Confirmed with Link: Sharks trade 20th pick to Sabres for 27th and D Michael Kesselring (RFA)

[Chainshot]

He's not signed yet. Technically just traded for his RFA rights. (Or to be more precise, he has no contract from July 1 onwards...yet...)

And he is arbitration eligible if he goes that route and one year from UFA if he takes a 1-year settlement. (Edit - as in he would be UFA next year.) I would assume Grier already has an idea of what he's willing to pay on something longer than a year or two. I'm curious to see how that works out as AFP had a projection for 3x$4.2M AAV which if he plays 2nd pairing minutes is a nice deal.

 

[The Nemesis]

Hronek is next!

Nah, that's not random and shocking enough.

Crosby for a 5th and Bystedt.

 

[richo]

…. More like Rielly…

No!

 

[Saskatoon]

Well Blackhawks fans are crashing out thinking this means stenberg to SJ.

It's a little baffling

Do teams not have more than one RHD?

 

[Cas]

What if we trade for Rielly, and then sacrifice one of our lesser prospects to the gods to revitalize Rielly? Sort of like that alien healing/execution machine from Babylon 5?

 

[Lebanezer]

I'm actually not so sure. Hamilton with only 2 years left would be absolutely a fit, especially if Orlov gets moved at the TDL.

I meant it’s unlikely Grier is going to revisit it.

 

[sampler]

Spence is the next bet. His advanced metrics are outstanding. Top 5% WAR D player (1.79). he's a perfect target for Grier. hes the right age, RH, can score, and not too expensive to acquire or to resign.

I am also still kinda prayin' for a more established #1, but I am ready to be disappointed.

 

[The Nemesis]

It's a little baffling

Do teams not have more than one RHD?

Of course they don't. The proper way to build a team is 1 RHD and 8 LHD. Then you play a couple of the lefties as 4th line forwards.

 

[Hangemhigh]

This is a good trade GMMG. Still want Desharnais back, but this could be the replacement.

 

[ThePlanet]

Return Buffalo received on this trade tells me two things:

1. Our front office likely view the players thought to be available in the high teens to early thirties as being in a similar tier.
2. Teams with picks in the mid teens likely weren't receptive to trading down.

 

[coooldude]

Hamilton is not waiving. His wife is in fashion/influencer shit in NYC.

Hronek is not likely waiving. He's very possibly their future captain and doesn't want to leave.

Fox is not waiving to come to SJ.

Trouba isn't likely. He didn't want to come here before.

Stanley and Raddysh are not likely. They do feel closer to Grier players. Someone else is going to give them more term and AAV than Grier is likely to want to give... But they are at least more possible than the NMC guys.

Rielly is very possible. Nurse is very possible. Maybe Peeke is possible as people have been saying.

 

[sampler]

Alright: heres the next blockbuster. Sharks sign Jamie Oleksiak to a 2 year, 5M per and Desi at 2 years, 3M per, so that we can have a D pair of two 6'7 pillars on the PK to go with 6'5, kesselring, 6'4 shak, 6'3 Dick. Ginormous D corps.

Orlov- Kesselring
Oleksiak - Desharnais
Dick - Mukh
Cagnoni as the PP QB specialist/ injury fill in.

Either that or Trade #2+27+Cagnoni to WPG for 8+Morrissey.

Sharks will still very likely get one of the big D (Smits, Carels, Voerhoff, or Reid), and they get a super stud D whose still only 31 and signed ridiculously cheaply. Not likely, but a man can dream ;-)

I cannot imagine walking away from the first round of the draft with Voerhoff, Morrissey, and Kesselring. Wow, that would be fun