The San Jose Sharks yesterday re-sign three key players,
inking forward Jeremy Roenick and backup goalie Brian Boucher and forward Joe
Pavelski to a two-year contract.
Pavelski’s deal is worth $3.3 million, breaking down as
$1.65 million per season. Roenick will be paid $1.1 million, Boucher $650K.
Good affordable signings by the Sharks, particularly Pavelski's given his notable improvement in the second half of last season and in the playoffs. Roenick will again provide veteran leadership and timely scoring whilst Boucher is an experienced backup for Evgeni Nabokov.
No word as to how contract talks with Brian Campbell are
going. The Sharks gave several Eastern Conference clubs permission to speak to
Campbell’s agent but apparently haven’t rule out re-signing him.
The parade of potential buyouts continued on Thursday as the
Calgary Flames placed defensemen Rhett Warrener and Anders Eriksson and forward
Marcus Nilson on waivers.
Flames GM Darryl Sutter needs to free up cap space in part
to absorb the potential new contract of impending UFA center Daymond Langkow
and to further bolster the roster.
It’s been speculated for weeks that Sutter tried shopping
Warrener, Eriksson and Nilson but could find no takers, which isn’t surprising
given the decline in their respective performances last season.
Nilson has one year, $1 million remaining on his contract,
Eriksson one-year, $1.5 million and Warrener one-year at $2.5 million. Their
buyouts will be spread out over the next two seasons.
Good signings by the Sharks...but they still are worrying me. Campbell is still up in the air and Clowe is Restricted and sure to get a few looks if not re-signed. The sharks could always match I guess but still. The pavelski contract is a steal of a deal, he is going to be great I think.
Last edited by travis3699 on June 26th at 11:25 AM.
I do not see Jeremy Roenick as a "key player" as you refer to him. I believe he has been a fringe player ever since his last 47 point season with the Flyers. The past three seasons; first with the Kings, then the Coyotes, and now with the Sharks he is a low production peripheral player who is milking the system at the end of his career. I believe if he had any sense he would have wrapped it up and let the fans remember his 12 or so terrific seasons with Chicago, Phoenix and Philadelphia.
You obviously did not watch a lot of Sharks hockey last season. I believe 10 of Roenick's 14 goals were game winners, and he almost single-handedly led the team to victory in game 7 versus the Flames in the playoffs. While he's certainly not the player he once was, he certainly will be a key part of the Sharks' success.
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