Are these all two way contracts and do they count against the cap, and would we still have room to sign Mitchell, Staubitz, etc?

I’d imagine they’re all 2-way deals. Vesce may not be but I’d be very surprised if it wasn’t. I don’t know much about the other guys, except for Ortmeyer who could realistically be a 4th-line checker at some point this year.

That’s two former-Predators in two days, please no Tootoo though!

All seem like they’ll add more “depth to the organization” (quoting DW, who said it about every single one of these guys). I like how all of them except Groulx have some NHL experience, so the Sharks won’t be caught high and dry in case the injury bug hits again. In fact, I could see Ortmeyer becoming a fourth line winger in place of having both Shelley and Staubitz – he has 230 games of NHL experience, and while he’s not exactly the biggest scorer in the world, he doesn’t look like a penalty liability. Not sure about his defensive prowess, though. Helminen looks like a good AHL player, with around 40-50 points.

Oh, and Callahan went to Yale. Nice.

Although, I hope they are all 2 way. If not, they’d make my post this morning all the more dire.

I just checked the Sharks’ roster here, and it lists Helminen with the big club. Interesting; out of the five I’d say Ortmeyer would be the most likely, but Helminen did have a pretty good year in the AHL, and was describe by DW as “high energy” (which is probably what he’s going for with the fourth line).

If Danny Groulx is anything like Claude Giroux I’ll be happy.

In all seriousness though, good on DW for signing some players away from other organizations. That makes me happy.

These are decent signings, but part of me wonders if these guys are just pot sweeteners for larger trades/roster moves. Is this what we’re going to have to part with to get Columbus to give us better returns for Erhoff? Also potentially the Isles for Cheechoo (because, you know, Eklund said that trade is imminent!)?