GDT: Free Agent... Frenzy? aka "Let's get some guys to help Celebrini maybe" | Coverage on NHL Network, TSN, Sportsnet

[The Nemesis]

The biggest thing I want to note before we start: IF SOMEONE SIGNS WITH THE SHARKS, LET A MOD MAKE THE THREAD. WE DON'T NEED MULTIPLE COMPETING DUPLICATES FOR SIGNINGS. THAT'S JUST CONFUSING FOR EVERYONE AND MORE WORK FOR THE MODS.

I hope/plan to be around all day for the coverage barring small breaks to get breakfast or do some laundry or something. I will note if I'm stepping out and if there's another mod around to cover for my absence or not.

And yeah, unlike the draft there are no graphics here. I learned my lesson when the draft thread chugged and struggled because the "fixed" servers are still dumpster fires.

Where to watch
NHL Network starts its coverage at 11am PT/2pm ET

TSN and Sportsnet in Canada kick off somewhere around 8-8:30am PT I think.

IIRC neither Canadian Network allows streaming access of their stuff from the US anymore. And even with a VPN it's likely limited to requiring a cable or streaming service login.


Sharks Free Agents

Player	Pos	Notes	Status
Ryan Carpenter	C	UFA
Jack Studnicka	C	UFA (non-qualified RFA)
Jacob Peterson	C	UFA (non-qualified RFA)
Alexander Barabanov	LW	UFA
Mike Hoffman	LW	UFA
Oskar Lindblom	LW	UFA
Kevin Labanc	RW	UFA
Filip Zadina	RW	UFA (non-qualified RFA)
Calen Addison	D	UFA (non-qualified RFA)
Nikolai Knyzhov	D	UFA (Mutual Termination)
Jacob MacDonald	D/F	UFA	Signed with Colorado (2 yrs @ $??? per)
Devin Cooley	G	UFA	Signed with Calgary (2 yrs @ $775k per)
Eetu Makiniemi	G	UFA (Group VI)

Player	Pos	Notes	Status
Thomas Bordeleau	C	RFA
Alexander Chmelevski	C	RFA
Ty Dellandrea	C	RFA (Arb)
Egor Afanasyev	LW	RFA	Expected to sign in KHL. Sharks retain his rights.
Brandon Coe	RW	RFA
Carl Grundstrom	RW	RFA (Arb)
Martin Kaut	RW	RFA
Ty Emberson	D	RFA
Henry Thrun	D	RFA

IIRC Chmelevski and Kaut remain unsigned from the previous off-season. Their rights are retained until the first July 1st after their 27th birthdays. I just put them here for completeness sake.

New Signings
If the Sharks sign any one new It'll go here:

Player	Pos	Age	Prev. Team	Terms
Tyler Toffoli	RW	32	Winnipeg	4 years @ $6m AAV
Alex Wennberg	C	29	NY Rangers	2 years @ $5m AAV

Trades
Usually July 1 isn't much for trade action, but I'll keep a spot here just in case something goes down.

Depth Chart
This is the current Sharks' depth chart. It is not line combos. Positions are based on listings on PuckPedia for the most part. Player order is mostly just me winging with slight deference to ordering based on likelihood of playing NHL games it and should not be taken as 100% accurate to actual order by position. For the time being I'm also assuming Celebrini signs.

I'll try to keep it updated throughout the day if there are signings, but no promises because Xenforo tables are total bullshit to fuss with. I can't even align them or create internal text alignment anymore. vBulletin tables were so flexible and powerful. The new stuff is trash.

New signings will be shown in Green
Re-signed RFAs will be in Blue

LW	C	RW
William Eklund	Macklin Celebrini	Tyler Toffoli
Fabian Zetterlund	Will Smith	Barclay Goodrow
Klim Kostin	Logan Couture	Collin Graf
Tristen Robins	Mikael Granlund	Danil Guschchin
Quentin Musty	Alex Wennberg	Justin Bailey
	Niko Sturm	Givani Smith
	Luke Kunin	Scott Sabourin
	Filip Bystedt	Ethan Cardwell
	David Enstrom	Mitchell Rusell
		Kasper Halttunen

LD	RD
Mario Ferraro	Matt Benning
Jake Walman	Jan Rutta
Marc-Edouard Vlasic	Jack Thompson
Shakir Mukhamadullin	Ganon Laroque
Valtteri Pulli
Jake Furlong
Artem Guryev
Luca Cagnoni

G
Mackenzie Blackwood
Vitek Vanacek
Magnus Chrona
Georgii Romanov

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[OrrNumber4]

I think some of those UFAs should have a note like Addison.

