After Joe Pavelski left for the Dallas Stars, it was paramount the Sharks signed Meier, and they got him in a great 4 year deal, at $6 million per year. This contract was another stellar signing by GM Doug Wilson, considering what he still has left to do and what Wilson has already done. After signing Erik Karlsson to an 8 year $11.5mil AAV, the Sharks had very little room to sign what many thought was one of their core players going forward, Timo Meier. The other one is 23 year old rightwing Kevin Labanc, look for him to sign for around $3mil AAV in the coming days.