Speculation: 2023-24-25 Sharks Roster Discussion

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Smith is being hurt by Celebrini being on the ice for 19 minutes of every game also. I firmly believe if he was breaking in alone, then smith would get the usual rookie treatment of everything is fine he is good for a 19 year old rookie. But everyone is comparing his play to the 18 rookie that is doing extremely better then all draft experts expected him to do.
Smith is also being hurt by everyone hyper focusing on him. Every time he's on the ice, fans' eyes are glued to him. Every single tiny miscue he makes is carefully documented and stored away.
 

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Sorry to interrupt with a total subject change, but what do you guys feel about acquiring Ristolainen from Flyers if there is fair deal? Physical RD, 2 years left after this year with 5.10mil. Ends same time as Celebrini/Smith ELC's. Get him here to eat minutes and take Ceci spot.

Is it totally a bad idea? Is there any need for him?
If you are looking to make your team worse then he is a great target, he's legitimately terrible
 
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Sorry to interrupt with a total subject change, but what do you guys feel about acquiring Ristolainen from Flyers if there is fair deal? Physical RD, 2 years left after this year with 5.10mil. Ends same time as Celebrini/Smith ELC's. Get him here to eat minutes and take Ceci spot.

Is it totally a bad idea? Is there any need for him?
NoNoNoNo

Risto is baaad. I mean real bad. Rutta is better than Risto. Unless the Flyers are giving us one of those 1st round picks to take him, no
 
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Okay, got it! Thanks for the feedback, I need to do a better job with the guys I present as trade targets haha. I just want another veteran RD for next year and I'm having hard time believing they could get one at the free agency. If there is some free agency luck, I would go for Pionk.
 

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It's gonna be great in 2 years or so when Smith comes into training camp with a man's body and everything gets easier. Can't rush nature (Sakic is a great example).
Joe Sakic scored 62 points in 70 games for a 27 win Nordiques team in his D+2 season.
 

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It's gonna be great in 2 years or so when Smith comes into training camp with a man's body and everything gets easier. Can't rush nature (Sakic is a great example).
Yea, I think the summer is going to be game changing for Smith. Macklin is special but he was raised by people in the know. Most people need to grow into it
 

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Joe Sakic scored 62 points in 70 games for a 27 win Nordiques team
Sakic was instructed to bulk up before a season and played poorly becuase he was too big. I forget the details of the story but it's something like that.
 

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I know I’ve kind of gone on and on about the lines with Wario, but this fan base has been through the blender treatment before and it doesn’t bring up good memories—and those teams had core players who had actually gotten some significant stability in playing with one another in previous junctures. The line blender doesn’t really seem motivated by much except capricious whim; I just don’t understand the aversion to playing Smith back with Granlund post-injury when they both were playing much better the last times they played together.

I’d love it if when some lines work we actually just like, stick with them for more than a couple of games. Let some chemistry develop.
 

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Lots of "rumors" and tradebaiting towards Granlund -> Dallas, full freight. I'm mixed. BUT, i wonder if Ceci and Granlud could be targets of theirs, sweetening our pot
If Dallas wants to give us their first unprotected, they can have him today. Otherwise, they can wait until March.
 

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