Not sure about that positional depth chart. Bystedt and Edstrom are centers, Zetterlund is on the right, etc.

Knyzhov should be off the list. His contract was terminated prior to July first; he's not a pending anything in the traditional sense.

Yes I am being pedantic...

 

[weastern bias]

 

[Jargon]

Phase 3 of How Good is Grier Really? commence. So far he’s had one of the most epic offseasons for the Sharks… ever?

 

[Barrie22]

Reinhart is the first to sign.

 

[67 others]

The biggest thing I want to note before we start: IF SOMEONE SIGNS WITH THE SHARKS, LET A MOD MAKE THE THREAD. WE DON'T NEED MULTIPLE COMPETING DUPLICATES FOR SIGNINGS. THAT'S JUST CONFUSING FOR EVERYONE AND MORE WORK FOR THE MODS.

I hope/plan to be around all day for the coverage barring small breaks to get breakfast or do some laundry or something. I will note if I'm stepping out and if there's another mod around to cover for my absence or not.

And yeah, unlike the draft there are no graphics here. I learned my lesson when the draft thread chugged and struggled because the "fixed" servers are still dumpster fires.

Where to watch
NHL Network starts its coverage at 11am PT/2pm ET

TSN and Sportsnet in Canada kick off somewhere around 8-8:30am PT I think.

IIRC neither Canadian Network allows streaming access of their stuff from the US anymore. And even with a VPN it's likely limited to requiring a cable or streaming service login.


Pending Sharks Free Agents

Player	Pos	Notes	Status
Ryan Carpenter	C	UFA
Jack Studnicka	C	UFA
Jacob Peterson	C	UFA
Alexander Barabanov	LW	UFA
Mike Hoffman	LW	UFA
Oskar Lindblom	LW	UFA
Kevin Labanc	RW	UFA
Filip Zadina	RW	UFA
Calen Addison	D	UFA (non-qualified RFA)
Nikolai Knyzhov	D	UFA (Mutual Termination)
Jacob MacDonald	D/F	UFA
Devin Cooley	G	UFA
Eetu Makiniemi	G	UFA (Group VI)

Player	Pos	Notes	Status
Thomas Bordeleau	C	RFA
Alexander Chmelevski	C	RFA
Ty Dellandrea	C	RFA (Arb)
Egor Afanasyev	LW	RFA
Brandon Coe	RW	RFA
Carl Grundstrom	RW	RFA (Arb)
Martin Kaut	RW	RFA
Ty Emberson	D	RFA
Henry Thrun	D	RFA

IIRC Chmelevski and Kaut remain unsigned from the previous off-season. Their rights are retained until the first July 1st after their 27th birthdays. I just put them here for completeness sake.

New Signings
If the Sharks sign any one new It'll go here:

Player	Pos	Age	Prev. Team	Terms
X

Trades
Usually July 1 isn't much for trade action, but I'll keep a spot here just in case something goes down.

Depth Chart
This is the current Sharks' depth chart. It is not line combos. Positions are based on listings on PuckPedia for the most part. Player order is mostly just me winging with slight deference to ordering based on likelihood of playing NHL games it and should not be taken as 100% accurate to actual order by position. For the time being I'm also assuming Celebrini signs.

I'll try to keep it updated throughout the day if there are signings, but no promises because Xenforo tables are total bullshit to fuss with. I can't even align them or create internal text alignment anymore. vBulletin tables were so flexible and powerful. The new stuff is trash.

