Krakhead
Joined: Mar. 2022
Posts: 36
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As a Kraken fan you have my attention just by putting a suggestion through the trade machine, for whatever reason no fans ever seem to want our players!
Timmins is nice but then the RHD don't slot right and we'll be left looking for an upgrade in UFA, which is a fools errand for a top pairing guy.
Voit sounds like he's shown flashes, but he's also injured so he's difficult to assess on a limited body of work.
I think you change Timmins for Liljegren, or Voit for Cowan (who played to a high clip with Kraken prospect Winterton last year), and things get a lot more interesting and I also think it balances the trade better given the Kraken would need to carry the retained $2M cap hit ALL of next year too.
In fact, the value of replacing McCabe as your top RHD for a $3M cap saving as Matthews and Nylanders deals kick in is huge for the Leafs. And arbitration eligible Liljegren is due a raise too...
More I think on it more I think it should be the 1st, Liljegren and Cowan. Hmmmm....
And yet for all that a 1st, a roster player and a prospect is intriguing, I believe Larsson is one player Seattle won't move. He's too important to our D-corps especially given the chemistry he and Dunn have formed since expansion. I fully expect them to re-sign him next Summer for around 3x$5M too, an overpay perhaps, but when a D-pair clicks right it's worth paying them both!
FWIW the 5th for Bellemare is fair, if not generous.