[SI/Hockey News]: Seattle Mock Expansion Draft

[Soundgarden]

Even having $4M in dead cap for 4 years is just too much.

Seattle would have to accept that they'll probably be bad for at least 4 years to make a deal like that.

You're really undervaluing Johansen.

 

[Panda Bear]

Seattle is not taking Tierney from Ottawa when we'll have to leave at least one good promising young goalie unprotected.

You're valuing your goalies too highly.

 

[Panda Bear]

Here’s my team

View attachment 432784

View attachment 432785

View attachment 432786

"Quick Protect" doesn't have all the answers. Lucic has agreed to waive, so they'll protect Backlund. Florida just acquired Bennett so the crowd sourcing doesn't weight him enough yet, but they'll protect him. Lowry just re-signed long-term, so the Jets will protect him. Mete is new to Ottawa, and he's their third best defenceman they have to protect. And so on, and so on.

It's fun as hell though.

 

[Do Make Say Think]

You're valuing your goalies too highly.

Of the players we will expose, Daccord and Gustavsson are the best.

Not because they are amazing but because Dorion has set himself up very very well for this expansion draft.

We won't be losing anyone important, get cash and hopefully manage to trade for a top 4 dman with a team in a bind.

 

[Panda Bear]

Of the players we will expose, Daccord and Gustavsson are the best.

Not because they are amazing but because Dorion has set himself up very very well for this expansion draft.

We won't be losing anyone important, get cash and hopefully manage to trade for a top 4 dman with a team in a bind.

And yet Seattle could have a goaltending corps of Hill, Driedger, Khudobin and Allen.

You might be right, sure, but a middle six centre sure seems more valuable to me, the general public and the pundits.

 

[wetcoast]

Sorry if this was posted before or not in the right forum, if it was MODS can you please move

seems like a decent team but not playoffs bound team

FORWARDS (15)
Mason Appleton, Jets
Nicolas Aube-Kubel, Flyers
Kieffer Bellows, Islanders
Tyler Benson, Oilers
Dylan Gambrell, Sharks
Brett Howden, Rangers
Ryan Johansen, Predators
Andreas Johnsson, Devils
Mathieu Joseph, Lightning
Alexander Kerfoot, Maple Leafs
Jared McCann, Penguins
T.J. Oshie, Capitals
Eric Robinson, Blue Jackets
Chris Tierney, Senators
Austin Wagner, Kings

DEFENSEMEN (11)
Calvin de Haan, Blackhawks
Christian Djoos, Red Wings
Vince Dunn, Blues
Ryan Graves, Avalanche
Radko Gudas, Panthers
Oliver Kylington, Flames
Jeremy Lauzon, Bruins
Colin Miller, Sabres
Kevin Shattenkirk, Ducks
Brady Skjei, Hurricanes
Carson Soucy, Wild

GOALTENDERS (4)
Jake Allen, Canadiens
Adin Hill, Coyotes
Braden Holtby, Canucks
Anton Khudobin, Stars

PROJECTED TEAM CAP HIT: $69.26M


Seattle Mock Expansion Draft 2.0: Shuffle the Deck

This team is going to have a really long season and not in a good way.

 

[Goalie_Bob]

I just picked off the available list. I don’t expect it either but he was available so I picked him

Whoever is making the available list is an idiot

 

[summer tooth]

Would be cool if they could get Ryan Johansen and TJ Yoshie. Both terrific guys with a good attitude

 

[Gargyn]

Well they sure won’t be good like Vegas was, looking at that gross roster. Unless some dumb GM gives up another Marchessault plus Smith deal to protect Pysyk. Or Theodore. Those were head scratchers right from the get go. Everyone knew Theodore was a stud. Everyone knew Marchessault and Smith were good bets to be good top 6 guys.

 

[bertuzzi2bure]

IMO they are going to take Holtby. Why? Because it's a shot at a Fleury part 2 situation. Worst case is he plays poorly again and his contract is up after the season anyways. Best case is he turns it around and they have a legit starter for free. They wont be spending to the cap anyways so the cap hit is a non issue. Also, if he plays decent and they don't plan on keeping him they can probably use him as trade bait at the trade deadline.

 

[voxel]

Well they sure won’t be good like Vegas was, looking at that gross roster. Unless some dumb GM gives up another Marchessault plus Smith deal to protect Pysyk. Or Theodore. Those were head scratchers right from the get go. Everyone knew Theodore was a stud. Everyone knew Marchessault and Smith were good bets to be good top 6 guys.

Are you serious? Reilly Smith was struggling hard in that year on the Panthers and making $5M/yr. He was a cap dump.

Theodore I sort of understood because the Ducks wanted to keep their D and dump Stoner. I think teams will be wiser and just lose a good roster player instead.

 

[PAZ]

That is a horrible list. Seattle can have a good team, but not if they draft like this.