LW	C	RW
William Eklund	Macklin Celebrini	Barclay Goodrow
Fabian Zetterlund	Will Smith	Collin Graf
Klim Kostin	Logan Couture	Danil Gushchin
Tristen Robins	Mikael Granlund	Justin Bailey
Quentin Musty	Nico Sturm	Givani Smith
Luke Kunin	Scott Sabourin
Filip Bystedt	Ethan Cardwell
David Edstrom	Mitchell Russell
Kaspar Halttunen

LD	RD
Mario Ferraro	Matt Benning
Jake Walman	Jan Rutta
Marc-Edouard Vlasic	Jack Thompson
Shakir Mukhamadullin	Ganon Laroque
Valtteri Pulli
Jake Furlong
Artem Guryev
Luca Cagnoni

G
Mackenzie Blackwood
Vitek Vanacek
Magnus Chrona
Georgii Romanov

I know we need RHD and someone who can at least play on the PP, but please stay away from Tyson Barrie, Klingberg and DeAngelo.

Justin Schultz or Matt Roy would be decent pickups

Oliver Kylington is intriguing. He can play the right side but is a lefty. Skates like the wind and had a nice breakout with Tanev as his Partner a few years back before he took a year and a half off for mental health reasons.

 

[ISharkted]

Boqvist, Schmidt, and potentially Trouba on waivers. There is some D help and we have cap room. Can pick them up without loss of assets. I hope we put a claim in on Boqvist already. Would also make picking up Trouba look less sketch if he does get put on waivers and we had already claimed Boqvist.

 

[67 others]

Boqvist, Schmidt, and potentially Trouba on waivers. There is some D help and we have cap room. Can pick them up without loss of assets. I hope we put a claim in on Boqvist already. Would also make picking up Trouba look less sketch if he does get put on waivers and we had already claimed Boqvist.

If Trouba is on waivers, we almost NEED to take him.

 

[ISharkted]

If Trouba is on waivers, we almost NEED to take him.

From a skill, grit, and leadership perspective, we absolutely need Trouba. Boqvist is a young puck mover, would be a great add. I really want both of them to bolster that D corp. put Vlasic in a 7th D role to get us to the floor. Wouldn’t mind taking a run at Montour as well even if an overpay provided the term makes sense. Would be nice see our young forwards not get caved in continuously which would certainly help their growth and potentially boost our GPG.

 

[LadyStanley]

https://x.com/i/web/status/1807757713054601382

https://x.com/i/web/status/1807749675430060205

 

[67 others]

From a skill, grit, and leadership perspective, we absolutely need Trouba. Boqvist is a young puck mover, would be a great add. I really want both of them to bolster that D corp. put Vlasic in a 7th D role to get us to the floor. Wouldn’t mind taking a run at Montour as well even if an overpay provided the term makes sense. Would be nice see our young forwards not get caved in continuously which would certainly help their growth and potentially boost our GPG.

I thought about Boqvist too from a reclamation standpoint. From all I read and saw, he was rushed by 2 teams and is pretty much soft as babyskin and doesn't have NHL caliber defense or the speed to play the offensive game he was good at in juniors as he gets smashed off the puck and injured quite easily..

 

[LadyStanley]

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[ISharkted]

I thought about Boqvist too from a reclamation standpoint. From all I read and saw, he was rushed by 2 teams and is pretty much soft as babyskin and doesn't have NHL caliber defense or the speed to play the offensive game he was good at in juniors as he gets smashed off the puck and injured quite easily..

Hrm, maybe Montour then. We can pretty much pay him whatever so long as the term is two or three years.

https://x.com/i/web/status/1807757713054601382

https://x.com/i/web/status/1807749675430060205

This sounds like Trouba isn’t going to get waived then. Bleh.

 

[67 others]

Hrm, maybe Montour then. We can pretty much pay him whatever so long as the term is two or three years.

I wonder if Justin Schultz would come on a 1 year prove it deal. He is decent on the PP and could be flipped to a team looking for D depth at the deadline.

 

[STL Shark]

Boqvist, Schmidt, and potentially Trouba on waivers. There is some D help and we have cap room. Can pick them up without loss of assets. I hope we put a claim in on Boqvist already. Would also make picking up Trouba look less sketch if he does get put on waivers and we had already claimed Boqvist.

