I want someone to correct me if I’m just spewing nonsense or misinformation. I’m just reading the details and going by emotions, but I am ignorant about how retention works. This just doesn’t make sense from my limited knowledge.
A favour to more than just Hertl unfortunately. Mikes reputation is going to pretty quickly be the guy who bends to players and gms when they come calling.
The return is a clear indication that sometimes you hold onto players instead of alienating what remains of a fanbase struggling to stay loyal. This is gonna be a bad look for the sharks during the dark years.
Oh, he did Hertl and the Knights a favor?
No retention slots for just over a year, at which point the Burns retention comes off the books. But it's not like we even have anyone else on the roster worth retaining on.
Yes, but not if Hert wanted to be in the playoffs and win a cup somewhere. You have to respect that players want to play for winning teams. Which means you get what you can for them.
Glad that first next year is unprotected because I'm sure we're all expecting the two time defending champs to suddenly be bottom feeders in a year.
Fans will only come back when the Sharks are a Cup contender again. This trade speeds up that process.
What they f*** does it matter that it’s an unprotected first? That means absolutely nothing. That team is stacked and is now absolutely the cup favorite.
"Glad that first next year is unprotected because I'm sure we're all expecting the team that's made the playoffs 13 of the past 14 years to suddenly be bottom feeders in a year" - Senators fans right after the Karlsson trade
