If the Kraken goes all in my prediction Kraken4theCup

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Created by: Delta927

Team: 2021-22 Seattle Kraken

Initial Creation Date: Jul. 18, 2021

Published: Jul. 19, 2021

Salary Cap Mode: Basic

Description

Obviously, all the trade that will surely happen can't be predicted to perfection, but this is more to see how good of a team Ron Francis can draft by taking some of the best player available or so from each team.
So here are my prediction, with some explanation for the notable selections:
Pick #1 - COL : Gabriel Landeskog (Seattle signs the Avalanche's captain to a 7-year, $9M AAV contract, names him team captain as their first selection to start off the expansion draft.)
Pick #2 - CHI : Nikita Zadorov (Seattle acquire Zadorov's RFA rights as their pick from Chicago and signs him to a 3-years, $3.5M AAV contract.)
Pick #3 - CBJ : Max Domi
Pick #4 - STL : Samuel Blais
Pick #5 - BOS : Jérémy Lauzon
Pick #6 - MTL : Carey Price (Despite the hip injury and the important cap hit, Seattle picks the world-class goaltender from Montreal in hopes that they can get this man a Cup, getting closer to where he's from.)
Pick #7 - VAN : Brandon Sutter (Seattle signs the Canucks' centerman to a 3-years, $2.5M AAV contract)
Pick #8 - WSH : Vitek Vanecek
Pick #9 - ARI : Antti Raanta (Seattle signs the Coyotes' goaltender to a 4-years, $3M AAV contract, in order to trade him for assets in the offseason as their pick from Arizona.)
Pick #10 - NJ : Will Butcher
Pick #11 - ANA : Hadyn Fleury
Pick #12 - CGY : Oliver Kylington (Seattle acquire Kylington's RFA rights as their pick from Calgary and signs him to a 2-years, $850K AAV contract. Calgary gives a 2022 3rd round pick in order that Seattle does not pick Mark Giordano.)
Pick #13 - PHI : James van Reimsdyk
Pick #14 - CAR : Steven Lorentz (Carolina gives a 1st and 3rd round pick from this year's draft in order that Seattle does not pick Jake Bean.)
Pick #15 - NYI : Josh Bailey
Pick #16 - WIN : Mason Appleton
Pick #17 - LA : Austin Wagner (Los Angeles gives a 2021 2nd and 2023 4th round pick in order that Seattle does not pick Kale Clague.)
Pick #18 - TB : Yanni Gourde
Pick #19 - TOR : Alexander Kerfoot
Pick #20 - EDM : Adam Larsson (Seattle signs the Oliers' defenseman to a 1-year, $3M contract as their pick from Edmonton.)
Pick #21 - FLA : Lucas Wallmark
Pick #22 - PIT : Zach Aston-Reese (Seattle acquire Aston-Reese's RFA rights as their pick from Pittsburgh and signs him to a 3-years, $2.75M AAV contract.)
Pick #23 - NSH : Calle Järnkrok
Pick #24 - NYR : Julien Gauthier
Pick #25 - DET : Troy Stecher
Pick #26 - BUF : Colin Miller
Pick #27 - OTT : Vitaly Abramov
Pick #28 - SJ : Jacob Middleton
Pick #29 - DAL : Jamie Oleksiak (Seattle signs the Stars' defenseman to a 2-years, $3.5M contract as their pick from Dallas.)
Pick #30 - MIN : Kappo Kähkönen
I'm not an expert, so I'm sorry for the messy contracts and some side deals that might not always make much sense.
*adjusted for Price & Domi on LTIR, and took out Virtanen*

Free Agent Signings

RFA	YEARS	CAP HIT
Zadorov, Nikita	3	$3,500,000
Kylington, Oliver	2	$850,000
Aston-Reese, Zach	3	$2,750,000
Abramov, Vitaly	2	$750,000
Wallmark, Lucas	3	$2,000,000

UFA	YEARS	CAP HIT
Landeskog, Gabriel	7	$9,000,000
Raanta, Antti	4	$3,000,000
Larsson, Adam	1	$3,000,000
Oleksiak, Jamie	2	$3,500,000
Sutter, Brandon	3	$2,500,000

Trades

SEA

Zadorov, Nikita [RFA Rights]

CHI

Expansion pick #2

SEA

Domi, Max

CBJ

Expansion pick #3

SEA

Blais, Samuel

STL

Expansion pick #4

SEA

Lauzon, Jérémy

BOS

Expansion pick #5

SEA

Price, Carey

MTL

Expansion pick #6

SEA

Vanecek, Vitek

WSH

Expansion pick #8

SEA

Butcher, Will

NJD

Expansion pick #10

SEA

Fleury, Haydn

ANA

Expansion pick #11

SEA

Kylington, Oliver [RFA Rights]
2022 3rd round pick (TOR)

Additional Details:

3rd round pick = not taking Giordano

CGY

Expansion pick #12

10.

SEA

van Riemsdyk, James

PHI

Expansion pick #13

11.

SEA

Lorentz, Steven
2021 1st round pick (CAR)
2021 3rd round pick (CAR)

Additional Details:

1st + 3rd round pick = not to pick Jake Bean

CAR

Expansion pick #14

12.

SEA

Bailey, Josh

NYI

Expansion pick #15

13.

SEA

Appleton, Mason

WPG

Expansion pick #16

14.

SEA

Wagner, Austin
2021 2nd round pick (STL)
2023 4th round pick (PIT)

Additional Details:

2021 2nd + 2023 4th = not picking Kale Clague

LAK

Expansion pick #17

15.

