I don't understand your comment? I wasn't replying to you. Pretty sure I was in agreement with what you've said? Are you asking between you and I or you and Hab dude?
Speculation: Tomas Hertl
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Groo
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vatali
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Meier is done as a shark. That last contract was already the boat anchor. No way the sharks QO him, no way he leaves money on the table as a young UFA. The Sharks already know he is both not coming back and untradeable as a re-signable asset. All they are doing is biding their time
Yeah ok. Sure. Is this Timo I'm talking to here?
No? Then you're just pulling this out of your ass I assume? That's what I thought. 
They don't need to QO him, they need to sign him to a long term deal. Happens all the time. No agent is going to push for a 10mil per contract with the pandemic and his performance these last 2 seasons.
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Groo
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Which still technically makes them not a bottom five team. Using shorthand incorrectly is still incorrect no matter your willingness to accept that incorrect assertion.
vatali
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Yeah ok. Sure. Is this Timo I'm talking to here?
Why on earth would he sign a long term deal before testing UFA? If he does nothing as far as signing, he gets to have 31 other teams bid for him. as a 25 year old UFA power forward. I can't imagine anything the sharks offer as far as long term equates to that opportunity.
HabsAddict
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Ohh noooo...you got me.
Just like Sabre fans who thought Reinhart would bring in multiple first and a top center prospect.
I couldn't care less, i really wouldn't want to pay him 7-8 million extension...but real trade will hurt the dreamers. Besides, in 8 months, he's free.
Good luck....lol
Lol... so not only will a team not get his services for a playoff run, they're now competing with 31 other teams for him to sign with them.
But yeah. Simple! Just wait til summer and he'll sign with you.
That's the way those deals have always worked since the beginning of time. You get great value up front but give up potentially way more value in the long run. It's literally how it's been.
Groo
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Ohh noooo...you got me.
Just like Sabre fans who thought Reinhart would bring in multiple first and a top center prospect.
I couldn't care less, i really wouldn't want to pay him 7-8 million extension...but real trade will hurt the dreamers. Besides, in 8 months, he's free.
Good luck....lol
My wishful thinking is more along the lines of Hertl extending
HabsAddict
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31 teams AND KHL. not.
At most you got 2 teams that will interested and the rest are tire kickers. Avs and Knights...the rest are looking for bargain.
Good luck....
In the offseason??? If he hits it he’d be the best to do so since Tavares.
Because the Sharks can offer 8 years and others can't. There are millions of reasons not to test UFA. He's also going to be 28 in November.
Pavelski2112
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Two reasons for starters, he likes it in SJ and only SJ can offer him the 8th year on a contract. Let's see... Jumbo, Couture, Vlasic, EK65, Kane, Burns, Pavelski, Marleau all chose to forgo UFA at one point and sign long term in SJ. It's literally the most common outcome for good players and the Sharks So don't act so shocked. It just makes you look like you haven't been paying attention.
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I applaud your efforts but there's no way you're going to impart any reality on this rabble.
80/20 he re-signs IMO. If the Sharks are in playoff position at the olympic break he'll re-sign then if not earlier. My personal prediction is it gets done before the season starts.My wishful thinking is more along the lines of Hertl extending
But used to emphasize being wrong. The bottom five prospect pool was more objectionable. That’s absurdly wrong. But if you want to get hung up on that go for it.
vatali
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I think you misunderstood, I was discussing Timo Meier, who turns 25 in October. Eariler in the thread there was a comment that was "the sharks don't want another boat anchor" when discussing both Hertl and Meier contracts.
I completely agree that Hertl should/will be offered a 8 year deal by the Sharks. I do not believe the Sharks will offer Timo anything competitive. They won't qualify him, and as a 25 year old power forward, he will make more on the open market than he will from a Sharks offer. I don't see any world where the Sharks offer Meier 8 years in a contract after a current contract that pays him as the 11th highest player in the league. Both the Sharks and his agent setup his current deal in a way that ensured he went to UFA as a Shark after the 4th year of the deal. No one should be surprised in that.
I think they will trade Meier if he’s not willing to extend but that’s a next offseason thing.
vatali
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You think they will find someone who will give him 10M real cash in his final season? And will once again almost certainly lose him to UFA at the end of that season (as no one will qualify him at 10M)? I think this contract is as untradeable as Ek65
