You're making an insane amount of speculation about the season, the player and the future. Maybe he doesn't want to play second fiddle to McKinnon? Maybe Rossi has a KK type season and maybe KK signs longterm and helps lure him in. You're not really putting much thought into it other than "Colorado good".
Speculation: Tomas Hertl
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Bank Shot
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You're missing the point.
Hertl will evaluate at the trade deadline which teams give him the best shot at winning the Cup and will likely only be interested in going to that small handful of teams.
It won't be a true bidding war between all 16 playoff teams as Hertl has the power to nix deals.
This will very likely limit the value received by the SJS as fewer bidders generally means lower bids.
HabsAddict
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He would look great in a CH but that damn cap.
We got Drouin at 5.5 and Byron at 3.5....both got to go to make room for at least the 7.5 he's going to want. Then we have Suzuki who also needs 6-7.
Hab haters aside, adding him would bring the well balanced but no star forward group up a big notch. Three offensive lines, a hard core defensive one.....and slow mountain man defense. Can't have it all!
We got Drouin at 5.5 and Byron at 3.5....both got to go to make room for at least the 7.5 he's going to want. Then we have Suzuki who also needs 6-7.
Hab haters aside, adding him would bring the well balanced but no star forward group up a big notch. Three offensive lines, a hard core defensive one.....and slow mountain man defense. Can't have it all!
Bank Shot
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Marchand -- Bergeron -- Smith
Hall -- Hertl -- Pasta
That's what I want to personally see, even if the Bruins stick with Coyle/Stud as the 2nd line center. Marchand/Bergeron are elite enough to still do their thing while helping to push Smith offensively while Hall -- Pasta would be an elite pairing for the 2nd line. Perfection would get reunited on the 1st unit PP or in late game situations where they need a momentum shift.
Not that I disagree, but does it really make sense for San Jose to sign Hertl to a long-term contract? By the time San Jose gets rid of all the bad contracts, Hertl's prime will be gone.
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Nah. Hertl's good but people don't go out of their way and buy tickets to see him live, sorry. Trading him shouldn't have much impact on attendance and interest in Sharks hockey going forward
Interesting. I’m not going to pretend that I know big of a celebrity Hertl is in San Jose, but I always thought that hockey players move around relatively unnoticed in California. Unless there are a bunch of Hertl fans specifically, most fans care more about the team’s success than an individual player.
Does Couture not count? In my opinion, from a business perspective it makes the most sense to become competitive again to draw back the casual fans, rather than appease the fans that will most likely show up regardless Hertl is on the team or not.
themelkman
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Sharks dont care about retaining, but you have to offer something you will be mad at giving up to get Hertl
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I think it's weird that people say SJ is in win now mode.
They are a bottom-5 team.
They have almost no cap to bring in good enough players.
They have bottom-5 prospect pool.
They shouldn't be in win now mode, they should be in blow it up and rebuild mode.
They are a bottom-5 team.
They have almost no cap to bring in good enough players.
They have bottom-5 prospect pool.
They shouldn't be in win now mode, they should be in blow it up and rebuild mode.
HabsAddict
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We can't resign him because we have no cap left. Unless we can give away Drouin and Byron then pay through the nose, it's not going to work. Then we have Suzuki to lock up and that is not going to come cheap IF he's the real deal.
I said he would look good in the CH.....which basically mean photoshop!
Weird or not it's what management says. They intend to try for the playoffs.
Bottom 5 team season before last, 7th last season right? Small details but now with better goaltending and everyone healthy and with more vet depth they could easily be a bubble playoff team or better considering the pacific is a tire fire of a division. No, I don't see them as a "contender" but they're not as far off as some think from at least being a playoff team.
They don't need to bring in "good enough players" they need the ones they have to play up to their ability and stay healthy and then the over abundance of young guys on the cusp of becoming full time NHLers to actually take the next step. The GM completely remade the goaltending position this last off season which was by far and away their biggest weakness. Don't sleep on Doug Wilson, they don't call him the Dentist for nothing.
Wrong about the prospect pool. Almost every person that ranks prospect systems says the sharks are in the top 1/3rd or higher now after adding like 20 players the last couple years.
Sharks can't blow it up. None of the contracts they would need to move to "blow it up" can be moved. The GM intends to straddle the line between restocking the system as much as possible while attempting to ice an entertaining team.
Lastly, this whole thread is dumb AF because the GM ain't letting Hertl out of SJ. But hey, you guys go nuts.
