2024-25 San Jose Sharks Season Preview

The Sharks should improve this season, though they really can only go up from where they were last season.

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[BloodRider]

Be like that one guy at the draft: LET'S GO




Im not a Sharks fan but i admire the enthusiasm

[bigdawg]

Everyone we are back fr the goat is doing previews 😳

[bjp]

Like where the team is going. Strong prospect pool and a new coach. But the rebuild is still in its early stage. Last in the Pacific with 58-63 points.

[kurtmorris]

I hope you will do Brodie Brazil's show this year. Since the Baseball Oakland A's are leaving town he will devote much more of his time to the Sharks. You 2 compliment each other very well.

[kurtwpg]

I think they're actually in a pretty good spot. Probably going to have a top 5 pick plus a mid-1st round pick next year, followed by a big leap forward on the ice.

[jennaberlinberg]

makiniemi's contract is up, he's a UFA. the sharks have indicated he's unlikely to be brought back. shame injuries derailed his career.
the other goalie in the sharks system (ahl deal) is gabriel carriere but romanov and chrona are most likely to get there.
underrated potential callup for a bottom 6 position: Ethan Cardwell. also deserving of mention are F Tristen Robins and D Jack Thompson.

[Wogger]

They should be better than last year. Bringing in Vets with Young guns always a good thing

[drewdurbin]

Yay The Hickey Guy previews r back. Countdown to opening night begins!!!!

[kendrickl]

Pain, more pain, and a *little* bit of hope

[VanceT_gotroopsgo]

Aye that 1st place vote was not misread

[XSharkdarkX]

Couture and Toffoli as mentors for the young forwards, Vlasic for the blueliners, new coach in the league and probably a good spot in the draft next year. As a Sharks fan, there's nothing to loose and I trust the Grier plan. If there's an upgrade in results it's good, if there's not it's ok to tank at least another season

[Monty.Tommy.P]

"Better chance at winning Powerball". Damn man, let me have some excitement for my team. I'm showering off the grime of the past several years.

[serfindukdb]

the whole Barclay Goodrow situation feels similar to how Fidel Castro stole the one trillion dollar bill from Mr. Burns...
Sharks: so, if we pick up Goodrow on waivers, you're going to give us a favorable trade back?
Rags: yep! absolutely!
Sharks: ok, we picked him up off waivers. so, give us that trade value back
Rags: give what back?

[TimFrith]

This coming season, the San Jose Sharks will finish last in the Pacific Division with a record of 18-54-10 in their final season in San Jose. On December 5, San Jose Sports & Entertainment Enterprises will sell the Sharks to a Houston-based group headed by Houston Rockets owner Tilman Fertitta for $1.25 billion. On January 9, 2025, the NHL Board of Governors will approve the sale of the Sharks to a Fertitta-led Houston-based group in a 31-1 vote, only Tom Gaglardi of the Dallas Stars will vote against it. On March 26, 2025, the NHL and a Fertitta-led Houston-based group will announce that the Sharks will relocate from San Jose to Houston, change their name to the Houston Outlaws, and play their home games at Toyota Center beginning next season.

[DanRaidersWarriorsSharksGiants]

The problem with Grier is he is trying to win before there is any evidence the team can win with the current roster. Many bad teams would be WAY better off just staying in a rebuild until they make the playoffs during the rebuild.

Buff has not won 2 rounds since 2007. Det 2009 Ott 2017 Anaheim 2017 Ari 2012 Chi 2015 Columbus never in history Phi 2010 Cal 2004 NJ 2012 Toronto 2002 Minn 2003. This is the worst list to be on IMO because until you actually win 2 rounds or more I do not consider the team a real contender. Many of these teams constantly do win now or win soon type moves and some of these moves are quite foolish over just doing a rebuild move instead.

A good GM / President / Head Scout should be able to make the playoffs and win 1 round even if they never stop rebuilding. Paying out big contracts before proof of winning 2 rounds is so foolish for so many teams. Paying out big contracts without even making the playoffs is worse like some of the teams on the list.

The Toffoli contract looks bad. The only way it can look good is if the sharks win 2 rounds in 1 playoffs in the next 4 years. He cant be traded to anyone unless he agrees to it which is so foolish for the worst team in the NHL to give out on purpose. Toffoli is older than Hertl and costs only slightly less.

All the fans that preach about vets teaching young guys and all the bad teams have that to some degree and it is highly overrated if the rest of the roster is still bad. Some talk like he did the Toffoli contract to reach the min cap and there is no evidence of that at all.

2022 Grier traded down with the sharks 1st round pick. He traded 11 overall for 27, 34 and 45. This is a type of trade a rebuilding team should do where you get insurance from being wrong. No team with a top 10 pick even traded down in 2023 or 2024 which just flaunts how poorly run many of those teams are. Getting insurance from being wrong is generally smarter because even if you pick right the roster has to be good enough to win 2 rounds or more or the guy does not matter that much. Most top 10 draft picks never win a cup with the team who drafts them or ever. That Grier traded up for Dickinson at 11 overall is risky for the worst team to do. It is risky compared to trading down at 14 for the best offer to get insurance. I hope he is a HOF player.

Having Smith and Macklin play in the NHL right now instead of putting them on the slide to keep their contracts cheaper for 2 extra years is probably going to be foolish unless the team becomes a contender soon. The sharks got 2 extra cheap years with William Eklund on the slide that Grier did and he had the best year of his career last season. That is one of the biggest advantages to doing it.

I hope the sharks win 2 rounds soon so I can be less critical of Grier. I think the roster obviously looks better from last season at least on paper.