GDT: Seattle Kraken Draft & Trades II - 8 PM ESPN2, SN, TVAS

[LouJersey]

Seattle selected some of the nobodies without a trade involved?

I would fire Francis tonight if he passed on Jake Bean for free.

 

[Smitty93]

Only reason to watch was to see the side deals, and they couldn't even do that

 

[PatriceBergeronFan]

I would fire Francis tonight if he passed on Jake Bean for free.

Exactly. Questionable first day.

 

[Alicat]

Carolina wins the night

 

[bbfan419]

Oleksiak, MacDermid and Soucy, that Seattle D will not be pushed around easily.

 

[ylekot]

Is ESPN an expansion network?

 

[missingchicklet]

Hard to believe this is true. If it is, then Francis should be let go for gross mismanagement. I guess we will find out tomorrow what the deal is since ESPN gave zero insight into anything about side deals.

 

[EvilDead]

You know that famous Tina Turner song "Your Simply the Best"? Yeah that doesn't apply to ESPN for tonight.

 

[DiggityDog]

Oleksiak, MacDermid and Soucy, that Seattle D will not be pushed around easily.

Pylons typically are difficult to move

 

[inactive user]

At the end of the day with all the defensemen they picked it just goes to show how the league values a guy like Nick Ritchie...

 

[Bruinaura]

 

[EvilDead]

Pylons typically are difficult to move

Size matters. Hakstol is going to have a big physical team.

 

[Jean_Jacket41]

No side deals ?

Francis is a dud.

 

[EvilDead]

Ron Francis better have some aces up his sleeve because this looks like a botch job.

 

[inactive user]

Lame

 

[JCRO]

I feel like Francis’ objective in this draft was to make sure everyone who exposed players with big contracts continued to be stuck with them. Even if they were the BPA lol.

We’ll see what they cook up for trades though. I imagine they’ll take on some contracts for assets now.

 

[TCB]

You think so?

That's pretty much what I thought he'd be signed for.

Yup.

I mean I would want him on my team to crack some heads when needed but I wouldn't want to tie him up over 4 mil per for the next 5 years on him. He's a serviceable 5-7 defenseman but I think at that price tag is a little to much, imo.

Im thinking he's right around 2.5-3 mil per defenseman, but maybe he's worth more but if I'm the kraken I would of spent money elsewhere and I think at first glance Ronnie Francis hasn't put together a very good team considering who was available.

 

[EvilDead]

Hard to believe this is true. If it is, then Francis should be let go for gross mismanagement. I guess we will find out tomorrow what the deal is since ESPN gave zero insight into anything about side deals.

But they did give us insight into throwing around Seafood.

 

[missingchicklet]

But they did give us insight into throwing around Seafood.

Hell yeah! And how to butcher names.

 

[DKH]

Ron Francis better have some aces up his sleeve because this looks like a botch job.

There has to be a side deal on Eberle over Bailey

 

[inactive user]

Francis is definitely looking to tank with all the 6-7 defensemen they picked up.

 

[TCB]

I would fire Francis tonight if he passed on Jake Bean for free.

Something gotta be up there. Time will tell but Im expecting a deal between the two teams to be announced soon with Seattle getting compensated for not taking him and Domi as well.

 

[inactive user]

There has to be a side deal on Eberle over Bailey

Bailey isn’t that good. Eberle was probably a better marketing choice.

 

[Tbaybruin]

What a dud. What’s next? NHL draft, well let’s announce the first round tomorrow. Just brutal. This is why Seattle won’t come close to duplicate what Vegas did. Vegas was one in a million.

 

[inactive user]

I would fire Francis tonight if he passed on Jake Bean for free.

Kid is a bust.