Marleau and Pavelski re-sign with San Jose

I wonder if the Sharks will give him one considering everyone else who has a contract expiring that year.

Any word on if either deal includes an NTC?

On a side note, I lost a bet to TCY— I didn’t think Marleau would be inked to a contract before the Draft.

Henceforth, this piece will be known as The Ten Dollar Article.

Plank are you guys picking for the SB Nation mock draft today? Even though you guys already did a piece on him you still gotta pick Toffoli right? Unless there’s some diamond in the rough i hadn’t heard about that you guys have in mind.

Hard to say Wilson isn’t one of the better GM’s in the game today.

Honestly, he’s likely one of the better GM’s across all sports.

but seeing as though puck daddy had him getting over 7 mill, it seems like a good deal on both accounts. I’m pleasantly surprised with Pavs’ contract too. DW did very good today.

Now how about Seto…?

That’s great news for you Sharks fans. I’ve always liked Marleau – great job by Dougie Wilson to keep him in the fold. And Pavelski is a Wisconsin guy, so I’m good with him as well.

A lot of posturing here in Chicago about what is happening next, but the overall consensus with the Byfuglien trade is positive – salary dump and good prospects in return.

Anyway, I’m expecting more great things out of the Sharks next year – if the Hawks can’t repeat (and given how difficult it is to do, I’m thinking they won’t), you guys certainly deserve it. Good luck.

First, on the Pavelski deal…I think it’s a steal. 4 million a year, 4 years. Awesome. He’ll be due for his big payday (assuming he continues to improve on his badassery) right when some of our biggest salaries are off the books. Perfect! I could have seen teams throwing 5 million a year at him, and figured we might get away with 4.5, so 4 is amazing. And to have it done before July 1 is key, as now we don’t have to worry about offer sheets and whatnot (I figured they’d sign him early).

Marleau’s deal is a little more interesting. 6.9 million is probably slightly less than he could have gotten on the open market (7-7.5 would have been expected by me), and it’s good value for him, but it’s still a huge chunk of change. I love the term of the deal. 4 years is awesome. Nice, shortish, gives us future flexibility. I was really worried we’d lock him up for a cap hit like that for 7 years, and that’s just too long. DW seems to really like keeping his deals shorter, and I appreciate him for that. Marleau’s cap hit, even with the salary cap going up, will mean either one of two things, though.

1) We’re not planning on upgrading our blueline, we’ll just resign Wallin, and then go cheap in net with either a Greiss/Stalock tandem (ugh) or sign someone like Ellis for 2 mil a year; or
2) Someone has to be traded, so DW can upgrade the blueline through FA or trades.

I definately hope its #2, because the blueline is pretty weak. I assume Ferriero and McLaren are going to be given a shot to stick. Malhotra could come back for 1.7 to 2 mil a year, Nichol for less than a million. If we then trade Clowe, we’d have enough to sign a top pairing blueliner and a goalie, and our offense wouldn’t take too big a hit, and our back end would be solid.

Guess we’ll see. A good start to the offseason, but it definately raised some more questions that will need to be answered as we progress through the draft and into free agency.

Glad you’re staying with us Patty and Pavs! Now, win us a Cup!

Lots of interesting quotes and stuff in it. Check it out

A couple things I inferred from it:

1. Pavelski is the fucking MAN. He could’ve easily gotten much more, and he seems to be aware of that, but he doesn’t care because he wants to do whatever he can to help the team. Future Captain anyone??

2. DW sounds like he’s looking for a big shotblocking type goaltender; which is exactly what i’ve been wanting and hoping for for a while now. This should definitely put to rest the Marty Turco rumors since he’s pretty much the exact opposite of that type of goaltender, moreso than Nabby even imo.

3.

I was worried we were going to lose one or even both of them.

Setoguchi has to be next.

I’m still hurt about Nabby leaving us so i’ll go back to my hidey hole now.

http://sharks.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=532174

Most of the good stuff is gone. Doors open to the public on Saturday. You might find a game-worn jock autographed by Joe Thornton!

#nhl #sjsharks give Patrick Marleau $5.52 million in signing bonuses plus a no-movement clause http://capgeek.com/players/display.php?id=126
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are now GONE! Thank Goodness! My friends at work have been razzing me that Marleau was gonna end up in Toronto.
Doug……We still need to sign Scotty Nichol and Manny Malhotra!

Or maybe DW’s planning on making a play at Kaberle, which is why Seto wasn’t inked just yet. I’m not a huge Kaberle fan, TBH. I like Souray’s booming shot, and his size. He’s a bit of a one trick pony though, so Martin would be the obvious choice. Martin has health questions, so I’d want something a bit more reliable.

…and I’m still flying high. Words can’t describe how much of a relief it is not to be facing the prospect of Patty and Pavs hitting free agency.