Will Jason Demers be Trade Bait?

There is literally no reason why the Sharks would trade away Demers who has an excellent contract value and is a future top 4 dman.

Why would the Sharks destroy their newly acquired defensive depth?

“As you all know, Jason is a very capable top 4 defenseman”

And that’s why. DW has said so a number of times that every single team is looking for top centers and top D-men. If you have young guys who can fill those roles (Vlasic and Demers), what’s the use of trading them?

If anything, I can see Braun as trade bait. I think he earns a better spot next year, but he’s as old as Vlasic and Demers with less NHL experience.

No way in hell would Demers + a pick/prospect return Jarome Iginla, Alex Semin, Zach Parise, or Vinny Lecavalier. DW would need to throw a lot more into that package. Plus there’s no point because unless there are serious injuries to our top 6 forwards, we wouldn’t need any of those players.

Sorry dude, but you just made me call you an idiot.

Of course you can never rule out any trade because you just don’t know how things are going to develop, but as things stand right now I can’t see any reason to move a player who has real potential to develop into a top 4 defenceman.

Dream the fuck on.

Just wanted everyone to keep in mind this isnt a TRADE DEMERS! article, more like a if we need to make a trade, who CAN we trade. As I said in the FP I love Demers, I dont WANT to trade him. This is a thought that popped in my head that I felt like righting about for my first article of anykind.

And its cool if only HOLY SHIT 26 PEOPLE THINK IM AN IDIOT WTF WOW! lol okay maybe I shouldnt of let that be an option in the poll err…

I don’t really think you’re an idiot, just FYI. lol

I think Braun would be more likely to be trade bait but even then i dunno. If anything does happen it probably won’t happen until we get closer to the deadline, unless the Sharks are really struggling early on but i really can’t see that happening. (again)

Demers bears some similarity to the Marc-Edouard Vlasic situation in some ways:

He’s very young, and probably has yet to show his full potential.

He has been shouldered with a lot of very important ice-time at that young age.

He shows excellent hockey sense.

He’s a hard worker who has put in a lot of work outside of practice to make himself a top 4 defenseman, notably in the fitness and skating areas.

My notion of trading Vlasic was foolish, and the same has to be said of trading Demers, for many of the same reasons.

Demers has done nothing but improve. And there is literally no reason to think he won’t continue to improve. There is also no way in hell Demers would ever fetch anything even remotely resembling a fair return.

Dan Boyle is 36. Brent Burns will likely anchor our defense for the forseeable future, but no one else on this team, and only a handful of NHL defenseman period have Boyle’s unique skillset, Burns included by my estimation. Jason Demers has a realistic shot of achieving that skill level, and improving upon it in many ways, given the likelyhood he can play an even more physical style.

Justin Braun is an exciting prospect, but at this point, swapping Demers for Braun makes our blueline considerably worse. Braun is currently a 5 or 6, probably a 7. He is most certainly NOT a top 4 on an elite team, which Demers IS.

Demers is a premium player at a premium position who would not, on his own, fetch the type of return that fills a need equal to his contributions to this team.

The trade does not make sense.

but the sort answer is no, he won’t get traded.

Because there is never a “no matter what scenario” but I don’t think the answer is yes either!

I don’t think you are an idiot but I really wanted to vote “no, our team looks fine”