How do you rank Seattle’s choices?

[The Grim Reaper]

How do you rank Seattle’s choices?

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[2023FriendshipTour]

I think they know who's in the next two drafts to be honest.

 

[Juicy Pop]

They have very little trade capital to play with... I can't see this team doing anything for a decade outside of a random 1st round appearance.

 

[Deam78]

 

[Svechhammer]

Need to see what else they have up their sleeve.

 

[ted2019]

Tank you very much.

 

[DudeWhereIsMakar]

They made the team big, from goaltending, forwards, and especially on the defense. But aside from that, I think they'll have a team that'll battle for a playoff spot.

I think Geekie, Appleton, Lind will turn out to be very, very good players for them. In fact, I believe Appleton and Geekie will be their star forwards this upcoming season and take over the first-line as late as three quarters into the season.

Judging by the size of their first roster, I have a gut feeling they're gonna take Owen Power if they can.

 

[Voight]

I think getting a guy like Tarasenko would be been good. Big name to market at the start and someone who could rebuild his value playing a lot of minutes for them. Best case you flip him after a resurgent season, worst case hes a free agent in 2 years.

 

[Legion34]

I mean. There has to be side deals right? Like even of the teams
They went cheap. They didn’t pick the best players at all

 

[PatriceBergeronFan]

It's a team built to entertain with toughness and size rather than talent, no doubt about it. The plan must be to draft franchise talent in the next few drafts.

 

[Weast]

Anyone have the same thread back from Vegas' draft before I make a pick?

 

[Garthinater]

Anyone have the same thread back from Vegas' draft before I make a pick?

Lol was thinking the same thing.

Most thought Vegas would be trash as far as I can remember. They've made the PO each year.

But this team looks pretty bad imo.

 

[Deam78]

Anyone have the same thread back from Vegas' draft before I make a pick?

The pick themselves aren't that far off, but most of the best players Vegas got weren't the picks, they were from the side deals.

 

[The Grim Reaper]

Anyone have the same thread back from Vegas' draft before I make a pick?

Good suggestion, as I think most posters underestimate chemistry. There’s no way most people thought Vegas would be this good. Chemistry is more important than names on paper.

 

[dalewood12]

They’re in the Pacific, so they have a very solid shot at making the playoffs.

 

[jetsforever]

I would say "other" because they are seemingly trying to prepare for the future rather than win immediately, but I wouldn't really call it a "tank attempt" either. It's just being realistic and may work out better for them.

 

[boredmale]

I voted other. There is still like 3 months till the season starts, let's see what Francis does between now and then(ie trades, UFAs, etc). Looks like for the most part Frances went for capspace being his #1 priority

 

[VoluntaryDom]

They are significantly better than most on this site think.

 

[PettersonHughes]

I think they did pretty well for the most part, there was no #1 C available in the expansion draft so their center group was always going to be weaker, but many thought the same about VGK but then Karlsson broke out.

What I think they did well: their defense will be strong (likely at least 7 deep, Giordano/ Larsson/ Dunn/ Oleksiak/ Lauzon/ Soucy/ H. Fleury) and they have a lot of skilled guys up front (Eberle/ Gourde/ Donskoi/ McCann/ Tanev/ Jarnkrok/ Appleton/ Blackwell). Their goalie tandem looks solid too with Driedger and Vanecek.

What I think they could've done better: not sure what they were aiming for with certain picks (e.g. idk who's Bastian/ Twarynski/ Borgen/ True/ Geekie/ Quenneville/ Bayreuther/ Daccord, if any fans from their former teams have insights please educate this Canucks fan here about their upside). I personally would've taken Kahkonen as the 3rd goalie instead of Soucy, but that's just my pick. Lastly I wonder if there was a way for them to value from Tampa and keep them in cap hell instead of just taking Gourde.

 

[Buck Naked]

I would also want a good chance at Wright and Bedard/Michkov.

 

[bobholly39]

Were any trades even made? Honest question, I didn't hear of a single trade where a team paid Francis not to take so and so player. With Vegas, they got a ton of value that way.

I thought the haul Vegas got at the time left a lot to be desired (they could have done better) - but this seems so much worst for Seattle.

Based on this roster - it seems like they want to tank. If that's the case, I get why they didn't want Price

 

[centipede2233]

Yeah, they definitely want to tank. There are 3 franchise altering players coming up in 2022/23 and they want one!

 

[grentthealien]

I think they know who's in the next two drafts to be honest.

I’m not quite as sure that they’re tanking as others are but with Wright and Bedard I wouldn’t blame them, looks like two deep drafts coming up.

 

[The Price is Right]

Horrible... Missing the star talent

 

[grentthealien]

I think they did pretty well for the most part, there was no #1 C available in the expansion draft so their center group was always going to be weaker, but many thought the same about VGK but then Karlsson broke out.

What I think they did well: their defense will be strong (likely at least 7 deep, Giordano/ Larsson/ Dunn/ Oleksiak/ Lauzon/ Soucy/ H. Fleury) and they have a lot of skilled guys up front (Eberle/ Gourde/ Donskoi/ McCann/ Tanev/ Jarnkrok/ Appleton/ Blackwell). Their goalie tandem looks solid too with Driedger and Vanecek.

What I think they could've done better: not sure what they were aiming for with certain picks (e.g. idk who's Bastian/ Twarynski/ Borgen/ True/ Geekie/ Quenneville/ Bayreuther/ Daccord, if any fans from their former teams have insights please educate this Canucks fan here about their upside). I personally would've taken Kahkonen as the 3rd goalie instead of Soucy, but that's just my pick. Lastly I wonder if there was a way for them to value from Tampa and keep them in cap hell instead of just taking Gourde.

I think Geekie , Bastian and Daccord could surprise you out of the picks you’re unsure about provided that they’re not traded.