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I remember there were a lot of Yamamoto to Seattle trades proposed on ACGM, and I didn’t understand them as Seattle didn’t have space in the forward corps and his cap hit of $3.1M was rich for a guy who would be a fourth liner with the Kraken. But with Sprong’s departure from Seattle and Yamamoto being bought out of his previous contract, he now makes sense as a low risk, high reward addition to the team. He’ll still be a fourth liner here, but the fit might be better with Yamamoto in that role as opposed to Sprong since Yamamoto’s a much more sound defender. Hopefully he can recapture the scoring promise he showed in years past and become an impactful contributor on both ends for the Kraken.