Kraken Expansion Draft with trades

Created by: TrueCanuck

Team: 2021-22 Seattle Kraken

Initial Creation Date: Apr. 22, 2021

Published: Apr. 22, 2021

Salary Cap Mode: Basic

Legend

Left Handed

Original Team

Waivers Exempt

Right Handed

Position

Trade Clause

Max Perf. Bonus

Expiry Status

Term Remaining

McDavid, Connor

$12,500,000 ( Performance Bonus

$250,000)

NMC

UFA - 5

Description

To see my protection lists, go here:

https://www.capfriendly.com/forums/thread/440546

Obviously have a ton of cap space to go after any free agents, but in general I feel like Seattle is destined to struggling for offence until the develop more talent from within. Luckily for the Kraken they have a ton of cap space and can go after any free agent they want, although I find it hard to convince a big name to come to a brand new expansion team when they have an opportunity to go to a contender immediately. Some names I see being potential fits (as of now, would change with extensions after the draft) would be:
- Mikael Granlund
- Nikita Gusev
- Brandon Sutter
- Mike Hoffman
- Alexander Wennberg

As for the defence, it's pretty strong for what's to be available. I have Kraken management banking big on Vince Dunn developing on a similar path to Shea Theodore to be the anchor on the back end. Definitely a lot more puck moving guys than defensive guys available. Would likely look to free agency to address that as well. Some guys I see available for that position would be:
- Alec Martinez
- Jamie Oleksiak
- Ryan Murray
- Marc Staal
- Jake McCabe

Goaltending looks to be set, barring any trades from teams to help them protect extra guys. Chris Driedger will be looking for his best shot at a team willing to give him a starter's job immediately. I feel like Seattle can best do that while having a good veteran in Holtby behind him if he falters while also being able to add some depth from the expansion draft and minor trades. I don't really see goaltending as an area that would be addressed via free agency so I won't list an options there.

Overall, I wouldn't expect this team to compete like Vegas did. They may be in a fight for a playoff spot with some good coaching, but a lack of offence is likely to hurt them quite a bit. I'd say they likely finish within the 23-32 range of the league and look to be in the lottery for one of the top 5 players in next years draft (Shane Wright, Matthew Savoie, Brad Lambert, Rutger McGroarty, etc) which isn't the worst idea to start building the team around one of them.

Free Agent Signings

RFA	YEARS	CAP HIT
Jones, Max	2	$1,275,000
Hill, Adin	2	$900,000
Kylington, Oliver	2	$865,000
Wolanin, Christian	1	$900,000
Hartman, Ryan	3	$2,575,000
Fleury, Cale	1	$775,000
Merkley, Nick	2	$925,000
Howden, Brett	3	$1,345,000
Brown, Logan	1	$885,000
Aston-Reese, Zach	1	$1,215,000
Dunn, Vince	7	$5,185,000
Katchouk, Boris	2	$865,000
Vehvilainen, Veini	1	$895,000

UFA	YEARS	CAP HIT
Driedger, Chris	4	$3,765,000
Ho-Sang, Joshua	1	$1,150,000
Gabriel, Kurtis	1	$750,000

Trades

SEA

Jones, Max [RFA Rights]

ANA

SEA

Hill, Adin [RFA Rights]

ARI

SEA

Clifton, Connor

BOS

SEA

Miller, Colin

BUF

SEA

Emilio Pettersen, Mathias
Kylington, Oliver [RFA Rights]
2022 4th round pick (CGY)

CGY

Seattle Kraken select Oliver Kylington and receive Mathias Emilio Pettersen and a 2022 4th round pick (CGY) from Calgary in exchange for not selecting Chris Tanev

SEA

Niederreiter, Nino

CAR

SEA

Connolly, Brett

CHI

SEA

Graves, Ryan

COL

SEA

Kukan, Dean

CBJ

10.

SEA

Honka, Julius [RFA Rights]
Tufte, Riley
2021 2nd round pick (DAL)
2022 5th round pick (DAL)

DAL

2021 4th round pick (SEA)

Additional Details:

Seattle Kraken select Julius Honka and receive Riley Tufte, a 2021 2nd round pick (DAL), and a 2022 5th round pick (DAL) in exchange for not selecting either Joe Pavelski or Anton Khudobin

11.

SEA

Namestnikov, Vladislav

DET

12.

SEA

Jones, Caleb

EDM

13.

SEA

Driedger, Chris (UFA Rights)

FLA

14.

SEA

Wolanin, Christian [RFA Rights]

LAK

15.

SEA

Hartman, Ryan [RFA Rights]
Jones, Hunter

MIN

Seattle Kraken select Ryan Hartman and receive Hunter Jones for not selecting either Marcus Foligno or Cam Talbot

16.

SEA

Fleury, Cale [RFA Rights]

MTL

17.

SEA

Kunin, Luke

NSH

18.

SEA

Merkley, Nick [RFA Rights]

NJD

19.

SEA

Ho-Sang, Joshua (UFA Rights)

NYI

20.

SEA

Howden, Brett [RFA Rights]

NYR

21.

SEA

Brown, Logan [RFA Rights]

OTT

22.

SEA

Gostisbehere, Shayne
2021 5th round pick (VGK)

PHI

Seattle Kraken select Shayne Gostisbehere and receive a 2021 5th round pick (VGK) for not selecting James van Riemsdyk

23.

SEA

Aston-Reese, Zach [RFA Rights]

PIT

24.

