Quoting: Birtle34
I would be surprised if Seattle takes on some of those contracts without something rather shiny, I’m guessing they take out a page in Vegas book, and take a bunch of dman that were basically developed that haven’t quite broke out yet, and still cheap with 3/4 years of team control, over expensive vets. I wonder if there’s some team that gifts them some scoring like Florida did for Vegas. Seattle probably not a bad free agency draw in a few years and maybe sooner in a flat cap era.
Hmmm. That's exactly what I did!
Caleb Jones, Jake Bean, Travis Dermott, Cal Foote, etc
Seattle will have a lot of cap space, but they will run through it quickly, if they are not careful.
I had Nashville exposing Duchene and Johansen, but the Kraken passing on both, to take Connor Ingram, for one example.
You are preaching to the choir.
My whole philosophy was cheap talent as opposed higher priced players.
Simply look at the Nate Schmidt trade as big ticket players are being dumped for pennies on the dollar.
The value for Seattle will be in players that have room to grow but you can not simply take on players just past entry level.
You need to build a competitive team that can transition into a contender with home grown talent through the minors pipeline and the draft.
They'll need a few quality veterans, for team building, and a lot of upcoming youth to build a base.
The only expensive vets that are taken in expansion, are Burns and PK. The others, arrive via trade or free agency, as I explained.
TJ will come with incentives, Edler will be signed cheaper as a UFA, etc
This is a 2021-22 roster