Expect GM Mike Grier to reward his young team
Jim Biringer of NHLRumors.comFull Press NHL and RG Media joined TSN Radio in Montreal on Thursday and were asked if the San Jose Sharks will be a team to add at the trade deadline.
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Host: “Let’s move west quickly. There’s a lot of talk about how these Sharks want to add at the trade deadline for such a young team. Is this something you can see happening?”
Jim Biringer: “Yes, absolutely. I definitely see them doing it, and I think they’re taking that next step. And it helps if you Macklin Celebrini do what he does at pace, like 130 points, and they’ve accelerated the rebuild.
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But they had some lean years there in San Jose. They were the doormat for a while. And you get those best prospects, and Will Smith and Macklin Celebrini plays very well. And now they’re getting goaltending, and they’ve added to that along the way.
Defensively, they haven’t really signed anyone in the next few years, so that’s probably an area they’ll look to add. I know they were bound by it Dougie Hamilton. Dougie Hamilton said: No. He didn’t want to go to San Jose. Is that something he’s thinking about again? But as of now, New Jersey is with the Luke Hughes An injury might not derail him unless they really stop and just say, ‘Okay, we’re going to push the season and they’re going to sell more assets.’
Because it’s obvious Ondrej Palat was moved to the New York Islanders, but San Jose is taking the next step to, ‘Okay, we didn’t think there would be a playoff team. We knew it would be better, but I don’t think anyone expected this.” Now they can still miss, but I think it shows that Mike Grier has added Kiefer Sherwood.
When he goes and a Artemi Panarin or any other impact-type player, it tells the room, ‘Hey, I believe in you. I believe in this group that we’ve put together, and we’re going to give you a chance to make the playoffs because that’s what it’s all about.”
And everyone says: rebuild and re-equip and all that. But sometimes these general managers say, “Hey, you know what? It’s from year to year; Now if we have a chance to win it, we’re going to do it.’ And I really believe Mike Grier will be aggressive enough to do that and reward this group.”
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NHL Rumors.com Note: The San Jose Sharks have built up the draft, but Grier has added players along the way like Yaroslav Askarov, Tyler Toffoli, Alexander Wennberg, Barclay Goodrow, Dmitri Orlovand others to help this young Sharks group perform this season. It’s been a few years of sadness for this group, but Ryan Warsofsky got this group playing the right way. Let’s see what happens at the trade deadline, but the expectation is that the Sharks will add.
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