Brenden Dillon
According to Dillon’s agent, the Sharks and the 24 year old blueliner are set to move on an extension.
“My kind of gut feel is that it should get done within the next little while, next few weeks,… Dillon’s agent Jarrett Bousquet told PHT. “I don’t see it dragging on any further.…“Long term for a young defenseman between probably 4-6 years, somewhere in there, 3-6 years somewhere,… said Bousquet. (ProHockeyTalk)
This is good news for the Sharks. The Brenden Dillon-Jason Demers trade worked out for both sides and Dillon is a valuable player for San Jose. He’s got some improvements to make on his game, but he’s a solid player who can be a stable second pairing guy in the future.
If I had to guess the dollar figure I’d go in the $3M per year range.
If there’s one thing Doug Wilson is good at, it’s getting dollar value in signings. It’s impossible to look at any contract on the San Jose Sharks right now and see any problem numbers. Wilson makes good cap decisions.
Trading the pick, Not trading the pick
Doug Wilson is the flip flop King. One day he’s not trading the pick, the next he’s open to a deal. Could this nugget from Bob McKenzie involve the Sharks somehow?
Maloney also said he has an offer to swap the No. 3 overall pick for a pick several slots down but still in Top 10.
— Bob McKenzie (@TSNBobMcKenzie) June 24, 2015Most likely not, but they’re within the speculation range.
Getting the third overall pick would be a costly endeavor and I’m not even going to guess what it would cost the Sharks to acquire it, but it should make for interesting discussion.
Salary Cap Rises
With the salary cap at $71.4M the Sharks are in an even better possession to contend. According to CapFriendly.com, the Sharks have $18,386,665 in space.
That’s more than enough money to fix the blueline, sign a goaltender and lock up the RFA’s.
The only real question is will the Sharks GM step up to the plate and fix the holes on this roster, or will he sit back and do nothing of substance.
3-on-3 Overtime
I’m all for anything that eliminates shootouts, but what is so wrong with ending in a tie? I want to go back to that.
3-on-3 will be pretty entertaining, though, with the speed and talent that will be on the ice. Imagine Pavelski, Couture and Burns against Crosby, Malkin and Letang. That’s worth the price of admission by itself.
Hopefully it severely cuts into the amount of skills competitions that decide meaningful hockey games.
What say you? What's the Sharks cost to move to #3 if they had the opportunity? How much will Dillon sign for? Discuss.
Thanks for reading.