There’s no use in pretending the Sharks aren’t rebuilding anymore.
There had been a few, smaller, ultimately minor moves that showed that Grier was not going to waste time in molding his team. The NHL Draft last week showed that Grier was going to mold the Sharks into a squad that played the kind of hockey he played during his NHL career — heavy, direct, team-centered.But escalation like Wednesday’s was inevitable.
Let’s be clear: Burns is still a hell of a player. At age 37, he’s certainly lost a step since his Norris Trophy-winning and Hart Trophy-contending heyday, but Carolina is still adding a rare blue line playmaker.The defenseman’s buccaneering style — more forward than defenseman — worked when the Sharks were loaded with talent and had the best three-man combo of defensive centers in the NHL in Joe Thornton, Joe Pavelski and Logan Couture.
So this team is going to keep getting younger. It’s a necessity. And things will get worse before they get better, but the promise of the latter makes the pain of the former worthwhile.
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