Confirmed Signing with Link: [SJS] F Max Veronneau signs with the Sharks (1 year, $750k, two-way; begins 2022-23)

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Max Véronneau - Stats, Contract, Salary & More

Eliteprospects.com hockey player profile of Max Véronneau, 1995-12-12 Sandy Hill, ON, CAN Canada. Most recently in the undefined with Leksands IF. Complete player biography and stats.

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For those interested, here is his EP.

 

[Brodeur]

 

[themelkman]

Wow hes only 26 I thought he was like 32

 

[Neiler]

I didn't see any significant NHL qualities in his time in Ottawa. Seems like a classic lower league high scorer who doesn't exist on NHL ice. Hope he turns things around.

 

[PullHard]

I understand this is a very minor signing, absolutely no risk involved, but I still have to ask

Why?

 

[Hale The Villain]

Good signing for the Sharks.

Was one of the top NCAA UFAs in 2018/19 and looked good in his initial stint in Ottawa, but had a dreadful follow-up season.

He's always been a playmaker so seeing him with 46 goals in his last 76 SHL games is surprising.

 

[Pinkfloyd]

I understand this is a very minor signing, absolutely no risk involved, but I still have to ask

Why?

Worst case scenario is that he adds veteran experience to their AHL team that is going to have a large influx of young players to it. They can't allow themselves to be a completely trash team again next year with all those kids. They're looking at a minimum of five pro rookies going to the Barracuda up front. Six if they want to slide Eklund another season. Seven if they decide to sign Linus Oberg. Raska will be a 21 year old 2nd year player there. Hamaliuk will be a 22 year old 2nd year player there and Ibragimov will also be a 2nd year guy with limited AHL experience because he just wasn't very good. It's a lot of youth and not so good when they need to be competitive.

 

[Groo]

Sharks have been bringing in guys like this for some time now. We get some production but not anything that has really panned out

 

[Cas]

I understand this is a very minor signing, absolutely no risk involved, but I still have to ask

Why?

The Barracuda also really suck.

 

[themelkman]

Sharks have been bringing in guys like this for some time now. We get some production but not anything that has really panned out

Donskoi was excellent, Melker was pretty good for a few years, Barabanov has done well. They are very hit or miss but the stratedgy is basically free assets so why not?

 

[Groo]

Donskoi was excellent, Melker was pretty good for a few years, Barabanov has done well. They are very hit or miss but the stratedgy is basically free assets so why not?

We get something from them and then they kind of peter out.

 

[Chainshot]

Worst case scenario is that he adds veteran experience to their AHL team that is going to have a large influx of young players to it. They can't allow themselves to be a completely trash team again next year with all those kids. They're looking at a minimum of five pro rookies going to the Barracuda up front. Six if they want to slide Eklund another season. Seven if they decide to sign Linus Oberg. Raska will be a 21 year old 2nd year player there. Hamaliuk will be a 22 year old 2nd year player there and Ibragimov will also be a 2nd year guy with limited AHL experience because he just wasn't very good. It's a lot of youth and not so good when they need to be competitive.

It can't hurt to have a vet with a wealth of experiences between his collegiate time, his time overseas in Sweden, being a sought after UDFA and dealing with some of the expectations of that. He's got to have a lot of wisdom over a relatively short career.

 

[Brodeur]

I understand this is a very minor signing, absolutely no risk involved, but I still have to ask

Why?

Unsexy part about being GM is stocking your AHL roster. After trading away picks, San Jose only had 10 selections between 2018-2019 so there's a little bit of a gap there and Veronneau wouldn't necessarily be blocking anybody. They'll get an influx of forwards from 2020 (Bordeleau/Wiesblatt/Robins) who'll be first year pros next season.

NHL RWs: Barabanov (LW), Labanc, Balcers (LW)
AHL RWs: Veronneau, Wiesblatt, Blichfeld, Coe, Raska

As others mentioned, San Jose's AHL team has the worst record in the league. So Veronneau could provide some "veteran" help there. Best case for Veronneau, he has a shot at winning an NHL spot.

 

[fasterthanlight]

This is the one thing I really appreciate about the sharks management right now. Despite the questionable decision to tighten the blindfold and yell "plofffs boys we in the ploffffs", I like that they actively recruit folks from Europe like this. Even Suomela got us Baravanov somehow

 

[TheBeard]

We get something from them and then they kind of peter out.

Donskoi has been the exact same player year in year out. He’s as consistent as they get in terms of point production.

 

[Groo]

Donskoi has been the exact same player year in year out. He’s as consistent as they get in terms of point production.

Sure but he hit that plateau early

 

[TheBeard]

Sure but he hit that plateau early

Sort of. Up until this year in Seattle, he'd become a more prolific goalscorer.

 

[Gecklund]

Sure but he hit that plateau early

I mean that plateau was pretty high especially considering they spent nothing on him.

 

[Groo]

I mean that plateau was pretty high especially considering they spent nothing on him.

Not really that high.

 

[Gecklund]

Not really that high.

I’d take a middle 6 forward for free any day of the week.

 

[Groo]

I’d take a middle 6 forward for free any day of the week.

Middling at best

 

[Gecklund]

Middling at best

He was a legit second liner on COL who is way better than us. He’s a good middle 6 winger even if he doesn’t fit your size requirements.

 

[Groo]

He was a legit second liner on COL who is way better than us. He’s a good middle 6 winger even if he doesn’t fit your size requirements.

Size has nothing to do with it

Joonas Donskoi Career Stats​

Season	Team	GP	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPP	SHG	SHP	GWG	OTG	S	S%	FO%
2015-2016	SJS	76	11	25	36	4	20	3	8	0	0	1	0	107	10.28	66.67
2016-2017	SJS	61	6	11	17	-5	10	1	4	0	0	0	0	95	6.32	50
2017-2018	SJS	66	14	18	32	10	26	1	5	0	0	2	0	129	10.85	41.67
2018-2019	SJS	80	14	23	37	10	10	1	3	0	0	4	0	115	12.17	10
2019-2020	COL	65	16	17	33	2	26	4	5	0	0	2	0	111	14.4	42.86
2020-2021	COL	51	17	14	31	14	10	5	8	0	0	3	0	86	19.8	41.94
2021-2022	SEA	67	2	17	19	-10	14	0	3	0	1	0	0	80	2.5	35.71
Career	-	466	80	125	205	25	116	15	36	0	1	12	0	723	11.1	40.2

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2017-2018
2018-2019
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2020-2021
2021-2022
Career

Like I said middling​