Sharksrule04
Registered User
This is close to what I wanted to say but I've been pretty negative about stuff lately and even though I tend to be on the optimistic (though I try to be realistic) side when it comes to prospects, I didn't want to come off sounding all doom and gloom.
They currently have one guy who projects to be a top 4 in Mueller and I'll be thrilled if he becomes a good 2nd pairing d-man. Bergman has a shot at possibly being a #4 but he's got a ways to go. Everyone else like Tennyson, Brodzinski, Ryan, DeMelo, KA, Ausmus all project as bottom pairing d-men at best.
The Sharks D pipeline really isn't very good.
I think the scariest thing would be if DW believes that the D pipeline is actually good. I know it was just tire pumping but the Demelo comments from a while back are kinda scary.
I'm sure he's realistic about their capabilities. All those guys named will be depth and bottom pairing fillers. If one of them jumps up to a top 4 d-man it will be a huge win. DW is always going to make comments to the media to pump up certain prospects.