Se demandant la question de savoir si les Sharks du 25-26 à San Jose sont en train de bronzer cette saison.
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Se demandant la question de savoir si les Sharks du 25-26 à San Jose sont en train de bronzer cette saison.
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It’s time to win 30 at least. This 18-19 wins seasons is bullshit now. I’m not saying playoffs but 30 wins has to be our goal or firing has to happen. Enough is enough
Great analysis as always Professor! It's great to see that your not tanking this summer haha. I hope that your summer up in Quebec is going well and it's hard to believe that the start of the regular season is only a few months away!
I’m excited for Mukh this season. I think he steps up
Not rushing in to making moves I don’t consider that tanking I didn’t thank they were tanking last year
I actually felt like Ferraro improved significantly towards the end of last season. He even started showing some offensive tendencies. He carried the puck more, and randomly swatted it around the boards in full panic mode less. It wouldn't surprise me if this season turns out a breakout year for him.
Hell naw!
I call tanking trying to get 1st oa. Verhoeff is my target this draft, and I have this feeling that McKenna isn't Grier's type of player as skilled as he is but who knows. Even if you did get him I wouldn't be mad trading down for Verhoeff and a '27 unprotected first from PIT for better odds at DuPont for example. But anyway, I think Grier's done a good job finding D men who can help transport the puck for getting Celebrini and Smith more Ozone time. I think this is how you really develop your guys without ruining their mental while still trying to get high picks. There's a difference in going from last place to 25th with a bunch of guys you're planning to flip sooner or later, than last to 25th with a bunch of young guys who're going to be part of your future core. The latter is cumulative, more synergy to be built that'll be crucial in the playoffs, and more meaningful to the team culture and identity. It's coming very soon.
They were -105 goal differential last year, and the next closest was -70.
Basically, they've improved from a "best in class" terrible team to a "run of the mill" terrible team, which should put them between 29th and 32nd…again.
Not tanking, but in the tank for another season. Thus, in '25-'26 I'm looking for youth development, fewer games surrendering 7+ goals, and a good lottery spot.
In '26-'27 I expect to see a jump in the standings, but the real fun begins after '26-'27 when Couture, Vlasic, Jones, Goodrow, Orlov., Karlsson and Gaudette come off the books – approximately $21 million dollars in cap space. So two more seasons of growth/assess what they have.
Such an interesting analysis on Smith.
I watched him in a home game against Edmonton this last season and was SO disappointed. He wasn’t keeping up with anybody and looked absolutely gassed, like 40yo beer league gassed.
The best San Jose Sharks 🦈 channel on YouTube. The Sharks will be better but their Stanley Cup will look like Gavin McKenna or a top three pick
Before watching, any games with Dellandrea, goodrow, and Reeves…. you're tanking
We can also highlight back up solutions like Liljegren, Cagnoni, maybe Chernyshov, Misa? Plus we have a one year more experienced young coach back as a world champion. The whole squad is deeper and better geared up IMO.
I think the goal is to improve over last year, but if they do end up bombing no one will shed many tears at another high pick, especially if the one year deals hit and can be flipped for more assets
P1-They don’t need to be a worse team than they were last year.
P2-Just the worst team this year.
C1-If ya ain’t got a shot at first…work to be last!😎🤣
Keep up the great work🖖
How many years is grier gonna get ,before he has to win?
I think the Blackhawks will tank in order to try and get Bedard's cousin Mckenna😂
If they were tanking fully, they would have kept Agent Georgiev.
Appreciate the optimism PH! Question, let’s say Misa, Dickinson, Asky and maybe a 4th probably Igor all look good in the NHL this year. You think GMMG puts his foot on thr gas for this rebuild? Maybe gets some big name/s in the next offseason?
misa celebrini mckenna = dynasty
With the amount of short term contracts and nobody really signed beyond the next few seasons, I believe YES the Sharks are still tanking. The additions they’ve made this offseason were made with the intent of flipping them at the deadline. So yeah, it’s hard to look at this team and think there’s support being added for the young core.
I don’t understand your belief that Liljegren won’t be part of our top 6. He’s likely to part of our top 4 defenseman.
hm, I like the approach of this vid. will be considering your points!
I would love to tank another year and get Makenna
Nobody tanks.
Tanking? Probably but not in the way they gunned for Celebrini. This team is full of NHL bridge players that help buy time for the Kids on the Cuda, the bridge players also help provide some veteran leadership for the young guns on the team. And if things go well, the said bridge players build trade equity for the Sharks to take advantage of the trade deadline. If the Cuda prospects arent ready, Grier will likely ride a few of the bridge players to free agency. All in all its a huge development year at both pro levels, the fan and media expectations should be at a minimum, like bottom 5 finish minimum.
1: +
2: – –
3: +
4: even: Sturm were injured a lot
Top D: ++: Basically Walman = Klingberg (less mobility, better game sense). They get Orlov for free.
Mid D: even: Muk >= Ceci.
Low D: +
Dickinson could cause problems, but he'll hopefully make up for it.
G: even: Blackwood only played 19 games, and I think Askarov and Nedeljkovic would be upgrades on Vanecek.
There are less tradeable assets now, and potential callups looks more promising. I expect them to finish 2nd-3rd last. 65 points. 13p improvement. Chicago, Pittsburgh and Boston feels like the contenders. Maybe Buffalo and Nashville too. Pacific looks much better this season. Calgary and Edmonton are the only teams that I would say is not clearly trending upwards. This is actually a blessing in disguise as those matchups have a greater impact on the standings. If they can improve their record against the majority of the teams, then I think that's something that should be put forward as a success, even if they end up finishing last again.
Great video professor! Grier definitely has a very demeanor than previous years. He expressed much more emotion in the desire to improve. When asked about season goals, instead of being vague and saying something like “we would like to show improvement and we will see what happens at the deadline”, he was more specific in expressing that they want to be playing games that matter in March. To me this shows that the sharks will not start off the year tanking, but if the deadline comes around and they are still in last, then he will sell off pieces and tank.
Also I know you dont usually take video requests/suggestions, but it might be cool to look across the league at teams that the Sharks that could potentially pass and what it would take to do it. For example: Imo the two teams that SJ should pass just by being a better team on paper are the Hawks and the Pens. Some teams that the sharks could potentially pass could be Phili, Buffalo, Seattle, Nashville, Boston, or Calgary. Nothing against these teams, they are just teams that I think could bottom out if enough goes wrong. So looking at what would need to go wrong for those teams and what would need to go right for the Sharks could be interesting. Basically to calculate a potential range of where they could to finish in the standings.
I'll be on board no matter what. Rooting for the California Golden Seals as a youth has prepared me. At least the defense corps has upgraded a bit from the abysmal crew that finished the season.
I wouldn't sleep on Kaspar Halttunen! This guy could be top 6 winger IMO, slotting players down perhaps bumping Delly or Goody out.
If Celebrini was ready for 1c, doesn’t Misa appear ready for a winger spot?