San Jose Sharks
9 Defensemen Sharks Could Target This Off-Season
It’s no secret that the San Jose Sharks need to upgrade their blueline this off-season.
They can’t count entirely on improvement from within: At the moment, veteran Dmitry Orlov and 19-year-old Sam Dickinson are the only NHL defensemen signed. RFA Shakir Mukhamadullin and a prospect like Eric Pohlkamp could also help, too. Their own UFAs, chiefly Mario Ferraro or Vincent Desharnais, might also return.
But if the San Jose Sharks want to make the playoffs next year, they’ll probably need at least one or two significant additions to this group.
Here are nine of the smarter possible adds, who could make the biggest impact on the Sharks blueline.
Let’s start with free agents.
When I say smart, keep in mind, every move is a risk.
But trying to add an impact UFA makes sense because it won’t cost the San Jose Sharks any of their prized young forward depth or cadre of picks and prospects.
Darren Raddysh
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How many do the Sharks need? I feel like Dickinson and Orlov are a good 3rd pair, and we need four top 4 dmen. I’m thinking four second pairing dmen will be the goal
Orlov can play 2nd pair with a good partner.
one of the better analyses of the draft situation I’ve heard. Its from a Canucks perspective, so it covers a lot about both Reid, Stenberg and Malhotra.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=–q5YbpziHM
That same podcast has also posted interesting conversations (same topic) with Cam Robinson and Craig Button, if you want different opinions – you can access them via the link above and clicking through to the podcast homepage and going to the Videos tab.
I think the hypothetical price is just “too damn high” on all of them. Aside from nemec, all these guys are at or past their ceiling, and we can reasonably expect their play to regress. If we gotta swing big might as well swing for something with a little more upside.
I do agree that we probably need de prioritize PP1 ability and focus getting good D first. The next Sergei Zubov will fall into our lap eventually (it’s obviously Muk jk), but for now we just need to not be the team that allows the most goals.
So many options between trade and UFA.In a perfect world I would want Hamilton, Trouba and Raddysh. A short, medium and long term solution on the right side. Can’t see them signing 2 of the top RD’s though.
I think I have become particularly enamored with the idea of Raddysh, especially if we draft Reid and develop him into the top guy. This allows Raddysh to be top pair and PP QB for the next few years and eventually shift to second pair when Reid is ready. This scenario meshes well with Raddysh’s age, and makes me more agreeable to giving Raddysh the longer deal he would be seeking, provided we can reach agreement on a sensible dollar amount.
Really like the idea of getting Taddysh but don’t want to get my hopes up. I’m still old enough to remember the Sharks pretty much always lose out on any of the premier UFAs. Haven’t signed a single one who didn’t get traded there first. maybe with Cele, times are a changing. My solution above means they don’t likely give up one of their 1sts. No idea where Nemec is on anyone’s list but if he were a potential young guy who can play now… I wonder if a deal can be worked to send 2OA to NJ with something… Read more »
I think maybe the best path with Raddysh is to monitor things, and if TB can’t get a deal done, get a sense of what it would take to sign him. If it is agreeable to SJ, I’d see if we can figure out modest compensation for TB in exchange for his rights, and then get him locked down before he hits the open market. No idea how realistic that is, though, but definitely prefer the path of not trading away 2OA. That’s a really interesting idea with NJ. Not necessarily opposed to it. The things that make me nervous:… Read more »
Yeah, for sure Grier would have to be happy with both of those guys as far as salary and potential and locker room fit first. I was just reading something about New Jersey and how they do not want to use their number 12. But then they also potentially want to move those two defenseman in the end so they can have Quinn when he gets traded to them or when he becomes a UFA.
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Love the guy but I hope not. That would be pretty underwhelming.
Raddysh is almost guaranteed to regress steeply. Sharks already has one “late bloomer” likely to regress in Sherwood, so another may be too much. But sometimes the league overreacts to the risk of regression and you can actually get a guy like that at a reasonable price.
Nemec is the only one that has the potential to deliver more value than the contract. But even then that’s a project player.