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 The San Jose Sharks have never won a Stanley Cup in their franchise history, but if they make the proper changes and draft correctly, they could win Lord Stanley's Cup. This is how the San Jose Sharks could win their first-ever Stanley Cup. Before the expansion draft, one trade is made: San Jose Sharks trade Marc-Eduord Vlasic, Ryan Merkley, 1st rd pick '23 to the Seattle Kraken for 2nd rd pick '23. The Sharks retain 25% of Vlasic's contract until the 2024-25 season. This trade allows the Sharks to get rid of Vlasic's contract and trade away Ryan Merkely, who is ultra-talented but his discipline issues. San Jose Sharks lose Marcus Sorensen to the Seattle Kraken in the Expansion Draft. Before the 2021 Draft, two trades are made: San Jose Sharks trade Ryan Donato, Radim Simek, Noah Gregor to the Arizona Coyotes for Lawson Crouse, Tyler Pitlick, 4th rd pick '21. The Sharks add more physicality to the lineup with the additions of Lawson Crouse and Tyler Pitlick, wh...

 The San Jose Sharks aren't good enough to make the playoffs, yet are too good to be a lottery team when everyone is healthy, so I think the best thing for the Sharks to do is to do a full on rebuild. This rebuild would see the Sharks trade everyone except for three players: Timo Meier, Tomas Hertl, Erik Karlsson. Before the 2020 draft, the Sharks make a couple trades: San Jose Sharks trade Evander Kane to the Florida Panthers for Frank Vatrano, Henrik Borgstrom, 2nd round pick 2020. The Florida Panthers get a top 6 winger in Evander Kane, which is important because both Dadonov and Hoffman are UFA's, while the Sharks get a solid 3rd line winger in Frank Vatrano, a prospect center in Henrik Borgstrom and a 2nd round pick. The Sharks also trade Brent Burns to the Ottawa Senators for Alex Formenton, Logan Brown, Artem Zub, 1st round pick 2020. The Ottawa Senators get a star defenseman in Brent Burns, which really bolsters their blueline, while the Sharks get two top forward prosp...

The Edmonton Oilers had a drafted horribly during the 2000s and into the early 2010s, which was a major reason for their struggles. In this blog, i redraft the Edmonton Oilers from 2002 to 2012 and see just how much better the team would be if they drafted correctly. 2002: 15-Alex Steen over Jesse Niinimaki 31-Trevor Daley over Jeff Droun-Deslauriers 36-Jarret Stoll 54-Duncan Keith over Matt Greene The Edmonton Oilers land a Stud defenseman in Duncan Keith and a really good top 4 defenseman in Trevor Daley; Alex Steen will be a great Top 6 forward for the Oilers and Jarret Stoll could be a great 3rd line center. 2003: 22-Patrice Bergeron over Marc-Antoine Pouliot 51-Corey Crawford over Colin McDonald 184-Dustin Byfuglien over Dragan Umicevic 284-Jaroslav Halak over Josef Hrabal The Oilers get a top line center in Patrice Bergeron, who will turn into one of the premier two way centers in the league; they will also get Dustin Byfuglien, a player who has the poten...

The 2007 Draft was loaded with talent with Patrick Kane going first overall to the Chicago Blackhawks but there were a ton of mistakes made after that selection. If the 2007 draft were to be redrafted, the landscape of the NHL would be very different.. *Check out previous redrafts on my blog before continuing with one* 1. Chicago Blackhawks-(RW) Patrick Kane Original pick: Patrick Kane Chicago Blackhawks still select Patrick Kane; he is already one of the 100 greatest players of all time and should be a hall of famer. Patrick Kane has put up over 1,000 points in less than 1,000 regular season games and has 123 points in 127 playoff games. Patrick Kane is a game changer and is threat to score or set up a teammate every time he is on the ice. 2. Philadelphia Flyers-(LW) Jamie Benn Original pick: James Van Riemsdyk James Van Riemsdyk had a great NHL career but he's not the difference maker that Jamie Benn would be for Philadelphia Flyers. Jamie Benn had 6 seasons w...