*** San Jose Sharks Off-Season Thread ***

Originally posted by OnTheClock:

Originally posted by FredFlintstone:

Originally posted by OnTheClock:

Originally posted by ads_2006:

Originally posted by Hopper:
Speculate on anything other than hockeybuzz.

Fine:

With veteran defenseman Rob Blake set to retire, the San Jose Sharks will be looking for a replacement on their blueline this summer.
The Edmonton Journal reports the Oilers are looking to trade rearguard Sheldon Souray and the Sharks could be among the teams interested.

Souray, who has a cap hit of $5.4 million per season over the next two years, has an actual salary of $4.5 million, which Oilers GM Steve Tambellini told the Journal makes Souray more attractive.

Souray is willing to waive his no-trade clause and prefers to stay on the West coast.

I think we went after him a couple years ago, but idk about his cap hit and if he can get back to his MTL level of playing

I don't know if I want Souray.. he hasn't been anything noteworthy, at least I don't think, lately. We need a real replacement. A great veteran presence or a very good promising young player who'll become great.

souray is injured prone and when hes on his best hes an offensive dman. i dont know if i want him making that much and i sure as hell dont wanna trade useful players for him. maybe yrs ago MAYBE i wouldnt have minded him. he could help qb the power play as well so we dont have to kill boyle

Yeah, I think we're actually pretty comfortable letting Demers develop into that role. He's a pretty good offensive dman for being so young, but on top of that he made a lot of big play on D last year.

thats what we should do, give demers a full time roster spot and let him take his gm to another level than take an aging injury prone dman.

Originally posted by FredFlintstone:

Originally posted by OnTheClock:

Originally posted by FredFlintstone:

Originally posted by OnTheClock:

Originally posted by ads_2006:

Originally posted by Hopper:
Speculate on anything other than hockeybuzz.

Fine:

With veteran defenseman Rob Blake set to retire, the San Jose Sharks will be looking for a replacement on their blueline this summer.
The Edmonton Journal reports the Oilers are looking to trade rearguard Sheldon Souray and the Sharks could be among the teams interested.

Souray, who has a cap hit of $5.4 million per season over the next two years, has an actual salary of $4.5 million, which Oilers GM Steve Tambellini told the Journal makes Souray more attractive.

Souray is willing to waive his no-trade clause and prefers to stay on the West coast.

I think we went after him a couple years ago, but idk about his cap hit and if he can get back to his MTL level of playing

I don't know if I want Souray.. he hasn't been anything noteworthy, at least I don't think, lately. We need a real replacement. A great veteran presence or a very good promising young player who'll become great.

souray is injured prone and when hes on his best hes an offensive dman. i dont know if i want him making that much and i sure as hell dont wanna trade useful players for him. maybe yrs ago MAYBE i wouldnt have minded him. he could help qb the power play as well so we dont have to kill boyle

Yeah, I think we're actually pretty comfortable letting Demers develop into that role. He's a pretty good offensive dman for being so young, but on top of that he made a lot of big play on D last year.

thats what we should do, give demers a full time roster spot and let him take his gm to another level than take an aging injury prone dman.

Demers, for a 7th round pick, has been dang solid out there. 21 Points in 51 games as a rookie, while being +5. All that having to play paired with the inconsistent Huskins most of the time. I think next year he'll be very good, and the year after -- He'll be great.

8 days until marleau is a FA. This is not looking good.

nabby aint coming back

http://sharks.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=532391&navid=DL|SJS|home

now focus on resigning everyone else and get defensive help

Chris Mason is available.

Originally posted by FredFlintstone:
nabby aint coming back

http://sharks.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=532391&navid=DL|SJS|home

now focus on resigning everyone else and get defensive help

Exactly. Now it's time for a long-term deal for Marleau.

A tough decision, but it's the right one. It's very evident that we just need to build the pieces around him to get there. I love Nabby, but we just can't afford to invest all that money in a guy who won't be around we that much longer. We've gotta look towards the future.

Couture, McGinn, and Mitchell are bright young stars-in-the-making I feel -- well, after Seto, Clowe, and Pavs of course. And Demers and Vlasic are two, very good young defenseman. We just need more. Taylor Doherty is on the right track. Once those guys develop, we'll be set. But they've got a few years to go.

