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Created by: KrakenTheCode

Team: 2023-24 Seattle Kraken

Initial Creation Date: Jun. 27, 2023

Published: Jun. 27, 2023

Salary Cap Mode: Basic

Description

In this final installment of a four part series, with the NHL draft right around the corner, I will explore one final major addition the Kraken could make to their roster via trade this offseason.

Trade Target: Alex DeBrincat, LW, Ottawa Senators

Fit with Seattle: DeBrincat's calling card is his goalscoring, which would undoubtedly be welcome in Seattle. The Kraken had great success with their scoring by committee approach last season, and adding a sniper of DeBrincat's caliber would greatly enhance that. He had a down season last year but was a 40+ goalscorer previously in his career. However, DeBrincat also contributes in the playmaking and defensive departments, and that's key for fitting in on a Seattle team that values two-way forwards. On the Kraken, DeBrincat would slot into the top six, meaning Schwartz slides down into the bottom six and one of the bottom six forwards, in this case Sprong, would be dealt to clear roster space.

Making the money work: At first, getting DeBrincat onto the roster was more complicated, even more so than fitting Karlsson onto the roster. This is because Seattle has quite a few decently paid forwards, and DeBrincat will be making quite a lot on a new deal. I was looking at moving sending one of them to Ottawa, but I couldn't find anyone making enough that both A) Seattle would be willing to trade and B) Held enough trade value for Ottawa. Eventually I figured out a workaround by sending Sprong to Ottawa as a replacement goalscoring forward and salary dumping Driedger. This didn't end up leaving any wiggle room to externally replace Soucy on the defense, but a Fleury/Megna tandem could probably hold down the fort until Ryker Evans is ready. These moves left enough space to extend DeBrincat. For the record, I think Seattle would only trade for DeBrincat if they were able to get him inked to a long-term contract; if he ends up playing on a one year QO, they wouldn't make this deal.

Let me know your thoughts, as always helpful feedback is welcome. The draft is tomorrow, the fireworks will begin soon!

Free Agent Signings

RFA	YEARS	CAP HIT
Dunn, Vince	8	$7,000,000
Borgen, William	4	$2,500,000
Geekie, Morgan	2	$1,750,000
Fleury, Cale	2	$850,000
Lind, Kole	2	$850,000
DeBrincat, Alex	8	$8,000,000

UFA		YEARS	CAP HIT
Daccord, Joey		2	$1,100,000

Trades

SEA

DeBrincat, Alex [RFA Rights]

OTT

Sprong, Daniel [RFA Rights]
2023 1st round pick (SEA)
2024 3rd round pick (SEA)

Additional Details:

Ottawa is a team looking on the rise, so they'd probably want at least one piece who could contribute to their team right away. Sprong provides that as a RW who, while not on DeBrincat's level, was a 20+ goalscorer last season and would help replace some of his scoring. The Sens also get the 20th overall pick in a good draft and a future third, which when coupled with Sprong means they recoup most of what they paid for DeBrincat last year.

SEA

Future Considerations

CHI

Driedger, Chris
2024 3rd round pick (TOR)

Additional Details:

This sort of situation, where Seattle adds a high-priced player, is about the only one where they'd need to trade Driedger to shed salary. In this case a team gets an asset to take on Driedger's cap, and Driedger gets a chance to re-establish himself as an NHL goalie with a rebuilding club. Chicago is the team here, but this could be any team in the middle of a rebuild with cap space to spare.

