Confirmed with Link: Paul Martin signs-4 year deal / AAV $4.85m

[Nighthock]

I like it. Assuming he doesn't have a NMC I like it more.

I think people forget it's up to the player if he WANTS to play for your team. Martin is +100 over his career for Pete's sake... you people.

 

[Mach12]

WTF is the love affair with Cody "tire fire" Franson and Mike Green - injury prone and not great defensively and eagerly thrown overboard by the Caps?

Sekera, sure. The others, ehhh.

 

[Led Zappa]

Ross McKeon ‏@rossmckeon 1m1 minute ago

New @SanJoseSharks D Martin logged between 2-20 PIM last six years. Reinforces doesn't get caught out of pos, good w/stick, skates well

 

[glasgow26]

Would have preferred Green, Sekera or Franson over Martin but he's a solid addition nonetheless.

Four years is a bit much for a 34-year-old but I'll reserve judgment until I see the cap hit.

 

[Fistfullofbeer]

People panicking about the range, but I think he can retire after a year or two and there are no repurcussions.

Would this be considered a 35+ contract? Martin does not turn 35 till next March so I would think not.

 

[Gene Parmesan]

Sounded like Sekera wanted to go to Edmonton over any other team.

Full NMC helps.

 

[HydroF]

Not immediately thrilled by this...

 

[ChubbChubby]

I think based on the rules the over 35 wouldn't count since he's 34 now.

 

[Led Zappa]

David Pollak ‏@PollakOnSharks 8s9 seconds ago

#SJSharks GM Wilson always cautions teams get caught up too easily in FA frenzy. Will be interesting to see how Martin signing plays out.

 

[Rickety Cricket]

Would this be considered a 35+ contract? Martin does not turn 35 till next March so I would think not.

I think it's when the new contract takes effect (today) so it's not considered 35+

 

[Led Zappa]

Would this be considered a 35+ contract? Martin does not turn 35 till next March so I would think not.

I don't think so and I think it would have been mentioned by the crew since it's a big risk.

 

[Sharksrule04]

I haven't watched Paul Martin enough recently, but first thing that sticks out is that we didn't want to extend Boyle because he was an aging defenseman, yet we give Paul Martin a contract that would make him 38 by the end of the contract?

Do you guys think that Paul Martin's game isn't declining in the same manner that Boyle's did/is?

Entirely different d-men. Martin is still very effective in his own end. All those mistakes people were *****ing about last year with Hannan, Irwin, Burns, etc...

He doesn't make those! No point in comparing his situation to Boyle's.

 

[ChubbChubby]

I'd much rather sign Martin to 4 years on day 1 rather than another Burish for 6 years.

 

[magic school bus]

Really don't care about the contract. Nothing against Martin. (He's better than Dillon or Irwin imo) Just not happy with the defense fundamentally. It's just far too one-dimensional.

You can't win in the playoffs only using your forwards to score, and that's what we're planning on doing.

 

[Fistfullofbeer]

I think we get atleast 2 good years from Martin. Till the current Jumbo and Patty contracts run out.

 

[ChubbChubby]

Entirely different d-men. Martin is still very effective in his own end. All those mistakes people were *****ing about last year with Hannan, Irwin, Burns, etc...

He doesn't make those! No point in comparing his situation to Boyle's.

In their defense, Stuart was still pretty good although declining before he came to the sharks and then fell off the cliff, and he was younger than Martin to boot at the time.

 

[Sharksrule04]

Sekera gets 6x5.5 . DW couldn't do that?

Sekera is a human being, he can make his own choices ya know.

 

[Rickety Cricket]

Really don't care about the contract. Nothing again Martin. (He's better than Dillon or Irwin imo) Just not happy with the defense fundamentally. It's just far too one-dimensional.

You can't win in the playoffs only using your forwards to score, and that's what we're planning on doing.

Well, there still could be more changes.

 

[SHAR KS]

Sekera is a human being, he can make his own choices ya know.

Yeah I kinda meant DW should have offered Sekera more than 5.5 to lure him here.

 

[Rickety Cricket]

Vlasic-Burns
Braun-Dillon
Mueller-Martin ?

 

[Fistfullofbeer]

Yeah I kinda meant DW should have offered Sekera more than 5.5 to lure him here.

Well thats the point. DW may have offered him the same or even more. But if Sekera preferred the Oilers over the Sharks, it would not have mattered.

 

[vilpertti]

Yeah I kinda meant DW should have offered Sekera more than 5.5 to lure him here.

Do you know he didn't?

 

[hockeyball]

Vlasic-Burns
Braun-Dillon
Mueller-Martin ?

eww...

 

[DonskoiDonscored]

Vlasic-Burns
Braun-Dillon
Mueller-Martin ?

Martin takes Dillon's spot and bumps him down. The #6 RD spot is open.

 

[OrrNumber4]

Really don't care about the contract. Nothing against Martin. (He's better than Dillon or Irwin imo) Just not happy with the defense fundamentally. It's just far too one-dimensional.

You can't win in the playoffs only using your forwards to score, and that's what we're planning on doing.

Well, while Burns is the only real goal-scoring threat from the blueline, you have a couple of guys with great passing skills capable of 20+ points. I mean, Martin's issue has been his PP ability, and the Sharks have Burns for that.