News: Seattle Kraken Expansion Draft Thread [Part II]

[Pip]

Yet Seattle has 30 million in cap space...

Which is a huge asset. Not something to be wasted

 

[vanarchy]

I think you mean at 7am tomorrow

This has been a breakout year.

For Frank Seravalli.

#generational

 

[Angry Little Elf]

This has been a breakout year.

For Frank Seravalli.

#generational

Quietly roaring back

 

[KingsFan7824]

Even if you don't flip him. I just don't get not taking Price and Tarasenko. You're an expansion team and you are gifted with two legitimate superstars available. Why wouldn't you take them?

Various combos of age, cap hits, term, injuries, lack of production.

 

[buddahsmoka1]

Which is a huge asset. Not something to be wasted

Getting two superstars is not "wasting" it.

 

[deaderhead28]

He's so good the Kings were transitioning him to forward because he was a disaster on defense

 

[Pip]

Getting two superstars is not "wasting" it.

Tarasenko used to be a superstar, Price carries a crippling contract. They are not good assets.

 

[Volica]

They’ve got to have 6-12 trades in the hopper.
This team made some very strange picks.

 

[Lolonegoal]

Alexander True is my favourite player!

No way, that must be false.

 

[Jrtu]

So not one team made a deal at all to not get Seattle not to pick a certain player or to take a certain player? Or is it only because this type of trades won’t be announced till later?

 

[Bam19]

I expected a fleury of trades at the unveiling

 

[kingsfan28]

D
#4 Kurtis MacDermid
Kraken younger, better version of Deryk Engelland, fan favorite from the get go
- been following Kurtis since his OHL days, he will surprise many, as in how good he is!

The only thing I agree was that he was a fan fav, but thats where it ends...

You want to end a season long winning streak, put McDermid in because he hasn;t played in 2 weeks [during the streak] and watch him get a -3 and the streak come to an airbag deploying stop. And then expect to drop 5 straight.

 

[Just Linda]

I don't see a trade route where Seattle could get Eichel at this point. They f'd this up so badly

 

[Dog]

I don't see a trade route where Seattle could get Eichel at this point. They f'd this up so badly

Maybe it's good Eichel is one bad hit away from career ending.

 

[Fraser28]

They’ve got to have 6-12 trades in the hopper.
This team made some very strange picks.

Already confirmed they don't. 2-3 coming.

 

[Just Linda]

Maybe it's good Eichel is one bad hit away from career ending.

This whole franchise is one bad hit away from career ending.

 

[Dowisetrepla]

Kraken went mostly young and cheap in expansion draft. Only recognized 3-4 of the names they picked. Probably smart way to go, lots of cap room for free agents and deals down the line

 

[Chevx]

I mean... I'm just a keyboard GM and I know nothing about how the real things get done. But I am terribly disappointed. I was waking up for the ED (2 a.m. CEST) to see if the rumoured choices are real and if there are some side deals to the weird/weak ones. I had to stop watching after an hour. Endless ads, no further information about the trades...

... and now I learn that there won't be many side deals? I can't get my head around Francis' strategy. It's rather obvious that this team is far from the final roster. However, not picking Clague, Tierney or someone else from Hawks, Flyers and many others makes no sense to me. Like Francis didn't need to blackmail anyone – if the relevant team offered no sweeteners for the better players, I would have picked them nonetheless.

The strongest device of Kraken is obviously a cap space.

 

[Roksta]

So after being gifted a generous expansion draft that’s all Francis gonna come up with? The Wild was better when they came into the league ffs

 

[WolfgangPuck]

I’m going to reserve my judgement until I see the final Kraken team in action. Remember the responses 4 years ago here that McPhee got hosed and didn’t pick the best team
Took other GMs demands and received the players other teams didn’t want in exchanged for draft picks.
Everyone at HB say the Golden Knights were a team of 3rd line players and bottom pairing defenseman.
Turns out Vegas got the last laugh.

 

[HockeyWooot]

Not to mention Eberle is their best scorer. Lol oh my this is gonna be an ugly team.

Trade freeze lift and free agency hasn’t started yet. I don’t think this is their final roster?

 

[HockeyWooot]

I could see one or both of Jarnkrok and Donskoi traded come tomorrow.

Maybe Soucy or Lauzon as well. A few bodies on the backend will be moved out in the coming days.

I think so. Many teams would be interested in acquiring some quality depth.

 

[VivaLasVegas]

Trade freeze lift and free agency hasn’t started yet. I don’t think this is their final roster?

I doubt that this is their final roster as the horse-trading is just starting as other teams fill the gaps created by the expansion draft, which ironically creates even more opportunities for Seattle.

 

[VivaLasVegas]

This Seattle team is no Vegas. They're what an expansion team should look like.

Recalling that about 90% of HF posters were sure that the VGK would be bottom-dwellers their first season because of all the losers they got saddled with. Personally, I think Seattle has done pretty well so far.

 

[Helsinki city boy]

Which is a huge asset. Not something to be wasted

With that roster you’ll get just overpaid Brian Giontas and Matt Moulsons. Toptier playrs will skip Seattle for sure.