What will it take to sign San Jose’s free agents? A first look at Sharks under 2019-20 salary cap

Gary Bettman delivered some good news to the San Jose Sharks yesterday: Bettman projected an $83 million salary cap for 2019-20. That’s a $3.5 million increase from this season’s $79.5 million.

For Doug Wilson and cap-strapped San Jose, every dollar helps.

It’s just December, but it’s not too early to tremble at the potential Sharks’ bloodletting this summer.

At the moment, San Jose has just five forwards signed for 2019-20:

At least they have a defensive core and netminding pretty much locked up:

That’s $55.