Speculation: Seattle Expansion Draft Thread.......

[bland]

I am confused: are the deals being announced tomorrow the deals made ahead of time so that they'd pick one player rather than another, or are they already trading away some of the players they announced tonight?

Yes.

 

[kovacro]

We're all very knowledgable hockey fans but honestly I haven't heard of at least a quarter of their roster. Bastian, Twarynski, Appleton, GEEKIE... WHO???

Bastian is a serviceable bottom line guy. Don’t mind that pick. NJ didn’t have much available.

Mason Appleton (no relation to Larry Appleton) is a bottom 6 guy. I can’t see him progressing any further than that….I’d rather have Larry and maybe Balky gets thrown in as part of a side deal.

…. or Dylan DeMelo who is underrated.

Geekie is actually fairly decent and I believe has a connection to Francis back to his Carolina days. Bean would of seemed like the logical selection.

Twarynski is AHL fodder. Maybe a cup of coffee NHL guy, at best. Honestly would of considered Voracek here or even Ghost.

 

[BringTheReign]

Yes.

 

[KingsFan7824]

Yeah it's really bad. That team is loaded in decent second pair and bottom pairing defensemen, but the forward group is an absolute disaster at the moment. Lets see what Francis can do...

I wouldn't be surprised if this could be cut and pasted for Vegas 4 years ago.

 

[Reclamation Project]

Bastian is a serviceable bottom line guy. Don’t mind that pick. NJ didn’t have much available.

Mason Appleton (no relation to Larry Appleton) is a bottom 6 guy. I can’t see him progressing any further than that….I’d rather have Larry and maybe Balky gets thrown in as part of a side deal.

…. or Dylan DeMelo who is underrated.

Geekie is actually fairly decent and I believe has a connection to Francis back to his Carolina days. Bean would of seemed like the logical selection.

Twarynski is AHL fodder. Maybe a cup of coffee NHL guy, at best. Honestly would of considered Voracek here or even Ghost.

So 10 goals from the entire lot this season?

 

[bland]

It's both!

 

[kovacro]

So 10 goals from the entire lot this season?

I’m gonna get crazy and say Appleton gets 10 on his own. The rest combine for 8.

 

[BringTheReign]

Mason Appleton (no relation to Larry Appleton) is a bottom 6 guy. I can’t see him progressing any further than that….I’d rather have Larry and maybe Balky gets thrown in as part of a side deal.

Appleton was 0.5 PPG this year playing behind Winnipeg's bigger names on offense (14 min/game). I think he's got more potential than bottom 6 given his age and an opportunity. 1st liner, maybe not, but 2nd liner isn't out of the question.

 

[ru4reals]

Kings don't need Imama he's AHL 4th liner at best

This team is soft as butter a little toughness from time to time might not hurt. If the rumors were correct and they were going to try to play MacDerp as a forward give me Imama, may not be as good of a fighter but actually a decent fighter and not afraid to jump in and stick up for his teammates. You don't need to play him every game but from time to time why not you got nothing to lose. Can't wait to see this team get f**ked in the teeth again and tuck their tail in.

 

[kovacro]

Appleton was 0.5 PPG this year playing behind Winnipeg's bigger names on offense (14 min/game). I think he's got more potential than bottom 6 given his age and an opportunity. 1st liner, maybe not, but 2nd liner isn't out of the question.

Yeah I wouldn’t be surprised if he grabs a larger role with the Kraken. They are going to need guys to fill out the top 9. If they deal away the likes of Donskoi and Jarnkrok the opportunity should be there.

I’m suprised they didn’t go with DeMelo.

 

[Ray Martyniuk]

Yeah I wouldn’t be surprised if he grabs a larger role with the Kraken. They are going to need guys to fill out the top 9. If they deal away the likes of Donskoi and Jarnkrok the opportunity should be there.

I’m suprised they didn’t go with DeMelo.

Appleton was a good pick. Someone has to score some goals might as well be the 25 year old just coming into his own!

