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As of right now expansion draft

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Published: Oct. 16, 2020 at 10:52 a.m.

Seattle Kraken

PROJECTED CAP HITTooltip : $59,150,000
PROJECTED CAP SPACETooltip : $22,350,000
DRAFTED: 30/30
FORWARDS (18 - $28,183,333)TERMSPOSSTATUSAGE2021-222022-232023-242024-252025-262026-272027-28
Logo of the Columbus Blue JacketsNyquist, GustavRW, RWIR31$2,750,000$3,000,000$0$0$2,750,000$2,500,000$0$0
UFA
Logo of the Tampa Bay LightningKillorn, AlexM-NTCLW, LWNHL31$4,450,000$4,450,000$0$0M-NTC$4,450,000$4,450,000$0$0M-NTC
UFA
Logo of the Arizona CoyotesDvorak, ChristianCNHL25$4,450,000$5,075,000$0$0$4,450,000$3,450,000$0$0$4,450,000$5,725,000$0$0M-NTC$4,450,000$5,750,000$0$0M-NTC
UFA
Logo of the Pittsburgh PenguinsRust, BryanRW, LWNHL29$3,500,000$3,500,000$0$0
UFA
Logo of the Detroit Red WingsVrána, JakubLWNHL25
Player is arbitration eligibleRFA
Logo of the Edmonton OilersKassian, ZackRWNHL30$3,200,000$3,500,000$0$1,000,000$3,200,000$3,500,000$0$0$3,200,000$2,300,000$0$0
UFA
Logo of the Anaheim DucksHeinen, DantonLW, RWNHL26
RFA
Logo of the New Jersey DevilsWood, MilesLWNHL25$2,750,000$3,500,000$0$0
Player is arbitration eligibleRFA
Logo of the Florida PanthersVatrano, FrankRW, RWNHL27$2,533,333$2,600,000$0$0
UFA
Logo of the Winnipeg JetsCopp, AndrewC, LW, RWNHL27
Player is arbitration eligibleRFA
Logo of the Detroit Red WingsNamestnikov, VladislavRW, RW, CNHL28$1,000,000$1,250,000$0$0
UFA
Logo of the Nashville PredatorsGrimaldi, RoccoLW, RWNHL28$2,000,000$2,000,000$0$0
UFA
Logo of the Los Angeles KingsLemieux, BrendanLW, RWNHL25$1,550,000$1,650,000$0$0
RFA
Logo of the Boston BruinsKuraly, SeanC, LWNHL28
UFA
Logo of the Los Angeles KingsLizotte, BlakeELCCNHL23
RFA
Logo of the Colorado AvalancheJost, TysonCNHL23
Player is arbitration eligibleRFA
Logo of the Buffalo SabresMittelstadt, CaseyC, CNHL22
RFA
Logo of the San Jose SharksNieto, MattLW, RWIR28
UFA
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DEFENSE (9 - $21,025,000)TERMSPOSSTATUSAGE2021-222022-232023-242024-252025-262026-272027-28
Logo of the Calgary FlamesTanev, ChristopherRSM-NTCRDNHL31$1,125,000$1,375,000$0$0M-NTC$1,125,000$1,125,000$0$0M-NTC$1,125,000$1,125,000$0$0M-NTC
UFA
Logo of the Ottawa SenatorsZaitsev, NikitaM-NTCRDNHL29$4,500,000$4,500,000$0$0M-NTC$4,500,000$4,500,000$0$2,000,000M-NTC$4,500,000$4,500,000$0$2,000,000M-NTC
UFA
Logo of the Carolina HurricanesGardiner, JakeM-NTCLDNHL31$4,050,000$4,200,000$0$0M-NTC$4,050,000$4,450,000$0$0M-NTC
UFA
Logo of the Chicago BlackhawksMurphy, ConnorRDNHL28$3,850,000$4,000,000$0$0
UFA
Logo of the Montreal CanadiensEdmundson, JoelRSM-NTCLD/RDNHL28$875,000$875,000$0$1,000,000M-NTC$875,000$1,140,625$0$2,000,000M-NTC$875,000$796,875$0$2,000,000M-NTC
UFA
Logo of the Toronto Maple LeafsHoll, JustinM-NTCRDNHL29$2,000,000$2,000,000$0$0M-NTC$2,000,000$2,000,000$0$0M-NTC
UFA
Logo of the Philadelphia FlyersBraun, JustinRDNHL34$1,800,000$1,800,000$0$0
UFA
Logo of the New York IslandersMayfield, ScottRDNHL28$1,450,000$1,750,000$0$0$1,450,000$2,000,000$0$0
UFA
Logo of the St. Louis BluesBortuzzo, RobertRDNHL32$1,375,000$1,375,000$0$0
UFA
GOALIES (3 - $9,941,667)TERMSPOSSTATUSAGE2021-222022-232023-242024-252025-262026-272027-28
Logo of the Dallas StarsBishop, BenM-NTC, NMCGNHL34$4,916,667$3,500,000$0$1,000,000M-NTC, NMC$4,916,667$3,500,000$0$1,000,000M-NTC, NMC
UFA
Logo of the Vancouver CanucksHoltby, BradenM-NTCGNHL31$4,300,000$5,700,000$0$0M-NTC
UFA
Logo of the Minnesota WildKähkönen, KaapoGNHL24$725,000$750,000$0$0
Player is arbitration eligibleRFA

