The dust from the off-season has almost settled: Where do the San Jose Sharks stand?<\/p>\n
This could be the first time since 2019 that the Sharks make the playoffs, but how do they stack up against the rest of the NHL?<\/p>\n
Here are my off-season power rankings, as of August 24.<\/p>\n
Three NHL scouts also looked over the rankings.<\/p>\n
Keep in mind, there are still some stars that could be moved by opening night: Center Dylan Larkin and goaltender Connor Hellebuyck could be traded. Winger Cutter Gauthier is among the top RFA\u2019s still unsigned.<\/p>\n
32) Vancouver Canucks<\/p>\n
The Canucks are where the San Jose Sharks were a few years ago, a franchise that needs to rebuild and is finally admitting it. Their quiet off-season is a reflection of this.<\/p>\n
31) Seattle Kraken<\/p>\n
The Kraken, as a franchise, are running in place. Frankly, there\u2019s a reason why star sniper Jason Robertson declined a trade to Seattle.<\/p>\n
30) Calgary Flames<\/p>\n
The NHL\u2019s most anemic offense didn\u2019t add much firepower in the off-season. Goaltender Dustin Wolf is a fine foundation, but as a franchise, they need more gamechangers.<\/p>\n
29) Chicago Blackhawks<\/p>\n
Patrick Kane and Bo Byram will help, but they\u2019ll need to survive the absence of injured Connor Bedard for likely a month or so this season.<\/p>\n
28) Detroit Red Wings<\/p>\n
Dylan Larkin\u2019s trade request will hang over them: This is going to be a tough year in Motown.<\/p>\n
27) Toronto Maple Leafs<\/p>\n
Sergei Bobrovsky is a future Hall of Famer, but he\u2019s 37 and coming off possibly the worst season of his career. I think this gamble blows up in Toronto\u2019s face and diminishes an otherwise excellent off-season.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The dust from the off-season has almost settled: Where do the San Jose Sharks stand? This could be…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":442718,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[824,2063,2064,27929,2066,2068,92,27928,2069,1805,2070,2065,1706,4227,19606,12753,17522,6755,12745,26224,2067,1603,18574,75511,24996,88,90,89,98,2071,21161,17438,2992,8985,20226,8614,8319,1707],"class_list":["post-442717","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-jose","tag-anaheim-ducks","tag-boston-bruins","tag-buffalo-sabres","tag-calgary-flames","tag-carolina-hurricanes","tag-chicago-blackhawks","tag-colorado-avalanche","tag-columbus-blue-jackets","tag-dallas-stars","tag-detroit-red-wings","tag-edmonton-oilers","tag-florida-panthers","tag-los-angeles-kings","tag-minnesota-wild","tag-montreal-canadiens","tag-nashville-predators","tag-new-jersey-devils","tag-new-york-rangers","tag-new-york-islanders","tag-ottawa-senators","tag-philadelphia-flyers","tag-pittsburgh-penguins","tag-playoffs","tag-power-rankings","tag-preseason","tag-san-jose","tag-san-jose-headlines","tag-san-jose-news","tag-san-jose-sharks","tag-seattle-kraken","tag-st-louis-blues","tag-tampa-bay-lightning","tag-toronto-maple-leafs","tag-utah-mammoth","tag-vancouver-canucks","tag-vegas-golden-knights","tag-washington-capitals","tag-winnipeg-jets"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/442717","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=442717"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/442717\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/442718"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=442717"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=442717"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=442717"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}