Confirmed with Link: Sharks acquire Jake Walman and 2nd round pick 2024 (#53) for future considerations

[Barrie22]

Head scratcher without the future considerations, so it all hinges on that.

Future considerations is basically just GM talk for i don't want anything back.

 

[Sendhelplease]

This makes up for Goodrow and then some. Great job by Grier.

Wonder if this is an indication that Grier plans to trade up from 14…

I had the same thought. Certainly makes trading up more palatable in my opinion now.

 

[Hodge]

So Ferraro is definitely gone this week then, right?

Not necessarily.

Ferraro-Rutta
Vlasic-Benning
Walman-Emberson
Burroughs

Thrun and Mukhamadullin start in the AHL where they belong.

 

[The Nemesis]

Walman doesn't seem unplayable awful or anything (not that being so would be a barrier to getting ice time on this team's blueline) so nabbing a 2nd to take him for basically free (because futures rarely actually amount to anything of consequence) seems like a really weird move.

not a bad one, because that's great for the Sharks since they get a free mid 2nd pick and a guy who can conceivably be at least a warm body on the roster at no cost. But weird all the same.

 

[YUPPY 2 7 10 11]

Grier is thinking moving up in the draft in the first 1st round with this move.

 

[Tw1ster]

I wonder if this somehow is linked to the NYR/Goodrow waiver saga

 

[Pavelski2112]

Goddamn I'm so excited to see the griddy on SJ ice

 

[CJL182]

Love it, short cap hit for who sounds like a serviceable dman, and more ammo in the 2nd round to potentially use to move up from 14 (or reduce the pain of moving the 32 and/or 42 pick).

 

[OrrNumber4]

A mature version of Emberson. Nice to get a 2nd as well; per the internet, he had a NTC, so he either waived it for the Sharks or they weren't on it.

 

[aircobra]

Well, I'd be shocked if we don't move up in the draft at this point.

 

[Juxtaposer]

Walman is really solid, I’m genuinely confused.

Flip Ferraro for Marino and we have that brand new quality second pairing I wanted.

 

[STL Shark]

Not necessarily.

Ferraro-Rutta
Vlasic-Benning
Walman-Emberson
Burroughs

Thrun and Mukhamadullin start in the AHL where they belong.

Thinking Vlasic is playing over either of those guys is lunacy.

Also, “nObOdY pAyS fOr CaP sPaCe”, right?

 

[Munnyro]

 

[mogambomoroo]

This was a highway robbery by Grier!
Walman is automatically one of the better defencemen and we got free 2nd pick, love this trade so much!

 

[Pavelski2112]

Walman is really solid, I’m genuinely confused.

Flip Ferraro for Marino and we have that brand new quality second pairing I wanted.

Oh man, that would be fantastic

 

[TheWayToRefJose]

Nice W GMMG. Definitely have the ammo to move up for one of the top D now. Could walk away from this draft with a franchise C and a 1D. Insane.

 

[ChompChomp]

So Ferraro is definitely gone this week then, right?

Maybe to WPG for McG

 

[timorous me]

So Ferraro is definitely gone this week then, right?

It definitely makes me wonder. There's quite the logjam on the left side now. Thrun may not have impressed everyone all year, but the team seems committed to him and they seemed to like his progression late in the year (and he seems to already be rising in the leadership group, judging from how we've heard more and more from him this offseason, though maybe that's just because he's a well-spoken Harvard boy).

I'm not sure there's much benefit for him in going back to the AHL. And I sort of feel the same way about Mukhamadullin. Well, not that he won't need more time with the Barracuda, but that he deserves a chance with the Sharks to see how close to ready he is. The good thing about having Vlasic on the roster is that he could be your extra D and then easily slot in if it's determined Muk needs more seasoning.

The solution to this whole logjam, then, seems to be to trade Ferraro--which is easier to do with a competent NHL defenseman in place to take his place.

 

[Hodge]

Thinking Vlasic is playing over either of those guys is lunacy.

Also, “nObOdY pAyS fOr CaP sPaCe”, right?

Vlasic is a better defenseman than Thrun or Mukhamadullin. Why wouldn't he play over them?

Walman was one of the worst defensemen in the league last season. Not surprised the Wings had to attach a sweetener to move him.

 

[Munnyro]

Walman must have requested a trade to SJ. Macklin is bringin' the boys to the yard folks!

 

[timorous me]

Vlasic is a better defenseman than Thrun or Mukhamadullin. Why wouldn't he play over them?

Because you want to invest in opportunities for the future of the team, not the past?

 

[TheWayToRefJose]

Vlasic is a better defenseman than Thrun or Mukhamadullin. Why wouldn't he play over them?

Walman was one of the worst defensemen in the league last season. Not surprised the Wings had to attach a sweetener to move him.

Are you ever happy? Holy shit man. That two weeks where you didn’t shit on anything and everything was nice.

Grier could get McDavid for future considerations and you’d bitch about the cap hit.

 

[weastern bias]

I think future considerations is likely a cap dump, their bad contracts are all on M-NTCs so expect another waiver claims soon, lol

 

[Hodge]

Because you want to invest in opportunities for the future of the team, not the past?

Coach's job is to play the best players. If Thrun and Shak can't beat out Vlasic and Walman that's on them.

Are you ever happy? Holy shit man. That two weeks where you didn’t shit on anything and everything was nice.

Grier could get McDavid for future considerations and you’d bitch about the cap hit.

??? I just said it was a fleece

 

[STL Shark]

Vlasic is a better defenseman than Thrun or Mukhamadullin. Why wouldn't he play over them?

Walman was one of the worst defensemen in the league last season. Not surprised the Wings had to attach a sweetener to move him.

By what actual metric are either of those things remotely close to true? Is the reason Vlasic played 16 mins a night and was scratched a good deal while Thrun played 20 minutes a night because Vlasic is better?

Also, under what metric was Walman one of the worse defensemen in the NHL last year? Other than one you made up to not just keep being wrong time after time.