 juill. 2022

Publié: 29 juill. 2022

Mode - plafond salarial: Basique

Sharks as they stand right now:
we have 4 NHL caliber G (none i would call elite but 2 quality)
we have 9 NHL caliber D (none i would call elite but 2 quality)
we have 16 forwards with 4 more rookies who are NHL ready or very close. (1 maybe 2 elite, 4 more decent and the rest depth at best)

the only way we make it to opening night without risking losing a player to waivers is by keeping Eklund, Bordeleau, Coe, Veronneau, and Raska in the AHL with Reedy are also pushed back to the AHL. so to me it looks like were going to end up keeping Veil, Gadjovich, Nieto, Bonino, Sturm, & Lorentz in the NHL over Eklund, Bordeleau, Coe, Raska, Reedy, & Veronneau. seems like a HUGE waste of potential to me.
on D now were left with forcing Knyzhov and Merkley back to the AHL regardless of their camp even though they have way more upside than 5 of the 7 D were keeping in the NHL.
again a huge waste of potential to me.
In net we can put Dell in the AHL and if we lose him not a big deal at all, but we have to find a way to move Hill and i think the best time would have been at the draft. at this point i think were lucky to get a 5th for him.
again a wasted opportunity to improve our team. we can only Hope all 3 goalies have a good camp and another team loses their goalie and gets desperate.

yes all the waiver exempt guys could come flat to camp and make this a moot point but isn't it smart to leave at the very least a few spots where young guys can fight for them when your team looks nothing like a playoff contender?

I seriously don't understand the outlook and the plan for the team. Unless the goal is top 5 pick in the draft.