With the draft behind us and free agency looming, we can finally take a comprehensive look at what the Sharks have to work with this offseason. I’m going to group all the 2015-16 Sharks into three categories: Signed, UFAs and RFAs. From there, we can see what holes need to be plugged.
These Sharks are under contract for the 2017-18 season. All salary information comes from GeneralFanager.com.
Forwards (9, $34,453,332)
Joe Thornton, $6,750,000
Patrick Marleau, $6,666,666
Joe Pavelski, $6,000,000
Logan Couture , $6,000,000
Joel Ward, $3,275,000
Tommy Wingels, $2,475,000
Melker Karlsson, $1,650,000
Joonas Donskoi, $925,000
Chris Tierney, $711,666
Defenders (6, $22,824,166)
Brent Burns, $5,760,000
Paul Martin, $4,850,000
Marc-Edouard Vlasic, $4,250,000
Justin Braun, $3,800,000
Brenden Dillon , $3,270,000
Mirco Mueller, $894,166
Goalies (1, $3,000,000)
Martin Jones, $3,000,000
Forwards: Nick Spaling, Dainius Zubrus, Micheal Haley
Defenders: Roman Polak, Matt Tennyson
Goalies: James Reimer
Forwards: Tomas Hertl, Matt Nieto
Defenders: Dylan Demelo
So the Sharks currently have nine forwards, six defenders and one goalie under contract for the 2017-18 season.