I;ve mentioned this before, but there was an interview with someone we signed in UFA in the early 2010s, not Wellwood but same vintage, and he drops the line, "San Jose, well everyone wants to play there".
Or perhaps simply felt that they didn't need to and just needed to fill in the roster around the edges.
Skipped ahead (28:30) and it was a nothing burger. Just says SJ is fun and he thinks they're going to do something big. Doesn't say what it is, but thinks Grier is going to field offers and eventually one will be good.
I mean what’s he gonna say? “I hate being on a bottom feeder that’s not gonna be a winner in my last few years?”
I agree. I assume it’s more enticing an environment now than it was a couple years back, but I find these sort of “interviews” so disingenuous because rarely do we get something beyond “I love to be here. We’re building something special with this group” etc.
Something is not the best forecast and option. You may have overplayed the dynasty mode. I would definitely not offer such a contract to Pionk. Bennett is not going anywhere, Tolvanen's exchange is laughter. The most logical decisions here are to sign Zetterlund, Lilngren and Mukhamdullin. Perhaps sign Granlund if they can't be exchanged on deadline
You are probably right about the dynasty mode haha. I could see Pionk as a positive move if the term is okay. I don't think him getting at 7-7.5 is a bad bet with cap going up. He can help solidify this blue line and could be used in multiple situations. The only thing is that he probably stays in Winnipeg if they go far in the playoffs. About Bennett, he got his cup and I believe he would want to get paid at this point of his career. Florida doesn't really have a ton of cap room and Lundell should be their 2C of the future.
Seriously. They literally said "Watch the Sharks! They're fun! They'll probably do something big soon!" and called that a headline. They seemed to imply that Cody Ceci would get moved because there aren't very many decent D available at the deadline purely based on the fact that they brought up the Sharks "doing something" directly after stating "the list of defensemen you can get at the deadline is finite". But that was kinda it.
No line with smith on it has had good play, really. He's not an NHL player at this time, he is a top 6 (probably top 4) or bust player still figuring out how to play at this level.
Celebrini + a couple of unprotected 1sts for Thy Savior Michkov + 7th round pick in 20never, then Michkov refuses to play for the Sharks. The way? The way!
