ColePens
RIP Fugu Buffaloed & parabola
Sharks entire top-6 was decimated by injuries against the Oilers. Sharks hung in that series and actually outplayed Edm for decent stretches.
The Sharks don't rely on speed, they rely on puck movement, possession and execution. They dominated that in the first 3 rounds against La, Nsh and Stl and lost all 3 phases to Pittsburgh. Not because they were too slow, but because the Pens forwards were great at disrupting their timing.
So good... don't focus on speed and you won't be able to beat teams that do. Then you have nothing to worry about because you won't touch the Cup unless you get lucky and dodge those teams who are switching to younger/faster.
Signing Thornton and PM would be bad. Time to move on and grow from youth. It's not even rebuilding. You have plenty of great players to keep it going.