Statistics

STANDARD PLAYER CONTRACTS Tooltip221151
SALARY CAP Tooltip$81,500,000$82,500,000$83,500,000$87,500,000$92,000,000$92,000,000$92,000,000
PROJECTED CAP HIT Tooltip$59,150,000$33,766,667$14,150,000$4,450,000$0$0$0
PROJECTED CAP SPACE Tooltip$22,350,000$48,733,333$69,350,000$83,050,000$92,000,000$92,000,000$92,000,000
ESTIMATED SALARY EXPENDITURE Tooltip$62,350,000$32,615,625$14,446,875$5,750,000$0$0$0
POTENTIAL PERFORMANCE BONUSESTooltip$0$0$0$0$0$0$0

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Oct. 16, 2020 at 1:50 p.m.
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Zaitsev contract is one of the worst in the NHL. Kassian lolz. Seattle wont be doing teams favours. Last thing Minnesota will have taken is a goalie. It will be a forward like Greenway or defensemen like Soucy. I won't touch some of the more ridiculous ones like Rust, Vrana
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Zaitsev contract is one of the worst in the NHL. Kassian lolz. Seattle wont be doing teams favours. Last thing Minnesota will have taken is a goalie. It will be a forward like Greenway or defensemen like Soucy. I won't touch some of the more ridiculous ones like Rust, Vrana


I think you appropriately addressed in your most recent expansion draft that Seattle shouldn't be expecting to be very good right off the bat: teams will have wizened up (hopefully) and won't readily expose quality players.

I think you're vastly underestimating the prices GMs will pay to save themselves from their own mistakes. Teams are going to pay out the ass to move names like Zaitsev, Lucic, Johnson, etc. And there's an overlap with the understanding that Seattle isn't going to be Vegas 2.0 right out of the gate, especially if teams use Seattle as a means to offload one of their bad contracts. Some decent players are going to be made available, but my general understanding is that Seattle is better off looking at building for 3-5 years after expansion, especially considering the division they're entering. Vegas is still going to be very good over the next few seasons. Edmonton and Vancouver might be on the verge of becoming divisional contenders for the next decade, and both the Kings and Ducks are poised to exit their rebuilds soon and begin their climb up the standings. Calgary (who has a few relevant years left at least) and San Jose are looking to be the immediate competition for the Kraken. I think the better play is to transition as close to alongside the Kings and Ducks as possible, wait for Vegas to fall off, and compete with the top teams of the Pacific for dominance.

That means taking names like Zaitsev, Lucic, or Johnson to acquire draft capital or prospects, and it means adding in names like Kassian, Wood, and Gardiner in order to ice an NHL team over that window.
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I think you appropriately addressed in your most recent expansion draft that Seattle shouldn't be expecting to be very good right off the bat: teams will have wizened up (hopefully) and won't readily expose quality players.

