Small Tweaks and Added Depth Make a More Competitive Squad

Created by: QJohns62

Team: 2022-23 Seattle Kraken

Initial Creation Date: Jun. 8, 2022

Published: Jun. 8, 2022

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

Trades: As good as a depth piece as Donskoi is, he's a similar style player in a lesser role. Really trading him is just clearing cap space to bring different style guys in that can mesh with the room. The Driedger for Kassian swap may seem out of place at first, but Grubauer is clearly the starter in Seattle for the foreseeable future, Edmonton needs a Goalie, and Kassian is a gritty power forward that can play up and down the line up, and has a deep playoff run under his belt now to bring some experience in.

RFA's: Hayden and Cale Fleury are both solid young d-men who can make up a versatile bottom pair, as long as the price tags don't get out of hand, I don't see Seattle moving on from them. Kind, True, and Geekie are all valuable young forwards that may just need some more time to develop, but are good depth for now. Donato is a solid middle six forward with upside that can also centre if someone goes down. Cholowski, Sprong, Kuhlman and Twarynski didn't have a strong enough showing to warrant keeping them around.

UFA's : Martin Jones may want to be back on the west coast where he's enjoyed most of his success, cheaper back up option that has had playoff pedigree, slight reclaimation project though. Smith has top six skill and high compete factor, perfect linemate for Beniers moving forward. Bjugstad and Gaunce add some responsible two way play to the bottom six, should fit well in Hakstol's system. Klingberg gets to be a true number one d man again, takes over as the powerplay QB, helps a defensive core sorely lacking true offensive upside.

Updated Captaincy: McCann (C), Klingberg (A-Home), Gourde (A-Home), Eberle (A-Away), Larsson (A-Away)

Free Agent Signings

RFA	YEARS	CAP HIT
Fleury, Haydn	2	$2,500,000
Fleury, Cale	2	$1,750,000
Donato, Ryan	3	$3,250,000
Geekie, Morgan	2	$1,125,000
Lind, Kole	2	$1,125,000
True, Alex	1	$925,000

UFA	YEARS	CAP HIT
Jones, Martin	2	$2,000,000
Klingberg, John	6	$7,850,000
Smith, Reilly	4	$5,250,000
Bjugstad, Nick	2	$1,325,000
Gaunce, Brendan	2	$825,000
Sandström, Felix	2	$900,000
Menell, Brennan	2	$900,000
Raddysh, Darren	2	$825,000
Sautner, Ashton	1	$950,000
Senyshyn, Zach	1	$785,000
Frk, Martin	1	$750,000
Barber, Riley	1	$875,000
Gawdin, Glenn	1	$875,000
Letunov, Maxim	1	$800,000
Shaw, Logan	1	$800,000
Halbgewachs, Jayden	1	$800,000
Quinney, Gage	1	$800,000

Trades

SEA

2022 3rd round pick (EDM)
2022 6th round pick (CBJ)

Draft	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Round 5	Round 6	Round 7
2022
2023
2024

ROSTER

LONG-TERM OUTLOOK

EMBED

TEXT-EMBED

ROSTER SIZE	SALARY CAP	CAP HIT	OVERAGES	BONUSES	CAP SPACE
23	$82,500,000	$79,264,166	$0	$925,000	$3,235,834

Roster

Left Wing	Centre	Right Wing
Schwartz, Jaden $5,500,000$5,500,000 LW NMC UFA - 4		Eberle, Jordan $5,500,000$5,500,000 RW M-NTC UFA - 2
Gourde, Yanni $5,166,666$5,166,666 C, LW, RW M-NTC UFA - 3	McCann, Jared $5,000,000$5,000,000 C, LW UFA - 5	Smith, Reilly $5,250,000$5,250,000 LW, RW UFA - 3
	Beniers, Matthew $897,500$897,500 ($925,000$925K) C RFA - 2	Kassian, Zack $3,200,000$3,200,000 RW UFA - 2
	Wennberg, Alexander $2,250,000$2,250,000 C M-NTC UFA - 2	Tanev, Brandon $3,500,000$3,500,000 LW, RW M-NTC UFA - 3
Donato, Ryan $3,250,000$3,250,000 LW, C, RW UFA - 1	Bjugstad, Nick $1,325,000$1,325,000 C, RW UFA - 1
Gaunce, Brendan $825,000$825,000 LW, C UFA - 2

Left Defense	Right Defense	Goaltender
Oleksiak, Jamie $4,600,000$4,600,000 LD/RD NTC UFA - 4	Klingberg, John $7,850,000$7,850,000 RD UFA - 1	Grubauer, Philipp $5,900,000$5,900,000 G NTC UFA - 5
Dunn, Vince $4,000,000$4,000,000 LD/RD UFA - 1	Larsson, Adam $4,000,000$4,000,000 RD NTC UFA - 3
Fleury, Haydn $2,500,000$2,500,000 LD/RD UFA - 2	Fleury, Cale $1,750,000$1,750,000 RD RFA - 1	Jones, Martin $2,000,000$2,000,000 G UFA - 1

Scratches	Injured Reserve (IR)	Long Term IR (LTIR)
Soucy, Carson $2,750,000$2,750,000 LD/RD UFA - 1
Geekie, Morgan $1,125,000$1,125,000 C, RW RFA - 1
Lind, Kole $1,125,000$1,125,000 RW UFA - 1