SEA

Gourde, Yanni

TBL

Expansion pick #18

16.

SEA

Kerfoot, Alexander

TOR

Expansion pick #19

17.

SEA

Wallmark, Lucas [RFA Rights]
2023 2nd round pick (FLA)

FLA

2022 3rd round pick (TOR)

Additional Details:

Expansion pick #21

18.

SEA

Aston-Reese, Zach [RFA Rights]

PIT

Expansion pick #22

19.

SEA

Järnkrok, Calle

NSH

Expansion pick #23

20.

SEA

Gauthier, Julien

NYR

Expansion pick #24

21.

SEA

Stecher, Troy

DET

Expansion pick #25

22.

SEA

Miller, Colin
2021 3rd round pick (FLA)

BUF

Expansion pick #26

23.

SEA

Abramov, Vitaly [RFA Rights]

OTT

Expansion pick #27

24.

SEA

Middleton, Jake

SJS

Expansion pick #28

25.

SEA

Kähkönen, Kaapo

MIN

Expansion pick #30

26.

SEA

Poehling, Ryan [RFA Rights]
2021 2nd round pick (TBL)
2021 4th round pick (STL)

MTL

Raanta, Antti

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

ROSTER

LONG-TERM OUTLOOK

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ROSTER SIZE	SALARY CAP	CAP HIT	OVERAGES	BONUSES	CAP SPACE
24	$81,500,000	$64,939,430	$0	$0	$16,560,570

Left Wing	Centre	Right Wing
Landeskog, Gabriel $9,000,000$9,000,000 LW, C UFA - 8	Gourde, Yanni $5,166,666$5,166,666 C, LW, RW NTC UFA - 4	Bailey, Josh $5,000,000$5,000,000 RW, LW, C UFA - 3
van Riemsdyk, James $7,000,000$7,000,000 LW, RW UFA - 2	Kerfoot, Alexander $3,500,000$3,500,000 LW, C, RW UFA - 2	Blais, Samuel $1,500,000$1,500,000 LW, RW UFA - 1
Järnkrok, Calle $1,000,000$1,000,000 RW, C, LW UFA - 1	Sutter, Brandon $2,500,000$2,500,000 RW, C UFA - 1	Wagner, Austin $1,133,333$1,133,333 RW, LW UFA - 2
Aston-Reese, Zach $2,750,000$2,750,000 LW, RW UFA - 1	Wallmark, Lucas $2,000,000$2,000,000 C UFA	Appleton, Mason $900,000$900,000 RW UFA - 1
	Lorentz, Steven $725,000$725,000 C, LW, RW UFA - 1	Gauthier, Julien $775,000$775,000 RW UFA - 1

Left Defense	Right Defense	Goaltender
Zadorov, Nikita $3,500,000$3,500,000 LD/RD UFA - 1	Larsson, Adam $3,000,000$3,000,000 RD UFA - 4	Kähkönen, Kaapo $725,000$725,000 G UFA - 1
Oleksiak, Jamie $3,500,000$3,500,000 LD/RD UFA - 5	Stecher, Troy $1,700,000$1,700,000 RD UFA - 1	Vanecek, Vitek $716,667$716,667 G UFA - 1
Butcher, Will $2,822,764$2,822,764 LD UFA - 1	Miller, Colin $3,875,000$3,875,000 RD UFA - 1
Lauzon, Jérémy $850,000$850,000 LD/RD UFA - 1	Fleury, Haydn $1,300,000$1,300,000 LD/RD UFA - 1

Scratches	Injured Reserve (IR)	Long Term IR (LTIR)
		Price, Carey $10,500,000$10,500,000 G NMC UFA - 5
		Domi, Max $1,325,000$1,325,000 C, RW UFA - 1

Jul. 19, 2021 at 1:27 a.m.

PrimeDatsyuk

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Virtanen's time in the NHL is most likely done, Landeskog wouldn't play centre and they probably pick palat from Tampa. who knows though

Jul. 19, 2021 at 1:32 a.m.

DiehardRedWingsFan58

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Neither Domi or Price will be ready when the season starts. So both will be on LTIR. Jake Virtanen is under criminal investigation for assaulting a woman so more then likely his career is over.

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Jul. 19, 2021 at 1:32 a.m.

Juiceman

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I’m not sure how you are gonna be able to get Price a cup with this team…. I also highly suggest you don’t take his hefty contract…

Jul. 19, 2021 at 8:32 p.m.

Delta927

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Quoting: DiehardRedWingsFan58

Neither Domi or Price will be ready when the season starts. So both will be on LTIR. Jake Virtanen is under criminal investigation for assaulting a woman so more then likely his career is over.

adjusted, thanks for feedback!

Jul. 19, 2021 at 8:33 p.m.

Delta927

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Quoting: PrimeDatsyuk

Virtanen's time in the NHL is most likely done, Landeskog wouldn't play centre and they probably pick palat from Tampa. who knows though

I like Gourde better, and Seattle needs centers as you just said! I took out Virtanen too

Jul. 19, 2021 at 8:34 p.m.

Delta927

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Quoting: Juiceman

I’m not sure how you are gonna be able to get Price a cup with this team…. I also highly suggest you don’t take his hefty contract…

well... they got the green light to take him now so... and maybe not a Cup year 1 but it's a good start IMO

Jul. 19, 2021 at 8:35 p.m.

Juiceman

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Quoting: Delta927

well... they got the green light to take him now so... and maybe not a Cup year 1 but it's a good start IMO

I don’t think they take him because if his cap and injury. I don’t know for sure but they have plenty of cheaper options

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