I think you're vastly underestimating the prices GMs will pay to save themselves from their own mistakes. Teams are going to pay out the ass to move names like Zaitsev, Lucic, Johnson, etc. And there's an overlap with the understanding that Seattle isn't going to be Vegas 2.0 right out of the gate, especially if teams use Seattle as a means to offload one of their bad contracts. Some decent players are going to be made available, but my general understanding is that Seattle is better off looking at building for 3-5 years after expansion, especially considering the division they're entering. Vegas is still going to be very good over the next few seasons. Edmonton and Vancouver might be on the verge of becoming divisional contenders for the next decade, and both the Kings and Ducks are poised to exit their rebuilds soon and begin their climb up the standings. Calgary (who has a few relevant years left at least) and San Jose are looking to be the immediate competition for the Kraken. I think the better play is to transition as close to alongside the Kings and Ducks as possible, wait for Vegas to fall off, and compete with the top teams of the Pacific for dominance.

That means taking names like Zaitsev, Lucic, or Johnson to acquire draft capital or prospects, and it means adding in names like Kassian, Wood, and Gardiner in order to ice an NHL team over that window.


Very true.
Seattle is one of the few teams that can take those players but I don't think Ottawa needs to dump Nikita Zaitsev because they are in the same position as Seattle.
The Sens are 3-4 years away, that is why they went after a 31 year old forward in Dadonov til guys like Batherson are ready to be top 6 on the team. Why would the Sens send futures to Seattle when they can keep Zaitsev to hit the floor and will be bad, regardless.. Kassian. The Oilers have traded all their picks away away. That wont happen. Teams are leary now of the side deals. In the case of Johnson most likely he'll be dumped this year already with incentives so his new team wont mind paying a little as it will be found money!

Johnson assuredly will go to the team as marketing will be important to the Kraken.
That is why I have Subban and Burns on the team as well.
But they can only take so many contracts and will mostly be there in the first few years of the Kraken to sell the game of hockey and not so much the idea that the Kraken will contend right away. Or so, I think
Oct. 16, 2020 at 2:46 p.m.
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Very true.
Seattle is one of the few teams that can take those players but I don't think Ottawa needs to dump Nikita Zaitsev because they are in the same position as Seattle.
The Sens are 3-4 years away, that is why they went after a 31 year old forward in Dadonov til guys like Batherson are ready to be top 6 on the team. Why would the Sens send futures to Seattle when they can keep Zaitsev to hit the floor and will be bad, regardless.. Kassian. The Oilers have traded all their picks away away. That wont happen. Teams are leary now of the side deals. In the case of Johnson most likely he'll be dumped this year already with incentives so his new team wont mind paying a little as it will be found money!

Johnson assuredly will go to the team as marketing will be important to the Kraken.
That is why I have Subban and Burns on the team as well.
But they can only take so many contracts and will mostly be there in the first few years of the Kraken to sell the game of hockey and not so much the idea that the Kraken will contend right away. Or so, I think


I'm being intentionally hand-wavy when I mention those three names explicitly because it'll be names in that group of bad deals. Not necessarily those names specifically.

There's a very high likelihood that Kassian might be the only worthwhile Oiler to take come expansion. It'll effectively be him or Neal, especially if Klefbom does retire. It allows Edmonton to go 7-3-1 without losing any of Jones, Bear, or Puljujarvi. I don't see a point to selecting a UFA: Seattle isn't aware of side deals that individual player may have with their current team. I don't like the risk.

Seattle exists in a hockey market. Vegas didn't. I don't think that the Kraken are going to have to manufacture as much hype through their roster in order to secure a fanbase. I think fans will be content with having hockey back and a clear plan for building for the future. Easier to sell prospects to disgruntled Canucks fans than it is to snowbird gamblers.
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Quoting: BeterChiarelli
I'm being intentionally hand-wavy when I mention those three names explicitly because it'll be names in that group of bad deals. Not necessarily those names specifically.