WOW!!!! for what its worth

http://twitter.com/NHLSourcesSay

why go for an older offensive dman who all i have memory of right now is not giving it all on that gm winning goal i believe against the canadiens. plus hes gonna demand a whole bunch of money. if we want to throw a lot on a dman why not defensive minded volchenkov whos 27

Originally posted by FredFlintstone:
WOW!!!! for what its worth

http://twitter.com/NHLSourcesSay

why go for an older offensive dman who all i have memory of right now is not giving it all on that gm winning goal i believe against the canadiens. plus hes gonna demand a whole bunch of money. if we want to throw a lot on a dman why not defensive minded volchenkov whos 27

yah

However, is that source credible?

[ Edited by ads_2006 on Jun 22, 2010 at 22:09:49 ]

Originally posted by ads_2006:

Originally posted by FredFlintstone:
WOW!!!! for what its worth

http://twitter.com/NHLSourcesSay

why go for an older offensive dman who all i have memory of right now is not giving it all on that gm winning goal i believe against the canadiens. plus hes gonna demand a whole bunch of money. if we want to throw a lot on a dman why not defensive minded volchenkov whos 27

yah

However, is that source credible?

i dont know, thats why i said for what its worth. but ive read there was another tweet that claimed the same thing

Originally posted by FredFlintstone:

Originally posted by ads_2006:

Originally posted by FredFlintstone:
WOW!!!! for what its worth

http://twitter.com/NHLSourcesSay

why go for an older offensive dman who all i have memory of right now is not giving it all on that gm winning goal i believe against the canadiens. plus hes gonna demand a whole bunch of money. if we want to throw a lot on a dman why not defensive minded volchenkov whos 27

yah

However, is that source credible?

i dont know, thats why i said for what its worth. but ive read there was another tweet that claimed the same thing

I dont think Dwill would do that.

Originally posted by ads_2006:

Originally posted by FredFlintstone:

Originally posted by ads_2006:

Originally posted by FredFlintstone:
WOW!!!! for what its worth

http://twitter.com/NHLSourcesSay

why go for an older offensive dman who all i have memory of right now is not giving it all on that gm winning goal i believe against the canadiens. plus hes gonna demand a whole bunch of money. if we want to throw a lot on a dman why not defensive minded volchenkov whos 27

yah

However, is that source credible?

i dont know, thats why i said for what its worth. but ive read there was another tweet that claimed the same thing

I dont think Dwill would do that.

What the heck is it with us and old farts on defense? And slow, old farts at that. Wallin and now Gonchar are no where near Blake's level; if we're getting someone old.. that's the least I'd expect. Why would we do this?..

I've heard no news on this so I'm not going to believe it just yet..

[ Edited by OnTheClock on Jun 23, 2010 at 00:42:38 ]

Today it's reported that the Gonchar trade is NOT true.

http://ca.sports.yahoo.com/nhl/blog/puck_daddy/post/The-last-days-of-Sergei-Gonchar-in-Pittsburgh-?urn=nhl,250717

Quote:
Last night, hockey fans were treated to another heaping spoonful of bovine excrement as this site claimed UFA defenseman Sergei Gonchar's(notes) negotiating rights had been traded by the Pittsburgh Penguins to the San Jose Sharks for ... well, they didn't get that far.

The information was borrowed by our friends at the Bleacher Report, which is fed into Google News like legitimate news sources, which leads readers to send us this link as if it's factual.

According to Rob Rossi of the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, it is not factual as of this morning. Especially with ESPN reporting that Gonchar's agent and GM Ray Shero will be talking in Los Angeles this week.

So, that's that. By the way. The draft is on Friday. I'll probably check that out. Hope the focus is on shut-down Dmen.

Bye bye Nabby...we'll miss you.

Originally posted by SF69ers:
Bye bye Nabby...f**k you.

X2

Originally posted by TeambyTheBay:

Originally posted by SF69ers:
Bye bye Nabby...f**k you.

X2

C'mon now. It was a good ride.