The San Jose Sharks are horror-bad

[karltonian]

No worries, they will beat the Penguins tomorrow.

EK65 will start a multi-point per game streak, book it

 

[Pierce Hawthorne]

Who is trading for him and his contract?

I would think plenty of teams would be interested?


His contract isn't bad by any means. He's coming off a couple of 65 point seasons on bad Sharks teams. He could easily be a solid 2C on a good team and an $8M cap hit is pretty reasonable for that.

 

[troyerlaw]

If I'm Tomas Hertl I'd request a trade after tonight and after these first 10 games.


Dude is literally on an island. He and Duclair are the only two players that aren't 4th line/bottom pairing caliber or worse on that entire roster.

And yet he was invisible tonight while Zetterlund and Ecklund and ancient Vlaasic continued to bust their ass, despite the incredibly lopsided score. I wasn’t impressed with 48 tonight.

Who is trading for him and his contract?

This

 

[Bourne Endeavor]

If I'm Tomas Hertl I'd request a trade after tonight and after these first 10 games.


Dude is literally on an island. He and Duclair are the only two players that aren't 4th line/bottom pairing caliber or worse on that entire roster.

I feel bad for Duclair. He went from a pretty solid Florida team to being dumped for cap reasons into this mess.

 

[Chaels Arms]

Quinn is going to get kicked out of the Rhode Island Hockey Hall of Fame.

 

[Skeksis25]

I would think plenty of teams would be interested?


His contract isn't bad by any means. He's coming off a couple of 65 point seasons on bad Sharks teams. He could easily be a solid 2C on a good team and an $8M cap hit is pretty reasonable for that.

I'll fly from New Jersey to San Jose to drive him to the airport if any team wants him.

 

[Steddy33]

If I'm Tomas Hertl I'd request a trade after tonight and after these first 10 games.


Dude is literally on an island. He and Duclair are the only two players that aren't 4th line/bottom pairing caliber or worse on that entire roster.

If by "on an island" you mean relaxing with his feet up not playing hockey then I completely agree. Haven't seen the dude try yet this season in my limited viewings

 

[Pierce Hawthorne]

I feel bad for Duclair. He went from a pretty solid Florida team to being dumped for cap reasons into this mess.

Yeah, unfortunate for sure.


Gotta believe the Sharks are gonna make some significant moves here soon. Even if its just waiving a few guys, sending them down and bringing some kids up from the AHL team to get a chance... You cant just keep doing nothing after an 0-9-1 start and a 10-1 absolute beat down.

 

[CrazyDuck4u]

I feel bad for Duclair. He went from a pretty solid Florida team to being dumped for cap reasons into this mess.

Should be a good deadline pickup.. maybe for the kings

 

[Cas]

Yeah, unfortunate for sure.


Gotta believe the Sharks are gonna make some significant moves here soon. Even if its just waiving a few guys, sending them down and bringing some kids up from the AHL team to get a chance... You cant just keep doing nothing after an 0-9-1 start and a 10-1 absolute beat down.

Can you waive an entire team?

 

[Siludin]

Yeah, unfortunate for sure.


Gotta believe the Sharks are gonna make some significant moves here soon. Even if its just waiving a few guys, sending them down and bringing some kids up from the AHL team to get a chance... You cant just keep doing nothing after an 0-9-1 start and a 10-1 absolute beat down.

Hiring a rookie GM for to manage an aging team with a terrible salary structure through a series of tanking seasons wasn't the plan?

 

[Pavelski2112]

Hopefully we end up as the worst team of all time so we at least win at something

 

[Ghetty Green]

Maybe that EK dude actually had a positive impact last season. Huh, wouldn't you know..

Of course. Look at the Pens ...

 

[Pierce Hawthorne]

Hopefully we end up as the worst team of all time so we at least win at something

At this point it feels extremely likely quite frankly...

Wonder what the worst record of all time is excluding expansion teams? The 2016/17 Avs were pretty terrible, might have been like the 2nd or 3rd worst team IIRC. They ended with 47 points I think and I cant imagine San Jose getting close to that lol.

 

[Headshot77]

This is ugly. They should just completely tear it down at this point. Sell off the vets

This is the torn down roster.

 

[Blue and Green]

Canucks goals tonight: 10
Sharks goals this season: 9

Oooooof.

We had 'em but dammit they scored late to get the tie.

 

[TheBeard]

Hiring a rookie GM for to manage an aging team with a terrible salary structure through a series of tanking seasons wasn't the plan?

No GM was going to be able to turn this trainwreck around in less than 3 years. The important thing to realize that most of the young players we’ve picked up over the last couple of seasons via trade or draft are not on this team. This is a temporary product of ragtag losers with no bearing on the future.

 

[HockeyWooot]

Just watched the game. Didn't realize they were this bad.

At a glance it seems like the dcorps is the weakest link, pretty much AHL calibre.

If addressed they should at least be able to play a stingy defensive game to be competitive. Gotta feel for the players and fans of that team.

Not sure what the plan is there.

 

[Pavelski2112]

Just watched the game. Didn't realize they were this bad.

At a glance it seems like the dcorps is the weakest link, pretty much AHL calibre.

If addressed they should at least be able to play a stingy defensive game to be competitive. Gotta feel for the players and fans of that team.

Not sure what the plan is there.

There's no offense either. Our leading goal scorer is Fabian Zetterlund with 3. The highest point scorer on our team is Hertl with 5.

 

[DamonDRW]

Just watched the game. Didn't realize they were this bad.

At a glance it seems like the dcorps is the weakest link, pretty much AHL calibre.

If addressed they should at least be able to play a stingy defensive game to be competitive. Gotta feel for the players and fans of that team.

Not sure what the plan is there.

There is only one plan in the modern NHL - suck as hard as you can and hope you get lucky.

 

[Hierso]

The remaining people are Canucks fans.

I'd probably leave if i was a nucks fan too, games like these are not fun to watch regardless if you win or lose.

 

[krutovsdonut]

sharks appear to have a worse lineup than they did as an expansion team.

 

[Dust]

Didn't watch the game, but shout out to Rutta who managed to be even in 20 minutes of play.

 

[CaptainShark]

I can´t tell you how glad I am that NHL.com did not upload the video-recap before I got up this morning.

Watching that would probably have come at the price of a new screen and bluetooth speaker...

 

[Church Hill]

What's the longest losing streak that an NHL coach can survive? David Quinn is at 10.

Yes, Mike Grier's plan in San Jose is to tank and build through the draft. You're not supposed to be so damn blatant about it, though. This is the NHL, and the game tonight was simply not a competitive game for this league. Makes a fan wonder "what are we even doing here?"

This was Quinn's 300th game coached.