There's a very high likelihood that Kassian might be the only worthwhile Oiler to take come expansion. It'll effectively be him or Neal, especially if Klefbom does retire. It allows Edmonton to go 7-3-1 without losing any of Jones, Bear, or Puljujarvi. I don't see a point to selecting a UFA: Seattle isn't aware of side deals that individual player may have with their current team. I don't like the risk.

Seattle exists in a hockey market. Vegas didn't. I don't think that the Kraken are going to have to manufacture as much hype through their roster in order to secure a fanbase. I think fans will be content with having hockey back and a clear plan for building for the future. Easier to sell prospects to disgruntled Canucks fans than it is to snowbird gamblers.


Caleb Jones is a legit NHL top4. Seattle will need to ice some veterans on the back end to insulate a team in transition. It is highly likely that they have a veteran top6 on the blue line and a bunch of young players with upside, ala Shea Theodore, coming up. Caleb Jones should be available and would be a fine target. Neal and Kassian are NHL'rs but this is value over replacement idea. There will be a lot of NHL'rs available through free agency and trade. Expansion should be used as a jumping off point.
Fill the team with enough veterans and young potential. You dont need Neal or Kassian to do that and again, look at the Oilers, they have barely any picks to use as incentive. The cupboard is empty. They can afford to lose Jones with so much young talent coming up like Bouchard and Broberg
Oct. 16, 2020 at 2:51 p.m.
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Caleb Jones is a legit NHL top4. Seattle will need to ice some veterans on the back end to insulate a team in transition. It is highly likely that they have a verteran top6 on the blue line and a bunch of young players with upside, ala Shea Theodore, coming up. Caleb Jones should be available and would be a fine target. Neal and Kassian are NHL'rs but this is value over replacement idea. Their will be a lot of NHL'r available through free agency and trade. Expansion should be used as a jumping point. Fill the team with enough veterans and young potential.


How does Seattle take Jones if Edmonton protects him, as I've shown above?
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How does Seattle take Jones if Edmonton protects him, as I've shown above?


I have him unprotected in this fantasy with Klefbom not retiring and being protected. You can't be hand-wavy and not let me do the same lol
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I have him unprotected in this fantasy with Klefbom not retiring and being protected. You can't be hand-wavy and not let me do the same lol


Except that Klefbom is more likely to retire than not: his shoulder is arthritic and you can't just *cure* arthritis. That's going to plague him for the remainder of his career, and his life. He's 27. If he's smart, he retires. Given that he didn't want to return to the Edmonton bubble during the play-in, but did so as a favour, I'd say it's safe to assume his playing days are over. This is something he's already considered: if his day-to-day quality of life improves while he's away, should he need to continue playing hockey?

Adjusting for his retirement is just as sensible as not exposing McDavid: there's a layer of reality at work here, and it should be considered at every turn.

If Klefbom's not retiring, expect the Oilers to go 4-4. We value Jones that much. Probably sets up a trade where the Oilers bleed assets to prevent one of the 3 unprotected forwards from being selected.
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If Klefbom's not retiring, expect the Oilers to go 4-4. We value Jones that much. Probably sets up a trade where the Oilers bleed assets to prevent one of the 3 unprotected forwards from being selected.


I am not fully aware of the Oilers situation on Klefbom. Again, this was a fantasy
4-4, really? They'd have to expose Yammo and Pool Party. That wont happen

I like Caleb Jones but you'll have to lose someone of value. Right now you may know more about the Klefbom situation but you also sound like a biased homer.
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I am not fully aware of the Oilers situation on Klefbom. Again, this was a fantasy
4-4, really? They'd have to expose Yammo and Pool Party. That wont happen

I like Caleb Jones but you'll have to lose someone of value. Right now you may know more about the Klefbom situation but you also sound like a biased homer.


I don't believe Holland necessarily needs to nor has plans to protect Puljujarvi: he didn't draft the guy, and if he can find a season of value out of him, he's fulfilled his obligation to do right by both the player and the team. There's no inherent loyalty to the player here just because pen was put to paper. Edmonton could comfortably protect McDavid, Draisaitl, Nugent-Hopkins, Yamamoto, Klefbom, Nurse, Bear, Jones, and Koskinen without derailing too much of their long term plans. Best practice would suggest they package him with Kassian or Neal as part of expansion considerations, but that's not my call.

