Squid Market

Created by: KrakenTheCode

Team: 2023-24 Seattle Kraken

Initial Creation Date: Dec. 11, 2023

Published: Dec. 11, 2023

Salary Cap Mode: Basic

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Original Team

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Trade Clause

Max Perf. Bonus

Expiry Status

Term Remaining

McDavid, Connor

$12,500,000 ( Performance Bonus

$250,000)

NMC

UFA - 5

Description

The Kraken appear poised to be soft sellers this deadline, wherein they sell off veteran rentals but hold onto important contributors who would aid in a bounceback the following season. In this scenario, young players like Wright, Evans, and Winterton will get some run to close the season as the Kraken look towards a reload in 2024-25. With that in mind, I've attempted to come up with some viable deadline trades for the most notable Kraken trade candidates.

As always, helpful feedback is appreciated. Cheers and Go Kraken!

Trades

SEA

Daws, Nico
Smith, Brendan
2024 3rd round pick (NJD)

Additional Details:

Seattle could probably fetch a prospect plus a third rounder for Schultz, especially if they retain salary. Daws would fill a need for the Kraken as a near NHL ready goalie prospect who could push the incumbents in the near future. Smith is in the trade simply to help match money for New Jersey.

NJD

Schultz, Justin ($1,500,000 retained)

Additional Details:

With the Hamilton injury, the Devils have a massive hole on their back line. Schultz is a similar style player at the same position who can help fill that void. His calling card is offense but he's adequate defensively and has proven to be capable of stepping up come playoff time.

SEA

Heimosalmi, Aleksi
2024 2nd round pick (CAR)

Additional Details:

Should the Kraken trade Eberle, he could fetch a prospect with a better than average chance of becoming an NHL regular plus a second rounder. I chose Heimosalmi for this because he's a solid two-way defensive prospect, an archetype of which the Kraken need more in their prospect pool, and because the Hurricanes have several other talented defensive prospects already in their system.

CAR

Eberle, Jordan ($2,750,000 retained)

Additional Details:

Carolina, as always, appears to be in need of a goalscoring boost, and a top-six RW like Eberle who makes his name on offense could help bolster their forward group as they look to finally get over the playoff hump.

SEA

2024 2nd round pick (PIT)

Additional Details:

A second rounder might seem a bit rich, but given the dearth of centers seemingly available on the trade market, if Seattle is willing to retain half of Wennberg's cap hit he could return a second from some team.

PIT

Wennberg, Alexander ($2,250,000 retained)

Additional Details:

Wennberg is a solid middle six center whose playmaking and transitional game fit Pittsburgh and he could help shore up the Penguins' forward group.

SEA

2025 5th round pick (TOR)

TOR

Megna, Jaycob

Additional Details:

This could really be any team in need of some defensive depth and facing a cap crunch, where Megna's below league minimum cap hit could be appealing.

SEA

2024 5th round pick (COL)

NJD

Bellemare, Pierre-Édouard

Additional Details:

Bellemare's getting up there in age, and doesn't offer much on offense, but he's a great target for any team looking to shore up their penalty kill.

Retained Salary Transactions

Justin Schultz: $1,500,000 (50%)
Jordan Eberle: $2,750,000 (50%)
Alexander Wennberg: $2,250,000 (100%)

Draft	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Round 5	Round 6	Round 7
2024
2025
2026

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ROSTER SIZE	SALARY CAP	CAP HIT	OVERAGES	BONUSES	CAP SPACE
23	$83,500,000	$77,947,409	$129,910	$4,970,000	$5,552,591

Left Wing	Centre	Right Wing
Kartye, Tye $859,167$859,167 ($57,500$58K) LW, C RFA - 2	Beniers, Matthew $897,500$897,500 ($1,850,000$2M) C RFA - 1	Burakovsky, André $5,500,000$5,500,000 RW, LW M-NTC UFA - 4
McCann, Jared $5,000,000$5,000,000 C, LW M-NTC UFA - 4	Wright, Shane $918,333$918,333 ($3,062,500$3M) C RFA - 3	Schwartz, Jaden $5,500,000$5,500,000 LW NMC UFA - 3
Tolvanen, Eeli $1,450,000$1,450,000 LW, RW RFA - 1	Gourde, Yanni $5,166,666$5,166,666 C, LW, RW M-NTC UFA - 2	Bjorkstrand, Oliver $5,400,000$5,400,000 RW, LW M-NTC UFA - 3
Tanev, Brandon $3,500,000$3,500,000 LW, RW M-NTC UFA - 2	Winterton, Ryan $828,333$828,333 C RFA - 3	Yamamoto, Kailer $1,500,000$1,500,000 RW RFA - 1

Left Defense	Right Defense	Goaltender
Dunn, Vince $7,350,000$7,350,000 LD/RD UFA - 4	Larsson, Adam $4,000,000$4,000,000 RD M-NTC UFA - 2	Grubauer, Philipp $5,900,000$5,900,000 G NTC UFA - 4
Oleksiak, Jamie $4,600,000$4,600,000 LD/RD NTC UFA - 3	Borgen, William $2,700,000$2,700,000 RD UFA - 2	Daccord, Joey $1,200,000$1,200,000 G UFA - 2
Dumoulin, Brian $3,150,000$3,150,000 LD M-NTC UFA - 2	Evans, Ryker $897,500$897,500 LD RFA - 2

Scratches	Injured Reserve (IR)	Long Term IR (LTIR)
Smith, Brendan $1,100,000$1,100,000 LD/RD, LW UFA - 1
Shore, Devin $775,000$775,000 LW, C, RW UFA - 1
Studenic, Marian $775,000$775,000 LW, RW UFA - 1

Taxi Squad
Daws, Nico $850,833$850,833 ($0$0$0$0) ($57,500$58K) G RFA - 1
Heimosalmi, Aleksi $805,833$805,833 ($0$0$0$0) ($82,500$82K) RD RFA - 3
Driedger, Chris $3,500,000$3,500,000 ($2,350,000$2M$2,350,000$2M) G M-NTC UFA - 1

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Dec. 11, 2023 at 6:08 p.m.

SomeonesOffended

FKA Bigtittielarper

Joined: Jun. 2020

Posts: 7,749

Likes: 2,230

Leafs decline to pay assets for a guy they’ll just scratch

Dec. 11, 2023 at 6:27 p.m.

Caniac555

Hurricane Waddell

Joined: May 2018

Posts: 8,734

Likes: 3,601

The Canes, as never, are actually in need of players who keep the puck out of the net.

Dec. 11, 2023 at 7:50 p.m.

dgibb10

I Love J Boqvist

Joined: Jan. 2023

Posts: 12,045

Likes: 3,192

Is Schultz a big enough upgrade over Nemec/Miller to justify that?

Dougie should be back for the playoffs, and I don't think schultz vs Miller is the difference between making and missing the playoffs.

So tough to justify price for someone who probably doesn't play come playoff time.

Especially with daws a need in NJD system too

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