Speculation: 2023-24-25 Sharks Roster Discussion

[OrrNumber4]

The player I'm most interested in right now is Mukhamadullin. I think he has the tools to really help the Sharks and he'd be an upgrade over Thrun and Benning at the very least but the question is if the Sharks wanna expose him to that or if they'd rather have him dominate the AHL for one more season, especially after coming back from injury.

I want Mukhamadullin to play in the NHL as soon as possible. Very few defensemen can hit the ground running in the NHL; I expect that in his first season, he'll be adjusting and will be barely NHL-quality. He'll then slowly improve. Eventually...not this year, not next year, not even the year after next year, but eventually, he could be a top-4 defenseman.

 

[vortexy]

Anyone interested in claiming Yamamoto? Could help with our 5v5 scoring on the 3rd or 4th line

 

[Bizz]

Anyone interested in claiming Yamamoto? Could help with our 5v5 scoring on the 3rd or 4th line

I'd rather see them call up Haltunnen, Bystedt, or Graf.

 

[Erep]

I'd rather see them call up Haltunnen, Bystedt, or Graf.

Haltunnen is still a good ways off, but you can add Cardwell to that list.

 

[Cas]

Anyone interested in claiming Yamamoto? Could help with our 5v5 scoring on the 3rd or 4th line

Just call up a prospect with a future.

 

[OrrNumber4]

Graf and Cagnoni are having monster starts.

In recent memory, Couture, Pavelski, Tierney, Demers, Braun, and Labanc forced themselves into some very good teams by dominating the AHL. You'd think Graf and Cagnoni should be able to do it on some extremely not-good teams.

To be fair, those players might have leap-frogged others because of their low cap hit. Plus, when you're contending development is an afterthought. That's not the case with this team...

Edit: Although, Gushchin had a great season and played what, 4 games?

 

[TheBeard]

Haltunnen is still a good ways off, but you can add Cardwell to that list.

Yep. Cardwell or Graf are the only forwards really worthy of a call-up at this point.

 

[Bizz]

Haltunnen is still a good ways off, but you can add Cardwell to that list.

Wouldn't be for very long, just give him two or three games and see what he does.

 

[Pinkfloyd]

Yep. Cardwell or Graf are the only forwards really worthy of a call-up at this point.

I'd throw Bystedt into that group as well. The nights that they want to give Smith a development day should be a night that we see Bystedt get some action. Dellandrea as a 3C is a horrendous option to just be okay with, imo.

 

[Saskatoon]

Wouldn't be for very long, just give him two or three games and see what he does.

Since his first AHL game he has been pretty bad