How Offseason Roster Changes Affect 2013-14 San Jose Sharks

July 15th, 2013 by MJ Kasprzak Leave a reply »
The San Jose Sharks have been as inactive in 2013 NHL free agency as any team. Even the moves they have made were almost limited to keeping the same team that was on the ice for the Stanley Cup playoffs.

Does this make sense when that team failed to win half the games it needed to?

The Sharks were playing very well with the unit they had going into the playoffs despite Martin Havlat's injury. They may have been able to handle the rest of the league had they not been so thin at forward in the Western Conference Semifinals.

San Jose was ironically the better team in that series everywhere but net. After dominating throughout the condensed NHL season, Antti Niemi had a great series against the Pacific Division rival Los Angeles Kings. Unfortunately, Jonathan Quick was even better.

Besides, keeping players is the best the Sharks can really do. Because Havlat's injury prevents any roster moves before the season starts, they cannot spend up to the cap.

The only way they would not have lost more players than they gained in free agency was to buy someone out. There were no players needing to be re-signed worth a buyout of anyone f ...

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