Capitals pass. They can buy out Mantha and it’ll only cost 1.3m. They are very high on Protas and I would t trade him and the 40th overall pick for that

I think Seattle respectfully declines. Wennberg has some positive value so he's not a cap dump, plus he's Seattle's 2C until Wright is ready. I'm sure the Kraken would like to move Driedger, but unless they make a big-money addition to the roster they don't need to trade him, so giving up the 52nd overall pick in a deep draft to dump his salary doesn't make a ton of sense for them.

I think the 2nd is fair for the dump of Driedger alone, I include wennberg not as a negative value asset, but as a 0 value piece. I think keeping him prevents wright from jumping in.

KrakenTheCode didn't say one way or another that a 2nd Rounder wouldn't be fair value to dump Driedger, just that Seattle wouldn't need to pay it based on their cap situation. Furthermore, if they really want him gone, they could easily buy Driedger out and it would only cost them $500,000 against the cap this season. . . . Save them whatever draft capital it might cost to dump him somewhere.

If Seattle chose to trade Wennberg, I think there's a move somewhere that would make more sense than just gifting him to Arizona . . . especially if Seattle retained on his final year.