makarov in article apr csd newshost stanford edu nlu xenon stanford edu nelson lu writes i don t think the sharks should dig into the free agent market most of the good free agents will require quite a bit of compensation and set the sharks back as far as player development goes remember the sharks were unwilling to give up player s in addition to the million they offered for joe murphy and i think that s a good approach they tried to sign sergei makarov before this season because makarov wouldn t have required compensation matching the makarov offer was the only real mistake dave king has made this year i have to wonder about the intelligence of signing a year old who is obviously on the downside of his career to a year million contract risebrough matched the offer on king s request and makarov has spent the last quarter of the season in the press box because his work ethic just plain stinks not to mention that he s lost a step and can no longer get himself into position to make the nifty passes i think makarov will be available for free this offseason to anybody who agrees to pay his contract he s ineffective in calgary but he might be able to help a team like san jose with their shortage of talent if there s no takers and makarov doesn t show improvement in training camp i think the flames will just bite the bullet and buy out makarov s contract and release him with his current attitude he is a detriment to the team alan
