San Jose Sharks 20 Worst Contracts in the Salary Cap Era
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Recruiting players to come play in San Jose is a much easier task than the challenge faced by GM counterparts in Northern Canada. For years Doug Wilson avoided long-term obligations to older players, convincing his stars to take less term. From 2005 to 2015, Wilson only signed one contract over 5 years in length (to a 23-year-old Milan Michalek). Then in 2016 he inked an over-30 Brent Burns to an 8-year deal, and eventually Logan Couture, Marc Vlasic, Evander Kane, Erik Karlsson followed suit. The team had a catastrophic collapse in 2020, as the team was now boxed into a precarious situation.
San Jose Sharks 20 Worst Contracts in the Salary Cap Era
San Jose Sharks 20 Worst Contracts in the…
San Jose Sharks 20 Worst Contracts in the Salary Cap Era
Recruiting players to come play in San Jose is a much easier task than the challenge faced by GM counterparts in Northern Canada. For years Doug Wilson avoided long-term obligations to older players, convincing his stars to take less term. From 2005 to 2015, Wilson only signed one contract over 5 years in length (to a 23-year-old Milan Michalek). Then in 2016 he inked an over-30 Brent Burns to an 8-year deal, and eventually Logan Couture, Marc Vlasic, Evander Kane, Erik Karlsson followed suit. The team had a catastrophic collapse in 2020, as the team was now boxed into a precarious situation.