Sheng's Bold Celebrini Prediction, Needless Walman Drama & More Sharks News

[@Dimka1492]

Спасибо что делаете,смотрю из России через переводчик.Lets go Sharks!

[@tonycouture5608]

Keegan and Sheng: if possible can you guys interpret how Will Smith and Celebrini's Article 9 Entry Level Compensation section 9.5 works so as to explain to fans what thresholds or achievements these rookies have to reach to get some portion of their up to $3.5 million bonus money? It says: Clubs and Players may negotiate, and a Player who is subject to the Entry Level System under Article 9 may be paid bonuses for the types of performance, and in the maximum amounts, set forth in Exhibit 5. The maximum bonuses that can be paid may have been updated in MOU amendments to collective agreement, but the bonus system is regulated so Sharks players only get their bonus if they meet standard levels of performance or relative to team mates (as in play 50 games, get 40 points, lead team in shots or scoring percentage). Can you figure out what has to happen this season for these rookies to get their big million dollar bonus pay days? Level A bonus criteria are easy to meet and Level B are very hard to achieve if I remember correctly from Connor Bedard case. Sharks fans need help with the math behind bonuses!

[@insanum666]

MACKLIN IS BACKLIN

[@tonycouture5608]

Can journalists figure out what bonus clauses Will Smith and Macklin Celebrini have in their contracts, and what achievements (points, trophies, statistical thresholds or other comparitives) will earn them their bonus money? NHL collective agreement sets limits on what can be a bonus and entry level salaries so it could be that both players get the standard bonus clauses and get a million dollar bonus if they get played enough games and don't sit out as healthy scratches. It is found in the collective agreement in section on entry level contracts and bonus structure standards. I saw it in stories about Connor Bedard and his bonus money. Maybe a very low finish in league standings this year means also that the Sharks rookies don't perform well enough to get such million dollar bonuses. Sharks still don't have the team chemistry to keep up with their NHL peers, so Ryan Warsofsky must work harder at finding the right catalysts and discipline. Thanks Sheng and Keegan for your professional journalistic standards and fun coverage of the developing stories. More European players like Liljegren could create a West Coast-Scandinavian culture on team and change how they play with more puck control and wider ice surface mentality which increases passes and decreases hitting game. MIke Grier needs to trade for more Russian or Scandinavian players with power forward, grinder and heavy hitter style profiles, often these players are slow developers but standout for their toughness in AHL.

[@KNU_TV]

Puck pedia has all the info.

[@bnrush]

Will Smith scored 71 points in 41 games in Boston and NCAA Div 1 is harder than the AHL, so it doesn't really make sense to put him in the AHL. He's too advanced. That's why they're letting him develop at the NHL level.