Draft	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Round 5	Round 6	Round 7
2023
2024
2025

ROSTER

LONG-TERM OUTLOOK

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ROSTER SIZE	SALARY CAP	CAP HIT	OVERAGES	BONUSES	CAP SPACE
22	$83,500,000	$80,606,576	$129,910	$1,850,000	$2,893,424

Left Wing	Centre	Right Wing
McCann, Jared $5,000,000$5,000,000 C, LW M-NTC UFA - 4	Beniers, Matthew $897,500$897,500 ($1,850,000$2M) C RFA - 1	Eberle, Jordan $5,500,000$5,500,000 RW M-NTC UFA - 1
DeBrincat, Alex $8,000,000$8,000,000 LW, RW UFA - 4	Wennberg, Alexander $2,250,000$2,250,000 C M-NTC UFA - 1	Burakovsky, André $5,500,000$5,500,000 RW, LW M-NTC UFA - 4
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
Schwartz, Jaden $5,500,000$5,500,000 LW NMC UFA - 3	Geekie, Morgan $1,750,000$1,750,000 C, RW RFA - 2	Tanev, Brandon $3,500,000$3,500,000 LW, RW M-NTC UFA - 2

Left Defense	Right Defense	Goaltender
Dunn, Vince $7,000,000$7,000,000 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 $2,500,000$2,500,000 RD UFA - 2	Daccord, Joey $1,100,000$1,100,000 G UFA - 2
Fleury, Cale $850,000$850,000 RD RFA - 2	Schultz, Justin $3,000,000$3,000,000 RD M-NTC UFA - 1

Scratches	Injured Reserve (IR)	Long Term IR (LTIR)
Lind, Kole $850,000$850,000 RW UFA - 1
Megna, Jaycob $762,500$762,500 LD UFA - 1

Taxi Squad
Kartye, Tye $859,167$859,167 ($0$0$0$0) ($57,500$58K) LW, C RFA - 2
Evans, Ryker $897,500$897,500 ($0$0$0$0) LD RFA - 2
Wright, Shane $918,333$918,333 ($0$0$0$0) ($3,062,500$3M) C RFA - 3
Stezka, Ales $870,000$870,000 ($0$0$0$0) ($80,000$80K) G UFA - 1

Jun. 27, 2023 at 1:59 p.m.

ginandtacos

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CHI would probably do this. Can't see why not.

Jun. 27, 2023 at 1:59 p.m.

NucksnOilers

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Personally if I was Seattle I would move one of those top 6 wingers for a top-4 d-man Kartye and Wright should get some consistent middle 6 playing time next year and I don't l o v e that d-core going up against high power offensive groups like the Avs or Oilers. Seattle already has the best offensive depth in the league they can afford moving out one of Burakovsky,Eberle,Bjorkstrand,Schwartz, Gourde or Wenberg for a top-4 RD to just put them in a much better position.

Jun. 27, 2023 at 2:37 p.m.

Moss_Bucket

See you space cowboy

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You always have the best names for ACGM posts.

Jun. 27, 2023 at 2:48 p.m.

klassic

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Quoting: ginandtacos

CHI would probably do this. Can't see why not.

Except for the fact that they have 4 goalies under contract and the GM of the Hawks said they are not looking to add a goalie in the offseason.

Jun. 27, 2023 at 3:20 p.m.

KrakenTheCode

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Quoting: Drshnuckels91

Seattle has the future assets and cap flexibility to add a top-four defenseman without sacrificing a piece of the top six, so I think if they do go after someone of that ilk, they'll be more inclined to keep their group of forwards together at least for the time being. Having a lot of forward depth is never a bad thing; injuries happen, so if the Kraken have guys like Kartye and Wright who can step up and provide good production, so much the better.

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Jun. 28, 2023 at 6:21 a.m.

ittookten

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Good work making it fit, but I think both Dunn's and DeBrincat's deals will be bigger and that creates an issue.
I also don't think the Kraken can afford to be rolling a $5M player on the 4th line and Schwartz was good in the playoffs. If DeBrincat (or any other high-level forward, my choice would be Konecny) is brought in then I think a current member of the Top9 heads out to make space. The player who makes most business sense is Eberle, but given his leadership role I can't see that happening. To me that leaves Tolvanen as the tradeable piece, the rest either consist of those we want to keep or those with NMC/NTC.
I also think Francis covets his 1st round pick, so he's not trading one away without getting another somewhere. In fact I think it more likely he uses some of those 2nds to move up the draft.

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