SEA

Gabriel, Kurtis (UFA rights)

SJS

25.

SEA

Dunn, Vince [RFA Rights]

STL

26.

SEA

Crozier, Maxwell [Reserve List]
Johnson, Tyler
Katchouk, Boris [RFA Rights]
2023 2nd round pick (TBL)

TBL

2021 5th round pick (SEA)

Additional Details:

Seattle Kraken select Tyler Johnson and receive Boris Katchouk, Maxwell Crozier, and a 2023 2nd round pick (TBL) for not selecting Ryan McDonagh

27.

SEA

Kerfoot, Alexander
Vehvilainen, Veini [RFA Rights]

TOR

Seattle Kraken select Alexander Kerfoot and receive Veini Vehvilainen in exchange for not selecting Travis Dermott

28.

SEA

Holtby, Braden

VAN

29.

SEA

Dowd, Nic

WSH

30.

SEA

Niku, Sami
2021 3rd round pick (WPG)

WPG

Seattle Kraken select Sami Niku and receive a 2021 3rd round pick (WPG) for not selecting Adam Lowry

Buried

Dean Kukan: $525,000 ($1,650,000)
Adin Hill: $0 ($900,000)

Draft	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Round 5	Round 6	Round 7
2021
2022
2023

ROSTER

LONG-TERM OUTLOOK

EMBED

TEXT-EMBED

ROSTER SIZE	SALARY CAP	CAP HIT	OVERAGES	BONUSES	CAP SPACE
23	$81,500,000	$56,106,667	$0	$0	$25,393,333

Left Wing	Centre	Right Wing
Namestnikov, Vladislav $1,000,000$1,000,000 LW, RW, C UFA - 1	Johnson, Tyler $5,000,000$5,000,000 RW, C, LW M-NTC UFA - 3	Connolly, Brett $3,500,000$3,500,000 RW, LW UFA - 2
Niederreiter, Nino $5,250,000$5,250,000 LW, RW UFA - 1	Kerfoot, Alexander $3,500,000$3,500,000 LW, C, RW UFA - 2	Ho-Sang, Joshua $1,150,000$1,150,000 RW, C UFA
Howden, Brett $1,345,000$1,345,000 C, LW UFA - 1	Kunin, Luke $2,300,000$2,300,000 RW, C RFA - 1	Hartman, Ryan $2,575,000$2,575,000 C, RW UFA - 3
Jones, Max $1,275,000$1,275,000 LW, RW RFA - 3	Dowd, Nic $750,000$750,000 C UFA - 1	Aston-Reese, Zach $1,215,000$1,215,000 LW, RW UFA - 1

Left Defense	Right Defense	Goaltender
Gostisbehere, Shayne $4,500,000$4,500,000 LD/RD UFA - 2	Miller, Colin $3,875,000$3,875,000 RD UFA - 1	Driedger, Chris $3,765,000$3,765,000 G UFA - 3
Graves, Ryan $3,166,667$3,166,667 LD UFA - 2	Dunn, Vince $5,185,000$5,185,000 LD/RD UFA - 2	Holtby, Braden $2,000,000$2,000,000 G UFA - 1
Kylington, Oliver $865,000$865,000 LD/RD UFA - 1	Clifton, Connor $1,000,000$1,000,000 RD UFA - 2

Scratches	Injured Reserve (IR)	Long Term IR (LTIR)
Gabriel, Kurtis $750,000$750,000 RW UFA - 1
Katchouk, Boris $865,000$865,000 LW RFA - 3
Niku, Sami $750,000$750,000 LD/RD UFA - 1

Top Comments

Apr. 22, 2021 at 1:57 p.m.

Dmh1055

Joined: May 2018

Posts: 1,898

Likes: 250

The Flyers keep the 5th and lose JVR.

Apr. 22, 2021 at 2:00 p.m.

TrueCanuck

Roster Architect

Joined: Mar. 2021

Posts: 2,643

Likes: 909

Quoting: Dmh1055

The Flyers keep the 5th and lose JVR.

It's a 5th round pick dude. Not a steep price at all. & when Philadelphia has defencemen in the minors that can step in and take Gostisbehere's spot, and they will need JVR's scoring up front.. I don't think a 5th in a very unpredictable draft is a big price at all. Stop nit picking over the smallest details.

Apr. 22, 2021 at 2:04 p.m.

Dmh1055

Joined: May 2018

Posts: 1,898

Likes: 250

Quoting: TrueCanuck

I'm not knit picking over the 5th round pick. I'm saying the Flyers will just let the Kraken select JVR. I believe the Flyers will prefer the extra cap space. The Flyers have a surplus of depth scorers. They're in need of actual top of the lineup scoring.

Apr. 22, 2021 at 2:05 p.m.

TrueCanuck

Roster Architect

Joined: Mar. 2021

Posts: 2,643

Likes: 909

Quoting: Dmh1055

Well considering the Flyers' powerplay currently ranks 20th in the league, and JVR has 26% of their powerplay goals this year.. I'm pretty sure he's valuable to Philadelphia. I don't think they'd care about a 5th round pick for that.

Apr. 22, 2021 at 2:22 p.m.

Timmah007

Joined: Jun. 2020

Posts: 8,634

Likes: 3,931

If Caleb jones isn’t seen to be in the mix for a regular role I doubt they take him. Kassian has been a big fan favourite before they could look at that as a positive. I know his game has fallen off but it’s beginning to come back around lately getting more engaged again. I wouldn’t rule that out as an option.

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