The Kraken take Kylington so Calgary can hold on to their captain.

The Wild send a first round pick to keep Kahkonen and also other players that are key parts of the team. Its a hefty price, but they've invested a lot in developing him, and this year the draft class isn't thought of fondly.

Later you will see I have the Kraken taking Yanni Gourde from the Lightning. The Kraken take Ghost from the Flyers originally, but agree to trade for Voracek if they include Frost as well, with Yanni Gourde going back to the Flyers. This is a cap clearing moving for Philadelphia. Morgan Frost has the chance to become a really good player for Seattle. Chuck Fletcher may like him as well ,but has zero ties as Hextall was the one who drafted him. Expensive move only to bring back Gourde, but Its the cap clearance thats more important.

Seattle could opt to take Vince Dunn, but St. Louis could find it more valuable to free up 7.5 million of cap space. Seattle is in a better position to trade Tarasenko and get a better return being that can take on cap in return. St. Louis gives up a 3rd rounder for their trouble. Post expansion look for Seattle to make a deal involving Tarasenko.

4th rounder so that they take Trenin and not one of their other contributors. They'd love to lose Johansson or Duchene, but Seattle would need a fortune to take either.

The Capitals need to keep Samsonov and Vanecek duo going for a while. They entice Seattle to stay away from Vanecek and any key contributors