Well This Changes Things

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Created by: Waffelz

Team: 2024-25 San Jose Sharks

Initial Creation Date: May 7, 2024

Published: May 7, 2024

Salary Cap Mode: Basic

Description

Assumes Smith & Celebrini elect to go pro, and leave school. Also assumes Couture is now LTIRetired, and Musty gets a look with the Sharks but ultimately ends up back in the OHL.

Those two add a ton to their center depth, but the Sharks still need some help on the wings and defense. I think the goal for the year should be not last, but definitely not expecting playoffs or anything like that. Let the young guys play and develop together, keep a few vets around to teach.

Tons of cap space left open to pick up overpaid contracts, or maybe a miracle happens and Couture gets healthy.

Free Agent Signings

RESERVE LIST		YEARS	CAP HIT
Smith, Will		3	$950,000

RFA	YEARS	CAP HIT
Addison, Calen	2	$1,250,000
Bordeleau, Thomas	3	$1,250,000
Kunin, Luke	3	$2,750,000
Thrun, Henry	2	$1,500,000

UFA		YEARS	CAP HIT
Gostisbehere, Shayne		5	$5,250,000
DeBrusk, Jake		6	$6,000,000

CREATED		YEARS	CAP HIT
Celebrini, Macklin		3	$900,000

Buyouts

Martin Jones: $1,666,667

Retained Salary Transactions

Brent Burns: $2,720,000 (34%)
Erik Karlsson: $1,500,000 (13.04%)
Tomas Hertl: $1,387,500 (17.05%)

Buried

Nikolai Knyzhov: $100,000 ($1,250,000)

Draft	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Round 5	Round 6	Round 7
2024
2025
2026

ROSTER

LONG-TERM OUTLOOK

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ROSTER SIZE	SALARY CAP	CAP HIT	OVERAGES	BONUSES	CAP SPACE
23	$87,750,000	$70,207,500	$0	$1,407,500	$17,542,500

Left Wing	Centre	Right Wing
Eklund, William $863,333$863,333 ($850,000$850K) LW RFA - 2	Celebrini, Macklin $900,000$900,000	DeBrusk, Jake $6,000,000$6,000,000 RW, LW UFA
Bordeleau, Thomas $1,250,000$1,250,000 C, LW RFA	Smith, Will $950,000$950,000 C RFA - 3	Zetterlund, Fabian $1,450,000$1,450,000 RW RFA - 1
Gushchin, Daniil $828,333$828,333 ($57,500$58K) LW RFA - 1	Granlund, Mikael $5,000,000$5,000,000 C, RW UFA - 1	Kunin, Luke $2,750,000$2,750,000 RW, C RFA
Kostin, Klim $2,000,000$2,000,000 LW, RW RFA - 1	Sturm, Nico $2,000,000$2,000,000 C UFA - 1	Graf, Collin $941,667$941,667 ($500,000$500K) RW, C RFA - 2

Left Defense	Right Defense	Goaltender
Ferraro, Mario $3,250,000$3,250,000 LD UFA - 2	Gostisbehere, Shayne $5,250,000$5,250,000 LD/RD UFA	Blackwood, Mackenzie $2,350,000$2,350,000 G UFA - 1
Thrun, Henry $1,500,000$1,500,000 LD RFA	Addison, Calen $1,250,000$1,250,000 RD RFA	Vanecek, Vitek $3,400,000$3,400,000 G UFA - 1
Vlasic, Marc-Édouard $7,000,000$7,000,000 LD/RD M-NTC UFA - 2	Benning, Matthew $1,250,000$1,250,000 RD UFA - 2

Scratches	Injured Reserve (IR)	Long Term IR (LTIR)
Smith, Givani $800,000$800,000 LW, RW UFA - 1	Couture, Logan $8,000,000$8,000,000 C M-NTC UFA - 3
Rutta, Jan $2,750,000$2,750,000 LD/RD UFA - 1
Burroughs, Kyle $1,100,000$1,100,000 LD/RD UFA - 2

May 7 at 11:55 p.m.

RecycleShark

Joined: Jul. 2023

Posts: 1,200

Likes: 354

Hell yeah it changes things! Great day to be a Sharks fan.

Ghost would help the pp but he's weak on defense. Check out Oliver Ekman-Larsson instead.

Feel the same about Debrusk. Celebrini and Smith are high skill but smallish. We should add some big, physical, defensively minded UFAs to support them. Add UFAs who can play D and let Celebrini and Smith bring the O.

May 8 at 12:25 a.m.

Waffelz

Thread Starter

Joined: Jun. 2019

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Quoting: RecycleShark

Imo the Sharks need someone like Debrusk to fill out the top 6, you really don't want the entire top of the lineup to be guys under 24. I can see Ghostisbehere not being the best choice though, maybe someone like Dylan Demelo instead?

May 8 at 12:32 a.m.

RecycleShark

Joined: Jul. 2023

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Quoting: Waffelz

DeMelo would be a great addition, but I don't think he's strong on offense/pp. Maybe Roy?

May 8 at 12:38 a.m.

Waffelz

Thread Starter

Joined: Jun. 2019

Posts: 867

Likes: 326

Quoting: RecycleShark

DeMelo would be a great addition, but I don't think he's strong on offense/pp. Maybe Roy?

Maybe. If Mukhamadulin develops into someone that can drive offense, maybe it won't be as necessary to get an offensively-minded guy.

May 8 at 2:41 a.m.

CheechYou

train, train

Joined: Jun. 2015

Posts: 3,070

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Quoting: Waffelz

Yep I like the DeBrusk signing a lot. Ideally gets him or Bertuzzi. Swap DeMelo or even more ideally (though less likely) Roy/Pesce for Ghost.

May 8 at 2:40 p.m.

Burnzie8_88_4Cup

Joined: May 2019

Posts: 1,781

Likes: 529

Quoting: Waffelz

Maybe. If Mukhamadulin develops into someone that can drive offense, maybe it won't be as necessary to get an offensively-minded guy.

I'd like to see Muk w/ SJ Sharks this year.

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