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Jesus i was way too optimistic when i thought they may be able to win against the mediocre at best Pens but man Sharks are on a level of suck few reach . Maybe one thats never been reached.
 
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Cas said:
We acquired said veteran players in trade instead.

Those veteran players - Mike Hoffman, Jan Rutta, Mikael Granlund - just happen to be garbage, alongside our own immovable veteran players - Vlasic, Ferraro, Labanc.

We're pretty close to capped out as it is - projected to have $3.8 million in cap space. Not a lot of room.



He's one of our better players.

That should indicate just how bad we are, because he's trash and off to Europe next year.
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My apologies, I didn’t know they were that close to the cap ceiling. Not sure what else they can do.

Mattb124 said:
The Sharks’ roster is full of vets who will be available for trade at the TDL.
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How many of them would even return a mid round pick? Guys like Hoffman & Granlund are cooked.
 
elitepete said:
How many of them would even return a mid round pick? Guys like Hoffman & Granlund are cooked.
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Hoffman might get us future considerations if we retained 50%. Travis needs to take Hoffman's career out to the corn house.

Granlund might still have a little life in him, but with his contract he has zero value. We're stuck with him until next season.

Guys like Barabanov and Duclair might have a little value. Labanc and Kunin probably have none. Couture and Hertl are good players but bad assets, probably no value.

This team is just that bad and has no path to improve in the span of a year or two.
 
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The 1992-93 Sharks:
11-71-2 (24 points) proudly and forevermore
holding down the title of the worst team in franchise history...

The 2023-24 Sharks: Hold my beer.
That '93 team? They were blown out by 8 or more goals just once - we've done it twice, two games in a row and we still got 70 more to play!
 
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On another board someone said that last time someone has lost two games in a row giving double digit goals happened in the 60s. I'm too lazy to check if that if true, but man.
 
they have over-tanked. i also don't see any kind of a coherent plan to entertain or play with an identity or develop anything with that roster and the barracudas also suck. it seems like it is just a completely wasted year for everyone in the organization. i am not sure greer can hockey ops.

maybe they were hoping to get some past their prime but respectable forwards as a byproduct of weaponizing cap space and nobody blinked. at this point they are going to have to be legitimate buyers of such players to survive the season.

on the bright side, this is the best shot cole cassels will ever have to play in the nhl.
 
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Cas said:
Hoffman might get us future considerations if we retained 50%. Travis needs to take Hoffman's career out to the corn house.

Granlund might still have a little life in him, but with his contract he has zero value. We're stuck with him until next season.

Guys like Barabanov and Duclair might have a little value. Labanc and Kunin probably have none. Couture and Hertl are good players but bad assets, probably no value.

This team is just that bad and has no path to improve in the span of a year or two.
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Hertl would have some value if it wasn't for the fact that he is signed until 2030 while almost being 30.
 
TheStatican said:
The 1992-93 Sharks:
11-71-2 (24 points) proudly and forevermore
holding down the title of the worst team in franchise history...

The 2023-24 Sharks: Hold my beer.
That '93 team? They were blown out by 8 or more goals just once - we've done it twice, two games in a row and we still got 70 more to play!
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That 92-93 team at least had Link Gaetz to entertain us while getting our asses handed to us.

This team is as weak physically as they are defensively.

Cas said:
Hoffman might get us future considerations if we retained 50%. Travis needs to take Hoffman's career out to the corn house.

Granlund might still have a little life in him, but with his contract he has zero value. We're stuck with him until next season.

Guys like Barabanov and Duclair might have a little value. Labanc and Kunin probably have none. Couture and Hertl are good players but bad assets, probably no value.

This team is just that bad and has no path to improve in the span of a year or two.
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All of those players, along with Zadina, our perfectly competent and wonderful GM ( :sarcasm: ) acquired were *supposedly* brought in to flip for high picks in future drafts.

I don't think you could manage to swindle the worst GM in the league to give up anything more than a 7th for any of them right now.
 
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Seems like management took a look at Andrew Peeke's -41 last season and said "Hold my beer".
 
krutovsdonut said:
they have over-tanked. i also don't see any kind of a coherent plan to entertain or play with an identity or develop anything with that roster and the barracudas also suck. it seems like it is just a completely wasted year for everyone in the organization. i am not sure greer can hockey ops.

maybe they were hoping to get some past their prime but respectable forwards as a byproduct of weaponizing cap space and nobody blinked. at this point they are going to have to be legitimate buyers of such players to survive the season.

on the bright side, this is the best shot cole cassels will ever have to play in the nhl.
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And I think that a great outcome for overtaking is the case of the Buffalo Sabres. One time in 10 you get Berard.



The rest of the time you just lose 10 to 15 years of good hockey to watch
 
Chuck Norris Trophy said:
On another board someone said that last time someone has lost two games in a row giving double digit goals happened in the 60s. I'm too lazy to check if that if true, but man.
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krutovsdonut said:
they have over-tanked. i also don't see any kind of a coherent plan to entertain or play with an identity or develop anything with that roster and the barracudas also suck. it seems like it is just a completely wasted year for everyone in the organization. i am not sure greer can hockey ops.

maybe they were hoping to get some past their prime but respectable forwards as a byproduct of weaponizing cap space and nobody blinked. at this point they are going to have to be legitimate buyers of such players to survive the season.

on the bright side, this is the best shot cole cassels will ever have to play in the nhl.
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That’s because there isn’t any with this roster because most of the players aren’t part of the future. I’d say only Eklund and Hertl will be a part of this team in 2 years time. In terms of Barracuda? Yeah, no shit they stink. Almost all of the guys drafted in the last two or three years aren’t there either. There’s Robins, Bordeleau and Gushlin plus Muhkamadulin and Thrun from trades and that’s probably it for potential NHLers. The rest is a bunch of late round lottery tickets like Brandon Coe and Gannon Laroque or free agents like Justin Bailey and Valeri Pulli.

The drafted guys aren’t anywhere close to this trainwreck.
 
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The Sharks fell to 0-10-1 to matched the 11-game winless starts by the New York Rangers in 1943 and the Arizona Coyotes in 2017 and 2021. The last time a team allowed 10 or more goals in consecutive games was the Boston Bruins in 1965. The Sharks lost 10-1 to the Vancouver Canucks on Thursday.

San Jose has only scored 12 goals this season, and its minus-42 goal differential is the worst for an NHL team ever through 11 games.
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The 1965 Bruins were so bad the Bruins had Oshawa play Niagara Falls in Boston to prove that Orr existed.

When I was out there a little over 2 weeks ago several locals told me they are convinced the team has been stripped to pave the way for a sale to the NBA Warriors and moving to Chase Center in San Francisco for the 2025-2026 season. Apparently, Chase was designed to be NHL-ready but modifications would be needed - but it is not like Barclays in Brooklyn.
 
What an exciting rematch for the Cup finals from previous years, 12 goals scored!
 
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