 

[KINGS17]

Ok, now seeing that tweet it makes a little more sense. Guess we wait until tomorrow to see the other side of this expansion draft.

These will most likely be some of the vets Seattle selected being traded for picks and prospects that didn't have to be protected.

Seattle seems to be doing more of a traditional expansion franchise build.

 

[Reaper45]

I won’t be shocked if Eberle does end up a King.

 

[Ray Martyniuk]

Bastian is a serviceable bottom line guy. Don’t mind that pick. NJ didn’t have much available.

Mason Appleton (no relation to Larry Appleton) is a bottom 6 guy. I can’t see him progressing any further than that….I’d rather have Larry and maybe Balky gets thrown in as part of a side deal.

…. or Dylan DeMelo who is underrated.

Geekie is actually fairly decent and I believe has a connection to Francis back to his Carolina days. Bean would of seemed like the logical selection.

Twarynski is AHL fodder. Maybe a cup of coffee NHL guy, at best. Honestly would of considered Voracek here or even Ghost.

I don't think the Seattle Kraken are done...Quenneville is a UFA as is Bayreuther so I think the Kraken will make a play for someone maybe Danault and Hamilton

 

[KINGS17]

I am confused: are the deals being announced tomorrow the deals made ahead of time so that they'd pick one player rather than another, or are they already trading away some of the players they announced tonight?

Could possibly be selecting an unprotected vet from Team A and trading that vet to Team B for picks and prospects. For example, would a contending team like to have Gourde on their roster in exchange for a pick/prospect? Probably.

 

[Ray Martyniuk]

I won’t be shocked if Eberle does end up a King.

No way Jose

 

[Reclamation Project]

I'm thinking Danault to Vegas.

 

[Bandit]

I like how about 70% of the people who post on this site who weren’t even alive when San Jose, Ottawa, Atlanta etc. entered the league act like what Vegas did was somehow normal, easy, and expected.

 

[Bandit]

I won’t be shocked if Eberle does end up a King.

Yeah possibly. Guess we’ll find out tomorrow, though it would be a little odd since he modeled their unis today.

 

[redcard]

Can't imagine Eberle being traded considering he was up on stage modeling the jersey tonight.

 

[Reaper45]

Yeah possibly. Guess we’ll find out tomorrow, though it would be a little odd since he modeled their unis today.

I didn’t watch the whole thing. To be honest I figure those guys are safe so maybe not then.

 

[Reclamation Project]

I like how about 70% of the people who post on this site who weren’t even alive when San Jose, Ottawa, Atlanta etc. entered the league act like what Vegas did was somehow normal, easy, and expected.

Typical revisionist nonsense. Vegas caught the league by total surprise, McPhee and McCrimmon did a masterful job. No doubt all 30 GMs have been planning for this for at least 2 years and wouldn't make the same mistakes. We'll see what happens tomorrow, but I don't expect many major moves. Seattle is in good shape with not wasting a ton of money on these high profile overpriced contracts. That alone is a major win.

 

[Fishhead]

I like how about 70% of the people who post on this site who weren’t even alive when San Jose, Ottawa, Atlanta etc. entered the league act like what Vegas did was somehow normal, easy, and expected.

There are a lot of times during the day when I wish I was one of those people.

Although, then I would have missed out on how pissed off Sharks fans would get at Fat Balloon.

 

[ru4reals]

All I know is now that they are officially a team with players....let the hatred begin. F**k the Krackheads!!! Can't wait for our losing streak against them.

Edit: Let's hope their fans aren't as Sh*tty as Vegas fans.

 

[FSL KINGS]

Hurricanes, Hawks, Blue Jackets, Montreal, Sharks, Bolts are the teams that seem like they may have cut a deal with. Sharks moving Jones seems likely.

Can't believe that guy that said no side deals were made. Holland just traded C. Jones, 3rd, Larsson for Keith at full cap hit & re-signed Smith & you're telling me all the GM's are smart enough to avoid throwing 1st round picks in this draft at Seattle? Maybe they just went full MacD on the draft? What is going on?