2024-25 San Jose Sharks Midseason Check In: There Are Tangible Improvements!
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 10 ก.พ. 2025
- This episode centers on the San Jose Sharks' journey through the 2024-2025 NHL season. As the team reaches the halfway mark, we evaluate their performance metrics to determine if a resurgence is on the horizon. Key players like Macklin Celebrini and Will Smith are in the spotlight, with discussions on how strategic line combinations are shaping the team's dynamics.
We also explore the Sharks' offensive progress and the defensive pairings that are making a significant impact. Special teams are examined, focusing on power play challenges and the stability of the penalty kill. These elements are crucial in understanding the team's current standing and potential for improvement.
Finally, we delve into the goaltending dynamics, analyzing standout performances and potential strategies for the Sharks' netminders. This comprehensive breakdown offers unique insights into the team's progress and future prospects. Join us for an in-depth analysis of the San Jose Sharks' season and their path forward.
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The increases in offense 5v5 for goals is the Celebrini effect. He missed 12 of the first 20. So it is absolutely understandable the increase we saw since the quarter mark.
Putting the stats on the screen is easier follow, compared to other videos where you talk Corsi For/Against but nothing to refer to.
The abysmal December sucks, except for the draft. The top four look to all be decent. Either Schaeffer or Hagens would be an amazing add.
32 points in 42 games
I think the improvement is encouraging but now Greer is going to need to make some painful decisions. I think by the trade deadline the player with the most value to a contender is Granlund. He’s in a contract year so it’s sign him to an extension, risk losing him at the end of the year or move him
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I agree that this will be the hardest decision for GMMG to make. IMO, it would be wise to resign Granlund (and the sooner the better). If you review their center depth for next season, they do not have a second line center as I believe Will Smith will not be ready to take the position over in the lineup.
The only other center that might be moved would be Sturm (on an expiring contract). As he is a fourth line center, it will be easier to replace him. With Bystedt playing as he is in the AHL, I do not think he will be ready for a full time role with the Sharks. So GMMG will need to go shopping for a replacement. With close to 34 million (according to Puckpedia) to spend (plus whatever the cap increases by) he will have plenty of ability to do so.
Not only that, but he might be able to get a player significantly better than Sturm as I believe GMMG will be working to further upgrade the Sharks roster for the 2025-2026 season.
As to what to pay Granlund (assuming he wants to stay and not contend for a cup), he is 32 now (with a February birthday) which will make him 33 if they do sign him to an extension. So, term and price is the issue.
IMO, GMMG should not sign him to more than a three year contract extension with a two year contract extension being the preference. I think Granlund will want three or more though.
As to the cost of the contract, I hope they can land somewhere in the 5 to 6 million AAV range. GMMG might have to overpay a bit here to keep him (especially if he wants to win a cup) but nothing like he did for Wennberg and Toffoli (when they were signed last offseason).
To me, if GMMG wants to keep Granlund, he needs to prioritize his contract over Zetterlund (he will be an RFA at the end of this season so he has more control and this leverage in negotiations (and Zetterlund openly stated he wants to stay long term in San Jose (Thank you Eklund))).
Just keep in mind (like in the Blackwood trade), if GMMG gets an offer he thinks he cannot refuse, then Granlund is most likely gone. If it was up to me, he would stay.
IMO, his impact on the team goes beyond his play on the ice. It is his teaching ability with Zetterlund and Eklund. How he has shepherded them over last season and to a lesser extent this one. It is how well they fit as a line. It gives Warso something to fall back on when needed (as he has done this season).
He also (IMO) could be valuable to help shepherd Will Smith as well, or other rookies (if they end up on his wing). His locker room presence and respect he has with the other players needs to be considered, as well as how he prepares himself for games and his consistent play.
He might have been a cap dump in the EK trade with Pitt, but he has been a boon for the Sharks and, IMO, could be an important part of the team for the near future.
@ I think my main point is that in order to get a major influx of young projectable talent in the draft in 2026 and more importantly 2027(an exceptionally talented class) they’ll need to trade obvious talent on the team with an eye looking forward. There was little blowback on the Blackwood trade because fans are getting to see the future in Askavov but Granlund has been very good as a second line center so there are going to be many criticisms when he gets moved.
I understand the point, but I believe they are in the "build" stage of the rebuild which typically does not involve trading the talent you have to get better draft picks.
They could move players on the last year of their contracts such as Granlund, Sturm, Kunin, Ceci, and Rutta among others but if they moved most of them there would be major holes in their current roster that they cannot fill.This creates a bad environment for players like Celebrini and Smith that are still developing (albeit in the NHL).
Even if they managed to trade what they have, I do not think they have any players would get them more than a second round pick. Maybe if Granlund gets back to being about a point a game, but even he would not get (IMO) more than a late first round pick. Everyone else would garner middle round picks more than likely.
Also, drafting players is a gamble. Players in drafts are projected, but almost none of them (other than the Beddard and Celebrini types) are certain to be what they are projected as. The later the round the less projectable they become. Some will be better and most will be worse.
I think they will be using the picks they do have to acquire developed talent (FAs and RFAs). The big reason is that players like Eklund, Thompson, Graf, Zetterlund, Thrun, Muhk, Smith, Kovalenko, Celebrini, Askarov and others will be playing significant minutes and making big contributions throughout the lineup.
Add in players in the Cuda like Bystedt, Cardwell and Cagnoni and the roster starts to get pretty full but there will be holes. They are not going to need top draft picks, they are going to need players to fill those remaining holes in the roster.
So, at least in my mind, I am not concerned with the Sharks having top draft picks in the 2026 and 2027 drafts. I am concerned with the Sharks filling out the roster and watching them contend for playoff spots.
If they are still looking at top draft picks in the 1016 and 2027 drafts, they have a huge issue. It means that the rebuild is becoming something reminiscent of the Buffalo and Ottawa rebuilds. Not a good place.
They should be in the playoff picture not hoping for a top draft pick. Just my thoughts.
@ I understand your point but the Sharks realistic competitive window makes everyone 30 and older a trade piece. Certainly you need an influx of veterans to guide the team’s younger players both on the ice and in the locker room but if the Sharks want to get to contention you’re constantly upgrading with youth at this point in the rebuild. The trade deadline is coming up. I expect Mike Greer is going to maximize the value on his assets by being active
I agree with you. I actually thought that this was a fault with Doug Wilson as he almost entirely leaned on veterans with no youth. Great points that I cannot argue against.
One of my biggest compliments of GMMG is his use of assets and how active he is when he sees anything that might improve the roster. He seems to turn over every stone and work every angle in pursuit of improving the roster for now and in the future.
I do think that going forward the picks they get will be later and later in the draft so they really need to be good at finding promising prospects with later picks. Thoughts?
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