McGinn was better, and could prove to be a major loss.

As long as they can sign Galiardi to a decent term and he starts producing like I think he can, then that will soften the blow considerably.

Signing Adam Burish was just sad. He's not a terrible player, but being the first call really worries me.

Plus, nothing seems imminent or even going on with rocking the core like Sharks fans were promised. Swapping out the bottom 2 lines doesn't do jack squat. That happens just about every year. Marleau doesn't seem to be on the way out, but I know people were waiting for Parise and Suter to sign. Well, they did and I still don't hear much.

Plus, I'm adamantly against the asking price for Nash. I wouldn't hate having him, but something like Pavelski, Bruan, 1st rounder, plus Doug Murray seems like an atrocious asking price. I see Nash as slightly better than Pavelski and Pavs has a much more friendly cap hit. That's huge today in valuing a player. If DW does something similar to this I might just lose it.

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Team 1:10 Multi-Cat Roto league

C- Malkin,Giroux,Thornton Galchenyuk, Schenn, Berglund, Eller
LW- Hall,Ovechkin, E.Kane Saad
RW- Seguin, Stewart, PAP
D- Subban,Phaneuf Keith, OEL, Hedman,
G- Pavelec,Hiller Lindback, Theodore, Lehner

Team 2:24 H2H League Multi-Cat

C- Lecavalier, B. Schenn, Ennis, Belanger
LW- JVR, Leino, Bissonnette, Whitney, C. Bourque, Nodl
RW- Kopecky, Langenbrunner, Doan, Versteeg, Mayers
D- Doughty, Burns, Souray, Sarich, Lovejoy, Potter
G-Pavelec, Enroth

Whew! Just had to post my sigh of relief here.

So glad the Sharks didn't gave and send Couture or Pavelski out. That would have been dumb.

Speaking of the Sharks, not much has happened. They Signed Stuart and Burish...

Sounds like they are not talking about trading Marleau (unclear as to why). He just doesn't fit the teams needs at all. Plus, his no trade clause seems to be an issue now that he married a CA native.

Galiardi resigned, which I'm happy about. I think he'll make a bigger impact this season.

I'm willing to bet that one of Boyle, Murray, Demers gets traded at some point. I'm betting on Demers, but think Murray could really go. I would have said Vlasic, but he signed for pretty long-term.

The ownership and Wilson promised some big changes, but the biggest change has been signing Robinson as an assistant coach. Good move and one that will really help.

Be on the lookout as there is a chance that the Sharks go after some sort of trade here late in the offseason as they tend to lurk around in the murky waters of August.

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Team 1:10 Multi-Cat Roto league

C- Malkin,Giroux,Thornton Galchenyuk, Schenn, Berglund, Eller
LW- Hall,Ovechkin, E.Kane Saad
RW- Seguin, Stewart, PAP
D- Subban,Phaneuf Keith, OEL, Hedman,
G- Pavelec,Hiller Lindback, Theodore, Lehner

Team 2:24 H2H League Multi-Cat

C- Lecavalier, B. Schenn, Ennis, Belanger
LW- JVR, Leino, Bissonnette, Whitney, C. Bourque, Nodl
RW- Kopecky, Langenbrunner, Doan, Versteeg, Mayers
D- Doughty, Burns, Souray, Sarich, Lovejoy, Potter
G-Pavelec, Enroth

Glad you've jumped on the anti-Marleau train!

From what I've seen, DW is trying to do with Boston (and Chicago?). Make these deals (McGinn for Galiardi/Winnik) to get some quality bottom 6 guys but it hasn't worked. We keep getting new faces on the bottom 6, maybe its time to get new faces on the top 6?

I was just watching some Zach Parise highlights, man he would be a great fit in San Jose

Not to thrilled or excited for this upcoming season..

This isn't exciting at all, but here's something at least: http://www.csnbayarea.com/hockey-san...59&feedID=2798

Apparently, Sergei Samsanov is going to tryout with the Sharks. He could potentially make at least a decent 3rd line guy for some potential scoring, but he didn't play last year. I'm not sure where he played last year. I'll check that out.

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Team 1:10 Multi-Cat Roto league

C- Malkin,Giroux,Thornton Galchenyuk, Schenn, Berglund, Eller
LW- Hall,Ovechkin, E.Kane Saad
RW- Seguin, Stewart, PAP
D- Subban,Phaneuf Keith, OEL, Hedman,
G- Pavelec,Hiller Lindback, Theodore, Lehner

Team 2:24 H2H League Multi-Cat

C- Lecavalier, B. Schenn, Ennis, Belanger
LW- JVR, Leino, Bissonnette, Whitney, C. Bourque, Nodl
RW- Kopecky, Langenbrunner, Doan, Versteeg, Mayers
D- Doughty, Burns, Souray, Sarich, Lovejoy, Potter
G-Pavelec, Enroth

Did he play at all last year?

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30 Team, 27 Player Capped Keeper. 12F, 6D, 1G Active

Scoring - G, A, PPG/A, +/-, SHG/A, W, SO, (GA bonus's)

F - Couture, Stamkos, Neal, Vermette, M. Koivu, Kulemin, S. Koivu, Schwartz, Gerbe, Sheppard, Cizikas, Galchenyuk (Da Costa, Cousins, Sgarbossa)

D - Hedman, Ellis, Gardiner, Faulk, Irwin, Orlov (De Haan, Sproul, Finn)

G - Varlamov (JS Giguere, Allen)

I went looking around and I found no evidence that he played anywhere. So maybe he just played in some beer leagues or something.

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Team 1:10 Multi-Cat Roto league

C- Malkin,Giroux,Thornton Galchenyuk, Schenn, Berglund, Eller
LW- Hall,Ovechkin, E.Kane Saad
RW- Seguin, Stewart, PAP
D- Subban,Phaneuf Keith, OEL, Hedman,
G- Pavelec,Hiller Lindback, Theodore, Lehner

Team 2:24 H2H League Multi-Cat

C- Lecavalier, B. Schenn, Ennis, Belanger
LW- JVR, Leino, Bissonnette, Whitney, C. Bourque, Nodl
RW- Kopecky, Langenbrunner, Doan, Versteeg, Mayers
D- Doughty, Burns, Souray, Sarich, Lovejoy, Potter
G-Pavelec, Enroth

I just wanted to do an update here.

I saw on the ramblings and I saw it the other day about people and if the cap drops what happens with Clowe. Here's something people can think about. The NHl has been opting to do a buyout that wouldn't count against the cap. Havlat is most likely the guy that would happen to. Plus, Almost all of their big players, Thornton, Marleau, Pavelski, Couture, and Boyle's contract expire after the 2013/2014 season. So they could realistically trade one of these guys and keep Clowe longterm. So just wanted to throw in my 2 cents there folks. I highly doubt that Clowe is the one in question.

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Team 1:10 Multi-Cat Roto league

C- Malkin,Giroux,Thornton Galchenyuk, Schenn, Berglund, Eller
LW- Hall,Ovechkin, E.Kane Saad
RW- Seguin, Stewart, PAP
D- Subban,Phaneuf Keith, OEL, Hedman,
G- Pavelec,Hiller Lindback, Theodore, Lehner

Team 2:24 H2H League Multi-Cat

C- Lecavalier, B. Schenn, Ennis, Belanger
LW- JVR, Leino, Bissonnette, Whitney, C. Bourque, Nodl
RW- Kopecky, Langenbrunner, Doan, Versteeg, Mayers
D- Doughty, Burns, Souray, Sarich, Lovejoy, Potter
G-Pavelec, Enroth

How are the lines shaking out this year?