Kraken Expansion Draft with trades

Équipe: 2021-22 Kraken de Seattle

Date de création initiale: 22 avr. 2021

Publié: 22 avr. 2021

Mode - plafond salarial: Basique

To see my protection lists, go here:

https://www.capfriendly.com/forums/thread/440546

Obviously have a ton of cap space to go after any free agents, but in general I feel like Seattle is destined to struggling for offence until the develop more talent from within. Luckily for the Kraken they have a ton of cap space and can go after any free agent they want, although I find it hard to convince a big name to come to a brand new expansion team when they have an opportunity to go to a contender immediately. Some names I see being potential fits (as of now, would change with extensions after the draft) would be:
- Mikael Granlund
- Nikita Gusev
- Brandon Sutter
- Mike Hoffman
- Alexander Wennberg

As for the defence, it's pretty strong for what's to be available. I have Kraken management banking big on Vince Dunn developing on a similar path to Shea Theodore to be the anchor on the back end. Definitely a lot more puck moving guys than defensive guys available. Would likely look to free agency to address that as well. Some guys I see available for that position would be:
- Alec Martinez
- Jamie Oleksiak
- Ryan Murray
- Marc Staal
- Jake McCabe

Goaltending looks to be set, barring any trades from teams to help them protect extra guys. Chris Driedger will be looking for his best shot at a team willing to give him a starter's job immediately. I feel like Seattle can best do that while having a good veteran in Holtby behind him if he falters while also being able to add some depth from the expansion draft and minor trades. I don't really see goaltending as an area that would be addressed via free agency so I won't list an options there.

Overall, I wouldn't expect this team to compete like Vegas did. They may be in a fight for a playoff spot with some good coaching, but a lack of offence is likely to hurt them quite a bit. I'd say they likely finish within the 23-32 range of the league and look to be in the lottery for one of the top 5 players in next years draft (Shane Wright, Matthew Savoie, Brad Lambert, Rutger McGroarty, etc) which isn't the worst idea to start building the team around one of them.

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