couture and granlund 😂😂

@@justinwillness3162 Granlund was basically a point per game player and was more than that once he got on a line with Eklund and Zetterlund. Cooch is still probably a very solid 3C if he comes back healthy and still an elite defensive forward that can be very good on a PK

lmao!!!!

Musty is definitely making the roster, there’s nothing left for him to prove in the OHL. He can’t play in the AHL because of the CHL under 20 rule but his size and skill, he’s a top 6 forward on the roster

My thinking is you sign 2 solid veterans - like guys around 29-30. Throw a shit load of money at them on short term deals - ie 2 years. Stabalize the roster, and let Celebrini come up but don't pressure Smith or Musty. We also got a guy like Bystedt who may be a bit closer for a 3C role and you get him up along with a few of the remaining RFA/UFA crop we had ahead of Smith - ie Bourdelaeu, Konstin, Graf - let these guys get a shot this year while Smith develops. The veterans are there to stabalize this core for the coming year - we can be bad, like bottom 10 bad, but we shouldn't be league worst. Start to set the culture and these guys will help. Then after this season, you look at Smith, Musty coming up. Maybe a guy like Cagnoni is closer or whoever we take at #14, #33 starts to give a better picture for those FA summers in 2025 and 2026 and you can really start to sign more prime aged guys. So for this year I'm thinking you look at a guy like Skjei (long shot but we can toss an obscene amount of cash at him for ~2-3 years), or someone more like a Chatfield/Demelo/Carrier. And at forward - idk, a DeBrusk (similar egregious overpay on a couple years, or give him 4x$5 and see if he goes for it). And this way you begin icing a team that can at least hang in games. Adding Mukhmadullin on the back end, and ideally having a guy like Emberson healthy would begin to provide some 2-way ability which was just lacking this year.

They do not get paid going back, an NCAA player can’t play college hockey with an NHL contract. The contract starts once they sign with their NHL team and can’t go back to college

@@redboi_ so basically drafting his rights until he signs the contract.

@@xTheTamingx yup, except you lose the rights to the player if they stay in college until their senior year and don’t sign with the team (which is rare for an earlier draft pick)

​@@redboi_are the sharks allowed to try to convince him to stay one more year to increase the chance of getting the #1 pick again next year? Lol. Its kind of interesting... I highly doubt this is legal but would be hard to prove.

LMAO

Lmao no he’s done an amazing job of building for the future

He's only 17. 1 or 2 more good drafts could elevate Sharks.

You mean a team that was in the cup finals 8 years ago?

The Sharks have a top 10 prospect pool in the NHL before drafting Celebrini. Smith, Musty, Halttunen, Cagnoni, Gushchin, Mukhamadullin. And they already have Eklund playing as a meaningful NHLer. I think you are talking out of your ass, Mark

​@@de132Not a Sharks fan (long time Red Wings man!), but looking at this team's potential, its' prospect pool, and its' position now heading into this year's draft, I'd have to say that I agree with you 100% on this one🎯👍! As things stand right now, it definitely won't be too long before the Sharks are really going places again!

@@de132honestly, they had a top 3 prospect pool before the Hertl trade. Edstrom and Macklin will take them higher