2021 Seattle Expansion Draft (Seattle selects D. Gavin Bayruether)

[LoneFunyan]

More I have looked at capfriendly.com and the expansion draft on there, I have a feeling Bayreuther may be the pick...they need 6 or so minor league eligible players...

Nicely done.

 

[EDM]

Well having Kukan back gives a little boost to our group of d-men. H can be listed to fill one of our slots in the top 6.

 

[Fred Glover]

So all this hand wringing over Domi not being protected is much ado about nothing

 

[DarkandStormy]

Looks like showcasing Bayreuther down the stretch instead of getting Peeke some minutes really paid off.

 

[MissADD]

You don't seriously think this happened do you?

Thats why I said 'IF'. All I knew was Domi wasn't taken and the rumored price to not take a player was at least a 1st.

 

[NotWendell]

That is a puzzling selection.

 

[GoJackets1]

This is a great start to this week for the CBJ. Huge relief that it's not a roster player. And I wasn't ready to give up on Domi either.

 

[KallioWeHardlyKnewYe]

A lot of us here were consistent in posting that it made no sense for Seattle to take Domi. (Unless you were referring to the main boards, which were wildly wrong for the most part.)

Definitely the main boards!

I was skeptical about Domi's value to Seattle as well.

 

[DarkandStormy]

The rumored team at this point (a few are waiting confirmation). All UFAs have deals in place in order to be selected.

 

[JacketsDavid]

So it looks like to me that Seattle will have to active in free agency or trades to get to the floor? I would assume trades to gather more picks?

 

[NotWendell]

So it looks like to me that Seattle will have to active in free agency or trades to get to the floor? I would assume trades to gather more picks?

They have 6 more picks to make as of now. They'll make it to the floor.

 

[CBJx614]

It's almost like Jarmo knows what he's doing ..

 

[Monk]

So it looks like to me that Seattle will have to active in free agency or trades to get to the floor? I would assume trades to gather more picks?

That's what I'm thinking, they'll acquire cap (with picks) from cap-strapped teams.

 

[DarkandStormy]

Yeah, the only strategy I'm discerning is that Francis wants to maximize his cap space coming out of the Expansion Draft. They could have gone the Vegas route but they're going to be a cap floor team at the end of today (pending any deals to be announced).

 

[JacketsDavid]

They have 6 more picks to make as of now. They'll make it to the floor.

I was showing 4 and still short - will have to see. I could be wrong.

 

[Monk]

I was showing 4 and still short - will have to see. I could be wrong.

Same

 

[LJ7]

There's no way they could've been Vegas 2.0 so they're gonna get their studs thru trades and FA. They did the right thing by taking good cheap contracts only.

 

[Monk]

Yeah, the only strategy I'm discerning is that Francis wants to maximize his cap space coming out of the Expansion Draft. They could have gone the Vegas route but they're going to be a cap floor team at the end of today (pending any deals to be announced).

My guess is teams were way less proactive this time around and hoping Seattle would take their pricey players without incentive, and that just didn't happen.

 

[DarkandStormy]

I was showing 4 and still short - will have to see. I could be wrong.

Buffalo
Chicago (rumored to be "off the board")
Detroit
Rangers (rumored to be Blackwell)
Tampa Bay

 

[NotWendell]

I'm convinced now that Seattle would have taken Robinson.

 

[CBJWerenski8]

So is Seattle tanking or is this some 5000 IQ chess moves that I can’t see

 

[JacketLife]

I was fully expecting them to take Kukan. So happy it was a guy I didn’t even remember was on the team.

 

[DarkandStormy]

So is Seattle tanking or is this some 5000 IQ chess moves that I can’t see

Don't think we have the full picture. Not a single "side deal" announced that I'm aware of. But if they come out of tonight with a bunch of cap space, they still have free agency to make some moves and they'll have the flexibility to do so.

 

[Toe Pick]

Weird choice.

Hindsight is always 20/20 but nice to see Jarmo’s risk paid off as I believe Domi will have a minimum second round value come deadline time.

That said I thought they would take Domi and I’m honestly not sure what Francis’s strategy is here given the leaked selections so far.

I keep hearing cap space is valuable but I’ve also heard that plenty of times from another very familiar GM and haven’t seen any substantial actions/benefits behind it.

 

[Viqsi]

More I have looked at capfriendly.com and the expansion draft on there, I have a feeling Bayreuther may be the pick...they need 6 or so minor league eligible players...

Domi and his shoulder surgery has to be a caution, there are plenty of players available better than Kukan and Stenlund....

Psychic powers confirmed.