GDT: 2024 NHL Sharks Lottery Draft (update: We won! Sharks will pick 1st for the first time ever!)

[TheNumber4]

Just wanted to stop by say Congrats! Hope Macklin becomes an All Time Great for the Sharks.

 

[jMoneyBrah]

before this high wears off i just want to say i love you guys man

it's been a rough season for us and the players, it's nice to get a moment to celebrate collectively like this after a lot of suffering

I also have a deep affection for you.

 

[sampler]

I agree. Buy Vlasic out. Acquire Orlov and Marchment as cap dumps for free or negligible cost, get the Rangers to attach picks to Goodrow, sign Matt Roy or a similar defenseman for 5.5x5, sign Will Carrier and Okposo or similar vet forwards.

Eklund - Granlund - Zetterlund
Marchment - Celebrini - Smith
Kostin - Sturm - Kunin
Carrier - Goodrow - Okposo
Zadina

Orlov - Roy
Ferraro - Benning
Thrun - Rutta
Mukhamadullin - Emberson

Blackwood
Vanecek

I think that team could be competitive and potentially in the playoff mix if Couture is somehow healthy.

Cant buyout pickles yet. Donest save enough. they also dont need more cap space this summer. The pickles buyout comes next year.

I think the sharks need more proven top vets up front. I want Marchassault. Vegas has no cap space, and he is the kind of guy who instantly walks into the room with street cred. He plays hard, physical and pots 40 and won a cup. I dont care if fans hate him, they will get over it very fast.

The D also needs more. Orlov played just 17mins/gm. the sharks are gunna need to add two D who can play big time minutes (23Min/gm minimum). Not sure orlov cuts it.

Either way, 40M is a ton of space, so grier has infinite flexibility to go shopping. I just realllllly hope, he doesnt throw good money at depth players like he has in the past.

 

[ChompChomp]

Pretty sure all the Cap number crunchers have said we passed on our best time to buyout Vlasic. I think at this point, you ride out his contract, just two more seasons, 24-25 and 25-26. Even if you are in the camp of trying to assemble the best possible roster with cap space this summer, it would seem foolish at this point to buyout Vlasic.

 

[LilLeeroy]

Cant buyout pickles yet. Donest save enough. they also dont need more cap space this summer. The pickles buyout comes next year.

I think the sharks need more proven top vets up front. I want Marchassault. Vegas has no cap space, and he is the kind of guy who instantly walks into the room with street cred. He plays hard, physical and pots 40 and won a cup. I dont care if fans hate him, they will get over it very fast.

The D also needs more. Orlov played just 17mins/gm. the sharks are gunna need to add two D who can play big time minutes (23Min/gm minimum). Not sure orlov cuts it.

Either way, 40M is a ton of space, so grier has infinite flexibility to go shopping. I just realllllly hope, he doesnt throw good money at depth players like he has in the past.

Overing Marchassault a 2 year 16-18 million dollar contract would be a good idea imo. Gives a weapon on the PP for Celebrini and hurts Vegas since they can't match it.

 

[ChompChomp]

I'm all for using cap space wisely and improving the team (bringing back Brenden Dillon anyone?), and not necessarily tanking per se. After all, if we were going to tank again, we'd just have rode Quinn out on his contract. I'm guessing Grier will try to improve the team from last year.

But no elite UFA in his prime with no previous connection to the team has ever signed with the Sharks in franchise history. That probably only would change this offseason with a massive overpay on a seven year contract. The Sharks shouldn't be handing out that kind of contract now. The next Sharks to get that kind of long term high dollar contract should be, if all goes well, Smith and Celebrini.

 

[Chinaski89]

Celebrini will pretty much guaranteed to play next year. I hope he'll score tons of beautiful goals with the Sharks still end up dead last again due to now D and no Goalie. If Grier is smart, he won't sign any old goalie this offseason and keep our goalies where they are to tank effectively next year.

Blackwood played damn good. If Sharks had average D he’d probably have gotten us another five wins on his own.

 

[Skeksis25]

Man, I'm so happy right now. Maybe he is a bust, maybe he becomes great, maybe he is so so. Who knows. But I haven't felt this much hope for this team since our glory days. Its nice to feel optimism for a change.

 

[Juxtaposer]

We have plenty of cap space, there’s really no reason to buy out Vlasic unless his mere presence in the locker room is toxic. Which it could be, but none of us are qualified to make that call. Just bench him.

 

[Shark in Hockeytown]

Donskoi Game 3 OT Winner.

No...the power play (whose fifth anniversary was two weeks ago...)

 

[StanleyCup2035]

Will is going to make a great Secondary line Center for the next 2 decades!

 

[The Nemesis]

Will is going to make a great Secondary line Center for the next 2 decades!

Maybe he becomes the first player in NHL history to reach 100 points exclusively on secondary assists.

 

[cheechoo]

I also have a deep affection for you.

feelings mutual

 

[tahoesharksfan]

I was on the road for several hours. Somewhere around 3:45 I felt the earth tilt on its axis, which I assumed was something good happening.

Seriously though, WTF! I thought we weren’t allowed to have nice things?!

This result assuages all the pain of having to sit through the last couple of seasons!

I am

 

[Chinaski89]

Will is going to make a great Secondary line Center for the next 2 decades!

I’m still bummed we missed out on either Fantilli or Carlsson.

 

[Hodge]

Will is going to make a great Secondary line Center for the next 2 decades!

Honestly there's something to be said for having a left shot and right shot center in your top six.

 

[cheesymc]

Congratulations you lucky shark bastards!

Glad it wasn’t the Blackhawks or Canadiens.

Looking forward to the Celebrini and Gauthier Cali rivalry when our brutal rebuilds are completed…

 

[Great Makohead Shork]

So freaking stoked right now! I don't know if I'm more shocked that we actually won or that the neighbors didn't call the cops because we were cheering so loud

 

[TheBeard]

Pretty sure all the Cap number crunchers have said we passed on our best time to buyout Vlasic. I think at this point, you ride out his contract, just two more seasons, 24-25 and 25-26. Even if you are in the camp of trying to assemble the best possible roster with cap space this summer, it would seem foolish at this point to buyout Vlasic.

Vlasic was a part of why we ended up getting first overall so we did the right thing playing him.

 

[Hodge]

We have plenty of cap space, there’s really no reason to buy out Vlasic unless his mere presence in the locker room is toxic. Which it could be, but none of us are qualified to make that call. Just bench him.

It saves $2.7 million in real money and opens up a roster and contract slot. We should absolutely buy him out. There's no downside to it.

 

[karltonian]

Friends, we've hit the Hershey kiss in the giant shit sandwich!

 

[Juxtaposer]

It saves $2.7 million in real money and opens up a roster and contract slot. We should absolutely buy him out. There's no downside to it.

I was under the impression that it would cause us to be paying for Vlasic longer than he is currently under contract. Is that not the case?

 

[LadyStanley]

I'm waiting for Couture's retirement announcement. What happens if that happens financially? Would that be good news for the Sharks?

Under 35yo contract.

So, if he retires (walks away from game), misses out on balance of contract, zero cap hit.

If he LTIR retires, he'll get full $$ and Sharks can exceed cap by his cap hit for remaining years on deal.

 

[Bowie22]

Hire Grier

 

[Hodge]

I was under the impression that it would cause us to be paying for Vlasic longer than he is currently under contract. Is that not the case?

An insignificant amount which will come off the books before the Hertl retention. Insane to worry about that vs. improving the defense for next season and not saddling your new coach with a malcontent Vlasic as a result.