San Jose Sharks
Trade Values for Sharks Besides Karlsson, Meier? (+)
Trade rumors are swirling around more San Jose Sharks players than Erik Karlsson and Timo Meier right now.
I’ve reached out to an NHL source from outside the San Jose Sharks organization to get a sense of what the market is for players like Alexander Barabanov, Nico Sturm, Matt Benning, Mario Ferraro, James Reimer, Nick Bonino, Matt Nieto, Steven Lorentz, Jaycob Megna, and Jonah Gadjovich.
Marc-Edouard Vlasic and Kevin Labanc and Radim Simek’s contracts are still prohibitive to trade, by the way, so I don’t think those deals are going out the door without salary retention or other sweeteners.
So what are trade values for San Jose Sharks besides Karlsson and Meier, and are those values enough for GM Mike Grier to pull the trigger?
Let’s work through the Sharks’ depth assets, starting with Mario Ferraro and in order of AAV: