Sorry, but Sheahan hasn't been tradeable at the deadline for a few years now. Seattle got a good penalty killer, but he can't do anything else really.Good signing and acquisition of yet another potential asset to flip at the trade deadline.
To those predicting doom and gloom - the Krakheads be fine. They've missed a lot of opportunities to build something interesting (with a sustainable future to go with it) but I don't think they'll be as terrible as many are fearing.
Good signing and acquisition of yet another potential asset to flip at the trade deadline.
To those predicting doom and gloom - the Krakheads be fine. They've missed a lot of opportunities to build something interesting (with a sustainable future to go with it) but I don't think they'll be as terrible as many are fearing.
I like to make fun of Seattle, but I expect them to finish in the 22-27th echelon, not technically too far from a playoff spot but not in the run. Also not a bottom feeder.
But, I thought they could build a playoff bound team with serious future assets so I'm really off-putted by the current state of the team.
32 team market now. If he does well enough it could happen.Sorry, but Sheahan hasn't been tradeable at the deadline for a few years now. Seattle got a good penalty killer, but he can't do anything else really.
I don't think this past draft could have produced a playoff team but they should have been able to gather a pile of picks and prospects for all of the free cap space they were playing with. Arizona made the trades Seattle should have made. But here's hoping signings like Sheahan back in the trading game this coming deadline.I like to make fun of Seattle, but I expect them to finish in the 22-27th echelon, not technically too far from a playoff spot but not in the run. Also not a bottom feeder.
But, I thought they could build a playoff bound team with serious future assets so I'm really off-putted by the current state of the team.
I don't think this past draft could have produced a playoff team but they should have been able to gather a pile of picks and prospects for all of the free cap space they were playing with. Arizona made the trades Seattle should have made. But here's hoping signings like Sheahan back in the trading game this coming deadline.
Unless you want the team to be in cap hell every year until the cows come home, there is nothing wrong with Seattle taking the approach they are at.
Everyone said the same thing about Vegas after prior to their first season and look at what happened. Let just wait and see what happens.
Agreed, I think the worst thing Francis has done so far is hire the wrong coach.Their squad is better than what Hakstol will bring out of them. He'll be a great hinderance
See, I think it's different. Vegas looked like a borderline playoff team from day 1. I think they got lucky with GM's being really dumb (especially Florida), but they did take on some bigger contracts.
And I spent too much time trying to build a roster for Seattle (just for fun mind you), but they had no need to be in "Cap Hell" even when taking somewhat bad contracts. Most of them were 1 or 2 years and slightly overpaid, but good NHLers anyway that could have been valuable assets with salary retained. So, by the time there's a prospect pipeline in place and you start signing decent players, most those expansion draft bad contracts would be gone anyway.
Right now, there's 10 teams with more cap space than Seattle. They don't really have a young roster, little extra draft capital and a few young forward AHLer. I mean, they just don't have much assets to even acquire futures.
But, I'm an armchair GM, and the guy in charge thought it was the best way to start the franchise. We'll see how it goes
And we wouldn't be making FA the signings that we did if we did take terrible contracts just for potentially meh draft picks. It takes 2 two make a trade. We have no idea what teams were even counter offering during trade talks other than we were asking for too much. And yet and they could be countering offering with way too low... So Seattle has to accept way to low counter offers just for the sake of taking a contract?
Agreed, I think the worst thing Francis has done so far is hire the wrong coach.