If it were truly up to me, I'd want Klefbom healthy. He's by a mile Edmonton's best defender. Why would I want him gone? The Oilers are objectively better with him than without, but that reality isn't for me to decide. My bias comes from my understanding of the team, but to call me a homer is disingenuous. I might be the biggest critic of the Oilers on this site. If you're struggling with the idea of teams doing the best for themselves come expansion because you're unwilling to be realistic, I'm not the problem in this case. Maybe invest more of your time into understanding other teams more? It's genuinely worthwhile, and you end up appreciating more hockey at the end of the day. You can't lose.
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As of right now I think Seattle will take Graves. I also think it's likely that we'd protect Jost so as to funnel Seattle towards taking a $3m+ contract off our hands, whether it is Graves, Compher, or Donskoi.

Protected:
Mackinnon, Rantanen, Landeskog, Kadri, Burakovsky, Nichuskin, Jost
Makar, Girard, Toews
Grubauer

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Compher, Donskoi, O'Connor
Graves, Johnson (waives NMC)
Francouz
Oct. 19, 2020 at 8:04 p.m.
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As of right now I think Seattle will take Graves. I also think it's likely that we'd protect Jost so as to funnel Seattle towards taking a $3m+ contract off our hands, whether it is Graves, Compher, or Donskoi.

Protected:
Mackinnon, Rantanen, Landeskog, Kadri, Burakovsky, Nichuskin, Jost
Makar, Girard, Toews
Grubauer

Exposed:
Compher, Donskoi, O'Connor
Graves, Johnson (waives NMC)
Francouz


I love how everyone that watches zero hockey but lives on fancy stats thinks Ryan Graves is this great top4 D. Every Avs fans I talk to, hates him! Much like Victor Mete on the Habs. Stats play is driven mostly by percentages.

I can almost immediately see, whom knows what they are talking about, when Mete or Graves is brought up. Fascinating stuff.
Oct. 20, 2020 at 4:12 a.m.
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I love how everyone that watches zero hockey but lives on fancy stats thinks Ryan Graves is this great top4 D. Every Avs fans I talk to, hates him! Much like Victor Mete on the Habs. Stats play is driven mostly by percentages.

I can almost immediately see, whom knows what they are talking about, when Mete or Graves is brought up. Fascinating stuff.


Avs fans don't like Graves paired with Makar, that's all.
Oct. 20, 2020 at 5:32 p.m.
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I don't believe Holland necessarily needs to nor has plans to protect Puljujarvi: he didn't draft the guy, and if he can find a season of value out of him, he's fulfilled his obligation to do right by both the player and the team. There's no inherent loyalty to the player here just because pen was put to paper. Edmonton could comfortably protect McDavid, Draisaitl, Nugent-Hopkins, Yamamoto, Klefbom, Nurse, Bear, Jones, and Koskinen without derailing too much of their long term plans. Best practice would suggest they package him with Kassian or Neal as part of expansion considerations, but that's not my call.

If it were truly up to me, I'd want Klefbom healthy. He's by a mile Edmonton's best defender. Why would I want him gone? The Oilers are objectively better with him than without, but that reality isn't for me to decide. My bias comes from my understanding of the team, but to call me a homer is disingenuous. I might be the biggest critic of the Oilers on this site. If you're struggling with the idea of teams doing the best for themselves come expansion because you're unwilling to be realistic, I'm not the problem in this case. Maybe invest more of your time into understanding other teams more? It's genuinely worthwhile, and you end up appreciating more hockey at the end of the day. You can't lose.


I was with you on Caleb Jones and I was being overly enthusiastic on him but I played along.

You cant rig the expansion draft, and again, I'll say it for the umpteenth time. Incentives that you want to give to protect Jones would be more than he's worth. The Kraken aren't taking a 4th rounder!
 
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