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

[since76]

It is not a problem but I just can’t understand the krakens strategy with theirs choices
Good luck to them

 

[kjpm]

I get valuing cap space but Francis didn't get a single draft pick to not select a guy? Looks like he came in too hot demanding too high a price for an extra protection spot so everybody just worked around him. I'll withhold judgment until things shake out but they left a lot of value on the table.

 

[NeelyDan]

LeBrun tweeted that Seattle trades in the hopper to be announced at end of roster freeze.

 

[BTO]

Hurricane's (and Panthers') twitter account is easily the highlight of the draft ainec. The NHL should just have hired the Carolina twitter account to release the names of the pics. Would have been far more entertaining.

 

[TCB]

I had no idea. Is Bailey and Eberle even that far apart from each other in terms of value?

Must be the islanders like Bailey enough to give up a little extra to keep. I cant remember for sure who said it, it was either
Frank Seravalli or Dave Pagnotti

 

[Aussie Bruin]

So it's basically confirmed that Francis bungled it. Clearly GMs learned from their past mistakes, but some of those picks are just inexplicable if there's not a side deal. Geekie from Carolina, Bayreuther from Columbus, Twarynski from Philly, Quenneville from Chicago...

Jury is still out I'd say. Definitely some questionable or eye-opening picks, on the surface, but there seems to be some strategy at work here, e.g. if they're storing up cap space, maybe Francis is going to target a squeezed team like Tampa to try and land some very cheap or advantageous trades. Let's see how things look in Seattle in a few days.

 

[inactive user]

Jury is still out I'd say. Definitely some questionable or eye-opening picks, on the surface, but there seems to be some strategy at work here, e.g. if they're storing up cap space, maybe Francis is going to target a squeezed team like Tampa to try and land some very cheap or advantageous trades. Let's see how things look in Seattle in a few days.

According to @NeelyDan there are trades that have yet been announced until the freeze is lifted.

 

[EvilDead]

Is there a post-game thread?

Yes. It's called "How Ron Francis lost his job in 24 hours: postmortem of the 2021 expansion draft."

 

[13Hockey]

 

[EvilDead]

So the Bruins should avoid Suter like the Delta variant then.

If we based every player decision on a player's past, Taylor Hall wouldn't be back with the Bruins at 6 million per or thereabouts.

 

[Knox Harrington]

Man, really dumbed it down for the ESPN crowd which was unnecessary.

 

[TCB]

I think that they are trying to make other teams sweat with the bloated contracts, while also eyeing up free agency.

I think other teams may have tried to play hard ball with them and Francis wasn't biting. These teams will probably come back around with better offers and if that was/is the case, Ronnie wont look like a fool who didn't know what in the hell he was doing after all.

 

[DKH]

It is not a problem but I just can’t understand the krakens strategy with theirs choices
Good luck to them

I do

the next to drafts are loaded and he didn’t really bail teams out

 

[inactive user]

Yikes...

 

[missingchicklet]

Feel bad for Giordano. Could tell he was not thrilled to be in Seattle. Found it funny that Oleksiak said he's excited about the direction the team is heading. Uh, the team hasn't even played a game yet and just drafted half an AHL roster. Not sure what direction to make of that.

Francis is getting roasted by a lot of folks around the net now, but there is no way he doesn't have a very complete plan in place to have a notably better roster by the time the season starts. I thought he would at least take a couple players that could be flipped in deals for assets. I guess tomorrow will shed more light on some of his decisions that look like head scratchers at the moment. He did avoid taking on stupid contracts being dangled in front of him, put together the makings of a pretty decent D, and drafted some solid forwards. So much cap room to go after players he actually wants in FA.

 

[BruinsBtn]

I get valuing cap space but Francis didn't get a single draft pick to not select a guy? Looks like he came in too hot demanding too high a price for an extra protection spot so everybody just worked around him. I'll withhold judgment until things shake out but they left a lot of value on the table.

Absolutely. He badly overplayed his hand but asking for a ransom. GMGM looks like a genius in comparison. He left with a better team and a boatload of draft picks.

 

[Fenian24]

If we based every player decision on a player's past, Taylor Hall wouldn't be back with the Bruins at 6 million per or thereabouts.

I was referencing my dislike and lack of faith in Cassidy being able to control a locker room (or run a power play, shorthand, match lines, understand how to coach in the playoffs, well anything coaching related)

 

[13Hockey]

 

[inactive user]

Feel bad for Giordano. Could tell he was not thrilled to be in Seattle. Found it funny that Oleksiak said he's excited about the direction the team is heading. Uh, the team hasn't even played a game yet and just drafted half an AHL roster. Not sure what direction to make of that.

Francis is getting roasted by a lot of folks around the net now, but there is no way he doesn't have a very complete plan in place to have a notably better roster by the time the season starts. I thought he would at least take a couple players that could be flipped in deals for assets. I guess tomorrow will shed more light on some of his decisions that look like head scratchers at the moment. He did avoid taking on stupid contracts being dangled in front of him, put together the makings of a pretty decent D, and drafted some solid forwards. So much cap room to go after players he actually wants in FA.

Agree with most of what you said but what made you think Giordano wasn’t thrilled?

 

[inactive user]

Absolutely. He badly overplayed his hand but asking for a ransom. GMGM looks like a genius in comparison. He left with a better team and a boatload of draft picks.

I guess most teams learned from that year. Not worth giving up multiple assets to protect one player.

 

[missingchicklet]

Agree with most of what you said but what made you think Giordano wasn’t thrilled?

His whole demeanor. He might have still been in shock that he is no longer a Flame. He might also think there is a chance that he will still get traded by the Kraken.

 

[Gordoff]

Yeah that’s true. It’s not like Lauzon was Bobby Orr...

Yeah so besides Bobby Orr, who is?

 

[inactive user]

Yeah so besides Bobby Orr, who is?

Probably should’ve made a better comparison. I like Lauzon, think he will be missed. But it’s odd that some people on the board seem to think it’s the end of the world.

 

[Bread and Circuses]

Probably should’ve made a better comparison. I like Lauzon, think he will be missed. But it’s odd that some people on the board seem to think it’s the end of the world.

member when folks here though Jimmy Vesey was going to be the game changer for the Bruins and were rattled when he went to the Rangers?

I member.......

 

[JOKER 192]

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

Today's NHL D Corps are built that way . Sweeny didn't get the memo.