Why put in a claim on Boqvist when he's about to be bought out and can't stay healthy? Literally never played more than 2/3 of a season in his career. Say no to 5'11 defensemen that are not good defenders.

 

[ISharkted]

Why put in a claim on Boqvist when he's about to be bought out and can't stay healthy? Literally never played more than 2/3 of a season in his career. Say no to 5'11 defensemen that are not good defenders.

As 67 noted, potential reclamation project? Only 23 with a fair amount of NHL experience. 3rd pairing puck mover deployed with the right responsible partner and then rolled out on PP2? Maybe rebuild his value and flip.

Although 67 seems opposed to him for his softness and lack of NHL speed whereas I’m in favor of rolling the dice.

 

[Bizz]

Alec Martinez going to Chicago. Not as high end as he used to be but anything that weakens Vegass is good news for us.

 

[67 others]

As 67 noted, potential reclamation project? Only 23 with a fair amount of NHL experience. 3rd pairing puck mover deployed with the right responsible partner and then rolled out on PP2? Maybe rebuild his value and flip.

Although 67 seems opposed to him for his softness and lack of NHL speed whereas I’m in favor of rolling the dice.

I was initially thinking about it. I watch all prospects on all teams for Fantasy purposes and I remember thinking Boqvist had a chance to be on Patrick Kane's PP, so i kept an eye on him.

Then when he got moved to Columbus and Werenski got injured, i thought he had a chance to be on another PP, so I kept watching him.

I stopped watching him and gave up on him a year ago.

Who knows. maybe 3rd time's a charm. And since i don't care if we lose this year for the tank, im open to trying him out. but I'd rather not guys who are going to get caved in physically and ragdolled. i want to see some structure and improvement this year while losing. Getting caved in is bad for morale

 

[landshark]

I think my ideal day would be Pesce, Roy on D and Tarasenko and Duke on O.

 

[STL Shark]

As 67 noted, potential reclamation project? Only 23 with a fair amount of NHL experience. 3rd pairing puck mover deployed with the right responsible partner and then rolled out on PP2? Maybe rebuild his value and flip.

Although 67 seems opposed to him for his softness and lack of NHL speed whereas I’m in favor of rolling the dice.

We already have plenty of 3rd pairing only types. Only reason he is notable is because the Hawks picked him in the top 10. Otherwise, nothing about his profile is at all desirable (which is why Don Waddell made one of his first moves as GM buying him out).

 

[weastern bias]

NJD going big game hunting it seems

My ideal target is still Montour, I just don't think we're getting any of today's big names unless we throw out an insane overpayment, we need to demonstrate on ice competence before free agents plan to join us, at this point we're a last chance landing spot if guys missed their main destinations in the game of musical chairs

 

[Friday]

Alec Martinez going to Chicago. Not as high end as he used to be but anything that weakens Vegass is good news for us.

Im into Chi trying too, no more lottery picks for them haha please

 

[STL Shark]

NJD going big game hunting it seems

My ideal target is still Montour, I just don't think we're getting any of today's big names unless we throw out an insane overpayment, we need to demonstrate on ice competence before free agents plan to join us, at this point we're a last chance landing spot if guys missed their main destinations in the game of musical chairs

Not getting him without handing out 7 years, which is not wise for anyone to do for him, nonetheless the Sharks in their situation.

 

[ISharkted]

NJD going big game hunting it seems

My ideal target is still Montour, I just don't think we're getting any of today's big names unless we throw out an insane overpayment, we need to demonstrate on ice competence before free agents plan to join us, at this point we're a last chance landing spot if guys missed their main destinations in the game of musical chairs

I don’t think overpaying during this 2-3 year transition back to relevance is an issue provided the overpayment offered is within a tight term window. Obviously no 4,5, or 7 year terms.

As mentioned prior, I have zero issues overpaying puck moving D-men to not watch our upcoming young forwards get caved in.

 

[weastern bias]

Not getting him without handing out 7 years, which is not wise for anyone to do for him, nonetheless the Sharks in their situation.

That's why I have tempered expectations for the day, we're not ready for big game hunting just yet

We were the stars of draft day, but because of that free agency is a little ways away, I expect more dumpster diving and cap dump acquisitions for the next year or 2 before we try loading up