The Trade Deadline has come and gone, and alas, Erik Karlsson is yet to don teal. But that does not mean that the Sharks haven’t emerged out of the deadline for the better.
Evander Kane joins the Sharks in a brilliant move by Doug Wilson made in exchange for Danny O’Regan, a conditional 2019 first that — and this is where the brilliance comes in — becomes a 2019 second if either Kane doesn’t resign with San Jose (as he’s currently set to become a UFA at the end of the season) or if San Jose doesn’t win the Cup, and a conditional 2019 fourth that the Sharks have the option of making a 2020 third.