That's our final RFA, so Grier now has two main priorities:
1. Clearing the excess of goalies, ideally by moving Reimer for a 2nd.
2. Meier extension or trade - figure out what Meier wants, decide whether its in the budget for the team, and trade him before the deadline if its not.
I think Meier is good enough and young enough to be worth keeping if he doesn't cost more than $9 M/8 years or thereabouts, because I think he will still be a good player for the next good Sharks team if he's kept. That doesn't mean I wouldn't move him if a good offer came along, and I'd be feeling out the rest of the league to see what they'd offer.
We absolutely can afford to keep Meier at around that salary (the cap crunch is really only for the next couple of years) if we want to, though our depth will be somewhat limited (and that will remain true if we trade Meier, as well, so I'm not concerned about it).