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Forum: Armchair-GMMay 16 at 7:30 p.m.
Thread: Prospect Pool post Draft
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Waffelz</b></div><div>But that's the case with every prospect group. When you say it doesn't look good, it objectively does compared to almost any other team in the league (except maybe the Sabres/Wings/Jackets). For the relatively short time that they have been rebuilding, San Jose has done an incredible job acquiring high tier assets. They jumped from 17th to 4th in rankings last year, and will almost certainly go to 1st or 2nd this year.</div></div>

I point this out frequently, but I give the Athletic's prospect pool rankings a major asterisk. The biggest thing for the Sharks is they've had very few prospects graduate. Teams like Chicago had Bedard, Korchinski, and Vlasic graduate while the Sharks only lost Eklund. That's not to downplay the massive growth of the Sharks' pool, I just think I'd rate them below a few more teams.
Forum: NHL TradesMar. 8 at 5:54 p.m.
Thread: (SJS/VGK) - Hertl, 2025 3rd (SJS), 2027 3rd (SJS) for Edstrom, 2025 1st (VGK)
With the Sharks retaining on Hertl until 2030 for Vegas, a division rival no less, they should 100% be receiving an Eichel-like return here.




When Buffalo gave Vegas just one 3rd round pick and sent Eichel and his entire 10 million dollar cap hit to Vegas, the Sabres got the following:

Alex Tuch
#17 overall pick from 2019 Peyton Krebs
#16 overall pick in 2022
#64 overall pick in 2023




When San Jose gave Vegas two 3rd round picks and sent a salary retained Hertl and a 6.75 million cap hit to Vegas, the Sharks got the following:

#32 overall pick from 2023 David Edstrom
Vegas' 1st round pick for 2025 because Vegas wants to keep their 2024 1st for when the draft happens at the Sphere.




And now, the Sharks can't retain salary on any player until the Summer of 2025.

And they are also only allowed 1 salary retention between the Summer of 2025 and the Summer of 2027.




This is unacceptable for the San Jose Sharks.

They deserve better.
Forum: Armchair-GMFeb. 5 at 12:04 p.m.
Thread: Unrealistic Trade Deadline
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>goodfella</b></div><div>Respectfully, you need to earn your spot. Despite your age/history imo.
If Vlasic justifies waiving or a buyout, it is what it is.
However, we might need him to reach the cap floor.</div></div>

Ferraro is an obvious mainstay (if not traded). Thrun has more than earned his spot. Shakir has earned a spot in the NHL and in his two games, has shown he's capable of staying up. Okhotiuk I think needs some time down in the minors but is a decent 7th d-man, and Knyzhov has shown he can be a utility guy on any pairing but was a victim of circumstance and only sent down because he was the only waiver eligible d-man who they knew wouldn't get claimed with his contract. That's not including MacDonald who's primarily been a forward this season, but mostly due to injuries to forwards.

But yeah, I agree mostly but in situations where the developing player is comparable to Vlasic, that's where the difficult decisions need to be made. I've liked Grier's approach to being patient with prospects and slowly introducing them to the NHL and not just throwing them in the deep end where they might drown (ex: Korchinski &amp; Reicher), but when they're 21-23 they need to be getting full time reps at the NHL level

Side-note, MacDonald may be the most underrated Shark this season. Not too many guys you can plug in at literally any position and still be a reliable depth player