Satiar Shah

It seems like a pretty good success so far.

Yeah, of course.

And obviously we have you on to talk about the San Jose Sharks and what's next for them this offseason.

It was an incredible year for San Jose.

I mean, you know, they exceeded expectations.

They were in the playoff race, bought at the deadline.

Kiefer Sherwood, of course, from Vancouver.

Overall, when you look at what happened last year and where the team is positioned, where would you say the team is at?

And are they poised to take another step, you think, heading into next year?

Yeah, and as far as trying to move forward here, this offseason and how aggressive they've been, would you look at San Jose being a team that's going to be mostly in on the free agent market on finding the blue line or perhaps looking at the trade market?

And obviously, the big question a lot of people here have is around what the San Jose Sharks may be looking to do with that second overall pick.

And of course, a huge moment for them winning the second pick in the draft lottery, especially after the season that they had.

And I know that outside of San Jose, there is this idea that the team is locked into taking a defenseman at number two.

And when you look at what can happen here at number two for the team,

Are you for sure looking at a D-man going there, or do you think that maybe Stenberg, because that's one name we've kind of heard here, is that Ivar Stenberg could still be an option there at number two?

Yeah, and that's the thing when I'm asking around the league about this and who's the top defenseman.

And that's why, as much as to your point, it's unlikely that we see trade downs, but it seems like if it was going to be a year where teams look to trade down, this would be the year to do so, right?

Especially when you look at there isn't a great consensus on who the best D-man is.

And if you're not feeling comfortable on number two, maybe going down makes a lot of sense.

And I guess the bigger question for me with San Jose is,