Confirmed Signing with Link: [SEA] Alex Wennberg signing with the Kraken (3 years, $4.5M AAV)

[Warden of the North]

This seems like a big contract

 

[Taytro]

This is a lot of money for a 3C...

Lol 1C on Seattle, 3C on every other teams AHL club.

 

[Just A Bit Outside]

Jesus Francis. WTF are you doing...

 

[Big McLargehuge]

I truly do not know what Francis is thinking or doing.

 

[bossram]

Here's their 2C. I guess we know what Francis was saving his cap space for lmao.

Risky bet.

 

[Malkinstheman]

Francis absolutely f***ed the expansion draft. Seattle doesn’t have the roster or assets that Vegas had. Yikes.

 

[Gil Gunderson]

lol francis

 

[KirkAlbuquerque]

Seattle has their 1C

 

[yzerman]

500k-1 million per year to much

 

[4Twenty]

I don’t get the concerns here. Was good in Florida. Short contract. Middle six (hate this term) money.

Columbus and Torts suck it out of everybody. There’s something to be said about being comfortable.

 

[Jean Luc Discard]

Francis weaponizing the cap space against the Kraken.

 

[ctmagic]

Lol 1C on Seattle, 3C on every other teams AHL club.

he’d be 1c on MN lol

 

[Interior Cascadian]

Is Gourde supposed to be their 1C then?? Wennberg seems redundant.

 

[The Moose is Loose]

Seattle had so much to potential to load up on talent or load up on assets. They did neither.

 

[Scrantonicity 2]

Francis is fast becoming a meme with this friggin expansion farce.

 

[Rebels57]

Francis is the only other GM in the league in that Ken Holland / Chuck Fletcher tier of awfulness.

 

[theimmortal1]

Makes no sense. Tyler Johnson is actually better and they could have had him plus a 2nd for similar cost

 

[HanSolo]

Yikes.

Still hesitant to declare Seattle a garbage team that will struggle after how Vegas did but it's really hard not to.

 

[cheesymc]

No one would pick this guy up on waivers… let alone now that he has 3 years on his contract left lol. Francis might take honors for worse GM this year.

 

[banks]

This is what they saved all that cap space for???

No need for Tarasenko at 7.5 for 2 years.

But you have to have Wennberg at 4.5 for 3?

 

[The Red Line]

I get the feeling that whatever plan Seattle had in place in a month ago isn't shaking out the way they wanted and now they're making some desperation moves.

I like the player, but that's a lot. I still can't really grasp what their team is.

 

[JacketLife]

Ouch

 

[EastVillageBlues]

holy crap he is not worth that. Francis is an idiot.

You have to overpay to get someone on an unknown team.

Based on that, I expect Schwarts to get 9M per from the Kraken

 

[ProjectPanthers]

Good for Wenny. He gets paid again after a nice bounce back season but my oh my did Seattle ever overpay for him.

 

[Got One Cup]

Wow Francis. What in the world are you giving Schwartz?