Kat Predator
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I guess it seems likely to burn down regardless of intent. San Jose looks like they are doing pretty well in their rebuild? They've got a pair of top-5 pick forwards, including the franchise-superstar guy in Celebrini (to go along with Smith), maybe they have Dickinson and probably should dream of being able to use their top-3 pick this year on Schaefer for the top D pair? Plus got the #1 goalie in Askarov handed to them.
Those are like 5 core prospects pieces that I don't think we have yet. The Sharks also have a bunch of other pretty good prospects at all positions, like we do, but getting those 5 key pieces at the top of the list is a really tough road to get down. They've missed the playoffs what 6 years in a row already? And it's probably going to be at least a few more.
And that's the team which seems to be executing WELL on the tankjob (so far). It's a pretty grim outlook if we do end up burning things down, intentionally or unintentionally.
The Sharks started free falling under Wilson, who didn't want to admit that the roster he'd constructed and some of the FA contracts he'd signed had broken the keel of his ship. When he got sick and stepped aside, Grier went scorched earth.
I agree that, on paper, they've added a nice set of young pieces. They're not ready yet (obviously), so their window may still be a couple or three years out. Scorched earth is no guarantee, obviously. Just running around to-and-fro about a hayfield during a storm doesn't guarantee that one will catch lightning in a bottle.
Their dead cap starts getting reeled back in after this year, so hopefully (for them), they can start rounding out some of the other aspects of their roster to get a better composition that can win some games.
It was nice of us to give them what might be the next dominant goaltender in the NHL in a couple years. Again, if he works out. We'll just have to see how many of these bets pay off for the teal machine.
