We've heard from a lot of teams that made big impact moves early in the off-season and coming into the NHL Entry Draft. One team that stands out is the San Jose Sharks. Boy, what a work of load they did, resigning a few players and letting a few go. Let me clarify who was let go. They told goaltender Evgeni Nabokov to not come back. They said they needed to work on their free agents like Patrick Marleau and Joe Pavelski. We'll get to those players in a second but do you think Nabokov should be surprised? Not really, because the Sharks don't have the kind of money to pay Nabokov for another lump of years, which they save on their other big free-agents. Plus, they felt that some of his problems in the faceoff might have told them not to bring him back after the contract expires.
So that wraps up the bad news. Now for the good news. The Sharks did indeed resign Patrick Marleau and Joe Pavelski to four-year deals, keeping them off the free agent market. These two players have been some of the many San Jose Sharks that have helped them to get to the conference finals. They also resigned pending free agents Scott Nichol and Niclas Wallin.
So to answer this question: Did Doug Wilson do enough to help the Sharks out this enough? Well, there are some problems. Since you said goodbye to Nabokov, you're going to need another goaltender to help mix the Sharks back into groove. You can think Thomas Greiss can handle that number one job, but I doubt he's ready to become one. Also, there might be a bit of a loose plug at defense. Plus, you guys traded Brad Staubitz to the Minnesota Wild, who was a big impact on the way this team operated. Getting those positions checked on will not be easy but for a long summer ahead, it shouldn't be that much of a problem.
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