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Mikker575

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Forum: Armchair-GM5 févr. 2020 à 2 h 15
Sujet: Discussion
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Ledge_And_Dairy</b></div><div>A new coach? That clearly wasn't the issue.

Team is in financial trouble because they have so much money locked up in such a few amount of players. Like the leafs with their forwards (AM, Marner, Tavares), Sharks have 26.5M locked up on just 3 defense for the next 6 years. That's 33% right now, and only goes down to probably 32% next year. Not to mention Couture, Kane, and Meier (I still think the Meier contract is fine though) making a combined total of 21M for another 4 years. Jones has basically fallen off a cliff so a new goalie should be the main target atm (that or getting into the first round of the draft). The team needs to retool, might take 1 year or 2. Sell some assets not named Meier or Hertl and build around them as the core. Take advantage of the expansion, offer to leave Burns unprotected in exchange for a first or something (Seattle should surely bite at this, and relieves a lot of cap). Build around Merkley and Roy on the right side instead.</div></div>

Since you mentioned Roy, what is his situation? He had some injury history and it looked like he was never gonna hit NHL some time ago, this changed? Otherwise I agree, until expansion draft, they can try to win, but not for every cost, they should keep their 1sts because the rebuild is inevitable.

I dont watch much game so I dont know what to say about Boughner, what I noticed most is how Dell improved (is Nabokov now practising with goalies?). I know that Gallant or Babcock are available but dont know whether they can make this team better.
Forum: Armchair-GM1 févr. 2020 à 5 h 28
Sujet: Please roast me - i mean who might be on trade block
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>WellIDK</b></div><div>True. But rebuilding isn't really an option right now for them. Aging core, multiple long-term contracts which ends when the player is (almost) 40. And they don't have their 1st for this years draft. Best thing Sharks can do, is trying it next year once again. And start the rebuild when the cap is quite a bit higher in a few years. Because most of their big contracts won't be traded unless you add like a 1st or something. And you can't part with your 1sts when you're rebuilding</div></div>

Yeah, I can imagine they try to get rid of Jones somehow (but im not sure how), get a new coach, then find some UFA goalie (maybe they can try something like Chicago did with Lehner, one year with big money) and if they fail next season, they can start proper rebuild - the might send some big contract to Seattle and trade other big contracts for cap dump, some picks and prospects even if they lose those trades and start full rebuild. Key is to keep the 1st round picks, so they might have to find some players from Europe (Kubalik who?) or hit UFA market hard if they want to try next year.
Forum: Armchair-GM31 janv. 2020 à 7 h 13
Sujet: Please roast me - i mean who might be on trade block
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>WellIDK</b></div><div>Sharks should retool. They have quite some untradeable contracts and the team is pretty old + Sharks prospect pool isn't that good. They basically have no other option than retool and try to come back stronger next year</div></div>

Their prospect pool is terrible, they seriously need to have like 2 or 3 top 10 picks. Yes, they might find good talent in late round (actually they do that quite often), but most of the time, you find middle 6 players, they need top talent and raise it on their own. It is not coincidence that teams who won multiple times in recent years like Penguins and Blackhawks were built around their own high picks which were supported by smart additions. Getting top talent in a trade or as free agent and supporting it by your own decent players is not working that good imo.
Forum: Armchair-GM8 nov. 2019 à 14 h 24
Sujet: Martin Jones officially sucks
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>mhockey91</b></div><div>I remember in the 2016 Stanley cup finals he was so good. What happened?</div></div>

I mostly think it is a team thing.
In 2016 they only had one turnover machine in Burns, but Paul Martin, Vlasic and Braun were playing their best hockey (especially Braun with Vlasic were the best shutdown pairing in that season imo). Now Braun and Martin are gone, Vlasic is declining and Burns is still Burns. Plus they dont have top defending Dman but another turnover machine in Karlsson.

I might be wrong, but I think right before 2018-2019 season, there were some changes in goalie equipement (pads are smaller now or something like that) so it might be another factor, if you look at both Jones´s and Dell´s numbers, they dropped significantly comparing to previous seasons.