San Jose Sharks have notably improved their off-season by making strategic veteran acquisitions, despite still undergoing a full rebuild. The team's additions include Jeff Skinner, Adam Gaudette, Ryan Reaves, Philipp Kurashev, Dmitry Orlov, Nick Leddy, John Klingberg, and Alex Nedeljkovic. Although these players may not be difference-makers currently, they are seen as wise investments that can raise expectations for the franchise. The Sharks aim to utilize their salary cap space effectively to navigate through their rebuilding phase while simultaneously making meaningful progress in their organization.
The Sharks have spent their money wisely, pouring their salary cap space into veterans who can increase expectations for the team as it strives to climb out of the infancy stages of a full rebuild.
None of the above players are difference-makers at this stage in their career. Jeff Skinner was a washout in Edmonton, Adam Gaudette is a plucky player but a fourth liner, Reaves is an enforcer who's stopped enforcing.
We're ranking the best off-seasons. For a team like the Sharks, which is still not going to be particularly good this coming season, they can still have had a great summer.
We're focused on the San Jose Sharks. The purpose of this summer splash rankings is to examine every team's additions, departures, hirings and firings.
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