 

[Flyer lurker]

Sorry if this was posted before or not in the right forum, if it was MODS can you please move

seems like a decent team but not playoffs bound team

FORWARDS (15)
Mason Appleton, Jets
Nicolas Aube-Kubel, Flyers
Kieffer Bellows, Islanders
Tyler Benson, Oilers
Dylan Gambrell, Sharks
Brett Howden, Rangers
Ryan Johansen, Predators
Andreas Johnsson, Devils
Mathieu Joseph, Lightning
Alexander Kerfoot, Maple Leafs
Jared McCann, Penguins
T.J. Oshie, Capitals
Eric Robinson, Blue Jackets
Chris Tierney, Senators
Austin Wagner, Kings

DEFENSEMEN (11)
Calvin de Haan, Blackhawks
Christian Djoos, Red Wings
Vince Dunn, Blues
Ryan Graves, Avalanche
Radko Gudas, Panthers
Oliver Kylington, Flames
Jeremy Lauzon, Bruins
Colin Miller, Sabres
Kevin Shattenkirk, Ducks
Brady Skjei, Hurricanes
Carson Soucy, Wild

GOALTENDERS (4)
Jake Allen, Canadiens
Adin Hill, Coyotes
Braden Holtby, Canucks
Anton Khudobin, Stars

PROJECTED TEAM CAP HIT: $69.26M


Seattle Mock Expansion Draft 2.0: Shuffle the Deck

 

[RainyCityHockey]

IMO they are going to take Holtby. Why? Because it's a shot at a Fleury part 2 situation. Worst case is he plays poorly again and his contract is up after the season anyways. Best case is he turns it around and they have a legit starter for free. They wont be spending to the cap anyways so the cap hit is a non issue. Also, if he plays decent and they don't plan on keeping him they can probably use him as trade bait at the trade deadline.

Says who?

Of course that could be the case, given the options available to us, but it's been made clear by Francis that he has the green light to spent to the cap, get a coach as soon as he wants etc.

This ownership group is not shy on spending, to have a shot at winning and building something solid, and also didn't shy away from $650 mil expansion fee or at least $1.15 billion building costs for the arena.

 

[letsgrowcactus]

Here’s my team

View attachment 432784

View attachment 432785

View attachment 432786

Highly unlikely we leave Bennett exposed. Even if we go 4-4-1 in order to keep Forsling (hopefully Yandle waives his NMC and makes that option obsolete), it's Barkov, Huberdeau, Verhaeghe and then most likely Bennett as the last guy.

 

[Stuzchuk]

Here’s my team

View attachment 432784

View attachment 432785

View attachment 432786

Mete will be protected... try J.Brown instead

 

[Seanaconda]

They would never pick for 4 goalies. It's pain to carry 3 goalies, 4 is just insane. And who would wanna trade one of them if they know that they could pick one of them from waivers.

If they don't get an ahl team right away they won't carry four goalies at all , dmen and gritty forwards are the easiest to trade for draft capital so they will do that.

Goalies unless you're top 5 the last year don't get you much

 

[CupInSIX]

If they don't get an ahl team right away they won't carry four goalies at all , dmen and gritty forwards are the easiest to trade for draft capital so they will do that.

Goalies unless you're top 5 the last year don't get you much

It depends on what trades Francis has worked out before the draft IMO. He doesn't have much time to flip players and if last season was any indication, there's some good bargains to be had in free agency.

 

[Seanaconda]

It depends on what trades Francis has worked out before the draft IMO. He doesn't have much time to flip players and if last season was any indication, there's some good bargains to be had in free agency.

He's picking 30 players so he doesn't need 8 of them so you get players you can flip imo plus they should have the most cap space in the league to go for free agents

 

[CupInSIX]

He's picking 30 players so he doesn't need 8 of them so you get players you can flip imo plus they should have the most cap space in the league to go for free agents

The free agency point was for other teams looking to trade for players. Why pay Seattle for a player when you can sign one?

Flipping 8 players in August for full value when some UFAs will still be out there could be a tall order.

 

[Seanaconda]

The free agency point was for other teams looking to trade for players. Why pay Seattle for a player when you can sign one?

Flipping 8 players in August for full value when some UFAs will still be out there could be a tall order.

It won't be full value but draft picks are gonna be what they want for eight of those guys

I wouldn't take goalies they are mostly the cheapest trade bait, I think they will take 2 good goalies unless another team wants to pay them to steal a goalie

.like Toronto or Carolina might ask them to do that .

Maybe the oilers but Toronto and the canes just can't figure out goalies

 

[cowboy82nd]

Highly unlikely we leave Bennett exposed. Even if we go 4-4-1 in order to keep Forsling (hopefully Yandle waives his NMC and makes that option obsolete), it's Barkov, Huberdeau, Verhaeghe and then most likely Bennett as the last guy.

Going by cap friendly, don't we have to protect (unless they waive) Barkov, Huberdeau, Hornqvist, and Acciari? Am I reading that right?

 

[MCB]

Kevin Shattenkirk, Ducks

I will drive him up myself and buy them dinner.

 

[orby]

I have to believe the Pens will protect McCann.

 

[Aceboogie]

Oilers wont loose Benson. I think they rather loose Jones.

Personally I'd rather lose Benson of the two

Jones will be the Theodore of this ED of claimed