Bergevin missed the real tank period of time. That was in 12/13 when he got the job. Easier to sell on Markov, Pleky, and Gionta than it is with Price, Weber, Gallagher, Petry, Tatar. Next one will be in about 3 years time when Weber retires and Price is 35 with less term left and hopefully a higher cap. That's if we continue to struggle.
Bergevin to me started off well but it was flawed cause he rode the prime years of Price, Subban, Patch while Pleky and Markov were still around playing well (I don't think our division was that strong then either). However, the prospect pool was not so good. Beaulieu, Tinordi, Leblanc, etc were not good enough. I think he expected more from the 12 and 13 drafts cause we had very good draft power. However, in hindsight, those were bad draft years. Regardless, even before we drafted Galchenyuk, our prospect pool was thin
Bergevin learned on the job which was the real issue. He trended at his low point in 16 and 17. Since then, we are on a better direction and it will come down to how good and how quick Suzuki, KK, Romanov, Caufield can be top top players for us while guys like Weber, Price, Petry, Gallagher, Anderson, and Toffoli are also performing well.
Do you think the Sharks are going to be able to trade Burns, Karlsson, Couture, and Kane in the next season or two if they continue to be a bottom half team? Good luck with moving those contracts! Same issues we had with Price and Weber
