Big Karl Alzner incoming

Too much money. Too much term.

Contract-for-contract, most likely. It doesn't have to be a cap dump, b/c we're not desperate for space. Maybe someone like Brett Connolly, Evgeni Dadonov, Andreas Johnsson, or Gustav Nyqvist.

OOF dude

Oleksiak was definitely underrated, but not this underrated

Probably give them a draft pick or two to take him.

Nah, no need. With the Geekie selection, we can just reallocate the Gardiner salary to the bottom-6 via a contract-for-contract trade. I'd go for Dadonov or Nyqvist, personally.

Seattle had to add an extra 100k to the AAV for every inch

off topic again, but our captain is gone :'(

Overpayment, Oleksiak is good but not 5x4.6 good

he was better last year between the two. heiskanens stats were worse without Oleksiak.

Kraken are on crack wtf??

Please tell me you didn’t just say Oleksiak was better than Heiskanen. Bowness was shoving Heiskanen in bad things all year round, he specifically asked him to not shoot and only play defence not offence, like wtf. Also as a Stars fan I’ve watched more games from them then the majority of people on here and I can guarantee you Heiskanen carry’s him like you wouldn’t believe.

Dreadful

> 5 years with NTC
> $4.6M/year that can't be buried in AHL

Some management of cap space this contract is. And Francis is making the EXACT same mistakes he made when he was the Canes' GM. This team is going to be a Sabres or Senators caliber gongshow, isn't it?

look at their analytics. heiskenen did worse without oleksiak.

Starting to believe Francis may not be the guy.

1. The cap: Meh
2. The term: two years too long
3: With a NTC: WTF???

One season where he looked like he belonged on the 2nd pairing...otherwise a 3rd pairing dman... now he may keep playing at that level- but he is being paid like its a sure thing- for a long time.
not worth the gamble.

did Dubas negotiate this?

no... just no.

Jeez hes not worth this.

He's a Top 4 guy at best. 4.6 Million for 5 years with a No trade clause. I don't see the point of this. Honestly Oleksiak is a good player, but he's not worth this much, but it might just be to get above the cap floor who knows.

Idc what the nerds say this deal blows lmao

And i thought Larsson's deal was bad... This deal is way worse, Oleksiak is a 2nd pair d at best, offensively he is not good at all, defensively he is ok but not for that term for sure. And he has NTC as well🤦🏻‍♂️.