Speculation: 2023-24-25 Sharks Roster Discussion
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OrrNumber4
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Feels like Pittsburgh will be content eating Jarry's contract during their non-competitive years.
Gecklund
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I don’t think they want non competitive years though. I think they’re looking at Washington and saying “we can do that”
STL Shark
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Think it depends if you make it worth their while. To me, I'd offer Ekblad $9.5M for 5 years ($47.5M total). He's AFP projected at $7M for 7 years ($49M total). If I'm the player, you're giving me almost equal money for 2 less years and allowing me to hit UFA (or re-sign me) for one final ~3ish year deal for solid money before I turn 35. Seems like a better deal than the 7x7 to me if you can get it (particularly with the rapidly rising cap ceiling).
Obviously in FLA, he wanted 8 years because that locks him up with one franchise for his career. There's value there. However, once you leave the 8 year deal goes away and it becomes more about business.
Fabbro was a guy literally on waivers a couple months ago. I don’t put him in that category of decent d-men.
Maybe but if that's what it takes to bring him in to San Jose, I'd do it. He's performing as a top pairing defenseman in Columbus right now across Werenski. He would likely be a good fit across any of our upcoming LHD's.
I think his play may have earned him a 3 maybe 4 year deal at most, but buying high on a guy who Nashville didn't even want a couple months ago doesn't strike me as a Grier move.
Maybe but we're going to need to either give him a significant amount of trade protection and/or give him a high AAV for that sort of term even with Nashville giving up on him. He's played exceptionally well in Columbus and I'm not sure why signing Fabbro in free agency after proving himself to a good degree wouldn't be a Grier move when he's a Boston guy and plays a position we'll need to address this offseason.
pappaf2
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Just seems like Grier would have claimed him on the waiver wire if he wanted him.
He could have but passing on a player in one opportunity doesn't mean you will pass on him the next time around. Things change.
If he's going to address the right side then just go balls to the wall and figure out a way to bring Bouchard aboard.
I'd be in support of that for the right price but I'd still want to sign Fabbro in addition to that. There's no reason to not do both if it's on the table.
Agreed but at least the worst ask in terms of years will be his age 27-33 years. He's about as good of a bet on a long term deal as you'll get on the free agent market since most defensemen are slightly older asking for 7 years that puts them into those 35+ years. If we need to overcommit to bring in a defenseman, he seems like the safest bet to do that.
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