Mid-Season Awards + Should Sharks Trade for Nemec?

This week on the San Jose Hockey Now Podcast, should the San Jose Sharks trade for Simon Nemec? (1:10:04)

Plus, who are our 2024-2025 Mid-Season Award winners? (30:48)

But before all that, we cover some news of the past week! First, the Sharks are…bad. (1:40) We cover the past few disappointing losses for the Sharks and where we think the San Jose Sharks are in comparison to last year.

Next, we cover the rise of Matthew Schaefer to perhaps consensus No. 1 of the 2025 Draft. What could Schaefer mean to the Sharks? (07:42)

Who is Keegan’s top-four between Schaefer, James Hagens, Porter Martone, and Michael Misa?

Keegan got to see the Sharks in Boston and was sitting behind the bench. What did he notice on the bench? What did Sheng and Keegan think about Will Smith’s statement game in Boston? (17:55)

Now, which players win the coveted SJHN Podcast Mid-Season awards? (30:48)

We cover: MVP, Best Forward and Defenseman, Most Improved, Unsung Hero, Most Disappointing Player, Sleeper Prospect, Most Surprising Prospect, Breakout Second-Half Shark, and finally, as a bonus, we each predict a Sharks’ Trade Deadline deal.

Finally, what do NHL scouts think about Simon Nemec? Could he be a fit as a trade target for the San Jose Sharks? (1:10:04).

We predict that the cost is going to be quite high though…would you pay it?

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9 comments

  4. I think Zetterlund has more value than people think. Right now he'd be NJ's 5th top scorer, and it seems like they need more depth scoring with Zetterlund already being a known quantity for them. And in the offseason maybe you can do a sign and trade for Granlund while retaining a generous chunk since Burns is off the books by then. If what your scouts say is true about Nemec, then maybe that makes this trade closer to fair value. Might as well throw in Bordeleau too.

  5. It's just one scout's opinion, but Corey Pronman from the Athletic just put out his list of top NHL players under 23 years old. He had Eklund at #30, Nemec at #81, and Bystedt at #90.

  6. 37:40 It was the pick for Leo Sahlin Wallenius. The pick to trade up for Dickinson was the one from the Devils acquired in the Timo Meier trade.

    Edit: And you corrected yourself and figured it out within the next couple of minutes. To expand though, the pick from the Walman trade was 53rd and the pick from Timo was the 42nd.

  8. Asked elsewhere, for this next free agency. If sharks trade a number of granlund, kunin, sterm, rutta, etc. are you for short term over paid contracts. Pinpoint a few players you want. Go short term, good chunk over paid. Harder to trade but safe term. Kinda like wennberg.

    We need vets around the youth. And with more youth added. You need to hit on your vets. Over pay for short term guidance. Less chance of return in assets.

    If looking long term. Barring making 100% sense like Tyler. Look elsewhere or hold on move.

  9. I'm hoping for Schaefer like everyone else but at what point is there too many on the left hand side? I'm a believer of BPA in the draft but do you just hope to move one LHD? If we were lucky enough to get Schaefer, we'd have him, Dickinson, Mukh, Cagnoni, and also Wallenius that can't be discounted. Feels like stacking that many would stunt one or more of their development. Idk just feels like the right side is pretty empty in our system and that probably won't get addressed for a while given where our picks stand and the FA market.

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