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Forum: Armchair-GM16 hours ago
Thread: simple and realistic imo
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>gavinray</b></div><div>Blackwood was acquired for a 6th round pick and put up a sub .900sv%, albeit on a bad team
Zetterlund was arguably the 5th most valuable piece going to SJS for the Meier trade

The Chychrun trade was originally proposed by a WSH fan actually and would be in keeping with the return for similar players of that calibre

So yes I do think these trades are realistic</div></div>

The hope with a second is that it could turn into a player close to what Zetterlund is. Why would they trade a guy who is already that player and is young for a chance to maybe get him.

Also, save percentage is not good for analyzing a goalie playing behind a defense corpse. According to Natural Stat Trick the Sharks gave up 901 high danger scoring chances compared to 888 for number 2 (Chicago), 850 for number 3 (STL), 848 for number 4 (CBJ), and 807 for number 5 (Habs). The average number in the league was 734.03. Save percentage doesn't factor in shot quality at all. Despite a few really terrible games skewing the numbers, Blackwood put up a positive GSAx and he was the reason the Sharks were able to stay close in a lot more games than they should've been in. Some members of the media voted him as the most valuable player on the Sharks (though Granlund won the vote overall).
Forum: Trade Machine ProposalsYesterday at 1:57 p.m.
Thread: Depending on whos still available
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Element23VM</b></div><div>Keep in mind that every draft year is different. If there's a guy at 12 that San Jose feels is a superstar (Eiserman, for example) that hasn't been picked, yet... they may use excess capital to make it happen.

Especially, in this case, if Philly believe they'll get their guy at 14 anyway... let's suppose they're going after Yakemchuk.</div></div>

I get that, but teams will generally only overpay so much. The absolute highest overpay I saw from any team going back to 2007 also happened to involve the Sharks - it was when they traded back from 11 with Arizona a couple years ago so Arizona could get Geekie and the Sharks got 27, 34, and 45 which was a 31.58% overpay. If you notice, the Coyotes moved 1 pick higher than the Sharks are moving here and they started from 13 picks lower and it cost them slightly lower picks to do so, and that's the largest overpay I saw. With 14, 33, and 42 it would be a 76.36% overpay. The team wants quality over quantity, but there are limits to how much quantity they'll sacrifice.

Also, if Yakemchuk is seeming like he'll be there at 14, he fits more of a need for the Sharks than Eiserman, especially since they won the lottery and are taking Celebrini at 1.
Forum: Mock-DraftSat. at 12:42 a.m.
Thread: Mock Draft simulation
From the Sharks side of things I don't agree with this mock. They need defense and there are good defensemen available that wouldn't be reaches for them at all of their picks other than 1. If they win the lottery and get Celebrini at 1 I don't see them going for Boisvert at 14 with guys like Yakemchuk and Jiricek available there as well as Stiga at 33 and Humphreys at 42 with guys like Elick, Badinka, Sahlin Wallenius, and Freij still available. In general you want to go BPA, but there's reasonable argument that the listed players are better than the selected ones AND they fit a need. If they lose the lottery and end up with Levshunov or something they are more likely open to other positions, I just don't see them using 4 picks in the top 42 in a defense-heavy draft and not selecting a single defenseman.
Forum: Mock-DraftApr. 29 at 12:55 a.m.
Thread: Surprise at number five
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>NHLfan10506</b></div><div>All of these stories have come from one group of people…same click of parents in California. Yet, on every other team he has played on, none of this seems to have happened.
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The school he was kicked out of for urinating on someone's stuff was in Rochester, NY, and then the picture he posted was as a member of the Long Island Gulls, so not just the same clique of people in California. The other East Coast team (New Jersey Avalanche) he opted to leave after two weeks because travel was difficult between there and California due to pandemic restrictions.

I'll admit I haven't heard anything out of Tri City which is probably most important since it's the two most recent seasons and the last thing I heard about was when he was 16, but my team (Sharks) has been bitten by taking gambles on people with character issues in recent past (Kane and Merkley) so I want them staying far away from him.
Forum: Mock-DraftApr. 28 at 10:13 p.m.
Thread: Surprise at number five
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>NHLfan10506</b></div><div>He is top-5 in talent…probably quite easily. Those rankings are hedging that he may slip due to a photo from when he was 15. Since then, he has done all the right things, and many respected people have vouched for him.</div></div>

If it were just a single incident when he was 15 it'd be one thing. He bullied several teammates, was accused of using racial slurs against an opponent (the league had a hearing for him and couldn't verify it had happened, but they never even notified the accuser or the accuser's coach of the hearing to give his side of things), was kicked off a team after a week for peeing on a teammate's stuff in response to being hazed, despite his skill he wasn't accepted back to the Jr Ducks, and then posted the picture you're talking about and was kicked off his team for it.
Forum: Trade Machine ProposalsApr. 28 at 5:14 p.m.
Thread: Who Says No Marner Waives NMC
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>glarson17</b></div><div>Sharks say no because 1 guy isn’t changing this organization over night. They had a good prospect pool right now but they still need to bolster it. Picks 14 and 33 will greatly help them bolster that pool. Bystedt is likely a middle six center, a big one, who fits what Grier wants. Granlund was almost a ppg this year, Ferraro is a middle pair D. Those losses will make this team much worse and set the franchise back even further.</div></div>

In addition to all of that, Marner will be a UFA after next season. If Grier gave all of that up for him and he walked at the end of the year Grier would deserve to be fired. It makes sense when you're gambling on a player for a cup run to have a partial season rental, but a one season rental for a rebuilding team just doesn't make sense unless there's a belief you can flip the player at the TDL for more than you spent.