Alright. That probably finishes things out if they feel they have one more D reading at camp. Pretty decent contract. 1 year is fine.
I think they'll have to sign another defenseman given that we currently have six NHL defenders + Cale Fleury and Ryker Evans.
Of course unless the taem believes that Evans could be on the NHL roster to start the season, which I think might not the best thing as he needs to play.
That Geekie contract makes me think what would have Donato's contract looked like if we went to an arbitration with him. Probably around 2-3 million? I'm perfectly fine with not offering him a QO and there would be no room for him either.
That's why I think they opted not to qualify him.
I hope Donato does find a good spot for him.
A team like Arizona or Chicago still needs to reach the cap floor and signing him to a one or two year contract of about $1 - $1.5M wouldn't be a bad thing for those teams cause he could play some tix six(ish) minutes there and he's also a good guy to have around younger players.
I genuinely don't know where you would fit Donato on a healthy Kraken roster.
Beniers
Gourde
McCann
Burakovsky
Bjorkstrand
Eberley
Schwartz
Tanev
Wennberg
Geekie
Donskoi
This leaves 1 spot for Lind, Kuhlman or Wright. With Wright pretty much penciled into the roster, it would be hard to justify signing Donato.
I still have a feeling that someone like Donskoi could be gone before the season as he's not a guy you play on the 4th line and won't really get too many chances playing higher up in the lineup.
Of course unless they might look at what Eberle could be worth to other teams or if Schwartz, who talked about them looking into something not related to last season's injuury, or Tanev might not be ready to start the season.