Everyone was expecting the San Jose Sharks to be sellers at this year's deadline, and that turned out to be the case. However, being too much of a seller may have caused the downfall of the New York Rangers.
When trading Tomas Hertl to the Sharks' rival the Vegas Golden Knights, the San Jose Sharks used up their last salary retention spot. This meant they were unable to trade Alexander Barbanov to the New York Rangers. Insider Sheng Peng had the following to say.
Moving Hertl out of San Jose was a surprise, and took even the insider Panel by surprise when Bob McKenzie broke the news. It's obviously clear that the Sharks are looking to the future, and we will see if they can get the number 1 draft pick as a result of selling at this year's deadline.
As seen on Hockey Feed - "Golden Knights screwed the Rangers at the trade deadline."
POLL | ||
MARS 10 | 201 ANSWERS Vegas Golden Knights Confirmed to Have Screwed Over the New York Rangers at the Deadline Do you think the Sharks screwed over the Rangers? | ||
Yes | 92 | 45.8 % |
No | 109 | 54.2 % |
LIST OF POLLS |
G | A | PTS | ||
Sam Reinhart | 4 | - | 4 | |
Carter Verhaeghe | - | 3 | 3 | |
Aleksander Barkov | - | 2 | 2 | |
Vasily Podkolzin | 1 | - | 1 | |
Matthew Tkachuk | 1 | - | 1 | |
Connor Brown | - | 1 | 1 | |
Aaron Ekblad | - | 1 | 1 | |
Anton Lundell | - | 1 | 1 | |
Eetu Luostarinen | - | 1 | 1 | |
Jake Walman | - | 1 | 1 | |
Sam Bennett | - | - | - | |
Sergei Bobrovsky | - | - | - | |
Evan Bouchard | - | - | - | |
Leon Draisaitl | - | - | - | |
Mattias Ekholm | - | - | - | |
Gustav Forsling | - | - | - | |
Trent Frederic | - | - | - | |
Jonah Gadjovich | - | - | - | |
A.J. Greer | - | - | - | |
Adam Henrique | - | - | - | |
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