That's a risky move trading a solid NHL defenceman with nearly 200 games under his belt for a guy with zero NHL regular season games. Seattle should probably add a 3rd.

I like him. Good numbers in the AHL and played well in the playoffs. And is from kingston

Seattle doesn't really need to be doing this. With Kartye's playoff performance being as good as it was, and with a guy like Ryker Evans showing promise in the AHL, another bottom 4 offensive Dman is probably not the direction to go. Don't get me wrong, the value in a vacuum is there, this trade would definitely be of interest if Seattle didn't have Evans, but they do have him.

There might be a possibility of Calgary committing to a rebuild on the fly and follow up a Hanifin trade for by grabbing a young D to replace him, or Chicago wanting to move off a guy not in their long term plans like Athanasiou by retaining and adding to their D-core? Even swinging for a block buster with philly to bring Hart in to solve the goalie problem could be interesting, but idk.

How is his 2-way game though?

I imagine he's been trained well in Ron Francis organization though.

That could be a good move but yeah, Seattle would need to add a pick probably because of the NHL experience difference

Wonder if we could get Tolvanen instead (still no idea why we didn't claim him)