Sharks' season from hell continues: Karlsson out for rest of year

[Avsboy]

Sharks will come back next year.

 

[JT Kreider]

Sharks will come back next year.

Idk, they dont have a goalie and with their already limited cap space.. I dont see how they can possibly upgrade on Jones with his contract in the way

 

[SJSharksfan39]

A lot since coming out of the ASG/bye weeks, all the time off and then being expected to ramp it right back up is terrible for their bodies

I think the bye weeks are doing more harm than good, especially tying the Bye weeks to the All Star Game so you have a week and a half to two weeks off. I would do away with bye weeks let teams have more time off as the season goes, somehow.

 

[Avsboy]

Idk, they dont have a goalie and with their already limited cap space.. I dont see how they can possibly upgrade on Jones with his contract in the way

Goaltending can turn around in one season. With the three pillars on D and some good up and coming forwards I think the turn around can be quick.

 

[jetsforever]

Oh man, that sucks
He's leading the team in points too

 

[Bandit]

Season from hell? More like season of LOL. And sure they’ll be better next year for no reason at all other than not having a top draft pick and everyone being a year older. Makes sense.

 

[The Nuge]

Honestly, it’s not the end of the world. Yes, people will rip them for giving up a high pick, but they still benefit in the other rounds by having a lower finish. Just shut down anyone playing through an injury, rent out Thornton/Dillon, write the year off, and come back next year for a fresh start

 

[Kegsey]

Broken thumb? Ah well let him take a long vacation.

 

[serp]

I think the bye weeks are doing more harm than good, especially tying the Bye weeks to the All Star Game so you have a week and a half to two weeks off. I would do away with bye weeks let teams have more time off as the season goes, somehow.

It's what the players wanted when the current CBA was negotiated.

I also don't remember it ever beeing as bad as this year.

 

[Dr Jan Itor]

Would be batshit crazy if Ottawa ends up with the #1 and #2 picks.

 

[Bedards Dad]

This is about as good of a season that a lottery team could ever hope for. Ottawa, I mean this is the best news Ottawa could get.

 

[Bedards Dad]

Would be bat**** crazy if Ottawa ends up with the #1 and #2 picks.

Has that ever happened in any major sport ever?

 

[Blueboy]

That team desperately needs to move on from Thornton and get a fresh start via a few re-tooling trades.

Couture, Hertl, Meier, Labanc is a respectable forward core to build around but they'll need to draft well. That Karlsson trade really backfired and it will set them back.

Old guard needs to be on the way out.

Move on from Jumbo, Marleau, Pickles and Burns.

Build with the forwards you mentioned and Karlsson on D, who by all accounts is a great lockeroom presence and would provide better mentor ship than BB imo.

 

[JT Kreider]

Would be bat**** crazy if Ottawa ends up with the #1 and #2 picks.

Except the clock will immediately start ticking on those ELC's and Melnyk could be looking at having to dish out two $10 million contracts within 3 years... can he afford that????????

 

[WSS11]

Has that ever happened in any major sport ever?

organically I don’t think so but Burke did get the number 2 and 3 picks to draft the Sedins. I think that was a draft day trade though.

 

[JT Kreider]

organically I don’t think so but Burke did get the number 2 and 3 picks to draft the Sedins. I think that was a draft day trade though.

Burke made like 4 different trades to set that up

 

[Kegsey]

The more players we lose, the better we get.

 

[Freudian]

Trading unprotected first round picks these days.

 

[MikeK]

The worst NHL season of his career. SJ better pray it's a one off because this could be shaping up to be one of the worst contracts in the league.

 

[Ctrain2k]

Well at least they’ll get a high pick ...... oh wait.

 

[Used As A Shield]

lol

 

[SJSharksfan39]

The worst NHL season of his career. SJ better pray it's a one off because this could be shaping up to be one of the worst contracts in the league.

I wonder if we are already beyond the "shaping up" phase. Karlsson has been really really inconsistent to bad this year.

 

[JT Kreider]

Old guard needs to be on the way out.

Move on from Jumbo, Marleau, Pickles and Burns.

Build with the forwards you mentioned and Karlsson on D, who by all accounts is a great lockeroom presence and would provide better mentor ship than BB imo.

Easier said than done, Vlasic lowkey already one of the worst contracts in the league... 6 years left at $7 million? And he'll be 33 next month.. I don't see many teams lining up there.. and Burns seems to love it in SJ and has a NTC so that could be a problem too

 

[Dr Jan Itor]

Has that ever happened in any major sport ever?

Not that I can see.

 

[Kegsey]

lol

Blessing in disguise. Broken thumb is meh, so glad it wasn’t his groin.