I wonder if Francis' boss has the hockey acumen to evaluate the team he just paid $650M for. I'm sure the Carsen Twarynski jerseys are flying off the shelf.
Very interested to see the rest of Seattle's offseason.
It has to be a tank. There’s no other explanation for this draft.
12 team Fantrax Roto keeper (keep 3)
9 F, 6 D; roster 3 G max
G,A,PPP,SOG,BLKS,HITS - W,SO,SV%,Saves
F: B Tkachuk, Tippett, Tavares, Suzuki, Caufield, K Johnson, JT Miller, Laine, Marner
D: Sanderson, Broberg, Dunn, Heiskanen, Spurgeon
G: Sorokin, Daccord
IR: Dahlin
Bench: Cozens, Demidov, Slafkovsky, DeBrusk, Thompson
I wonder if Francis' boss has the hockey acumen to evaluate the team he just paid $650M for. I'm sure the Carsen Twarynski jerseys are flying off the shelf.
Very interested to see the rest of Seattle's offseason.
i believe ron francis overplayed his hand. it seems like he couldve gotten a bunch of 2nd rounders for contracts but he was sticking with asking for first rounders. he also definitely picked a few pending UFAs so that he'd just have the cap space instead
that being said, he still has 30m in cap room. thats like 4 star players and their full cap hits. ill reserve judgment until training camp.
One day I will quit fantasy hockey, today is not that day.
I am pretty sure that I enjoy hockey more than 99.9% of Seattle-area residents.
After watching the entire rollout of this franchise, I can report that this is a shitty mascot. I can also report that this team has crappy uniforms. Blue, really? How novel. Lot of work to be done there. I see very very few Kraken jerseys around town.
The product on the ice is what really disturbs me. This is a really bad group that has a ways to go to catch up with Buffalo. I think they totally blew this expansion draft, and as a result will be a team that struggles for the first 3-5 years.
Hopefully they dont blow it tonight because this team needs somebody who can score goals. I see them losing a shitload of 3-2 and 2-1 type games where Dreidger and the D perform but since Eberle didnt score they didnt win.
I will go to games when the Kings are in town, but thats it.
Thought I'd post a few photos from first day of Kraken camp:
(First look at their practice jerseys in white, light blue, dark blue)
Day 1 Photo Thread from SeattleTimes:
https://www.seattletimes.com/sports/...training-camp/
Forward Line 1: Schwartz (LW) - McCann (C) - Eberle (RW)
Call me old one more time.
- Roy Kent
I am not going to come out and say this team is going to perform like the Vegas Golden Knights did and may not for a few years, but I do know I have wanted hockey in my town for sometime and here it is so am I excited about it, hell yeah I am.
12 Team League Dynasty (G/A/+/-/ PIM/PPP/SHP/GWS/SOG/HIT// W/GA/ SV/SO/MIN/GAA/SV%
Goalies: Grubauer-SEA, Fleury- CHI, Murray- OTT
Defense: Slavin-CAR, Faulk- STL, Parayko-STL, Krug- STL, Pesce-CAR, Lindell- DAL, Brondin- MIN, Larsson- SEA
Forwards: Hintz-DAL, Couturier- PHI, Hischier- NJ, Hertl- SJ, Lee- NYI, Killorn- TB, Wheeler- WPG, Bailey- NYI, Nelson- NYI, Dach- CHI, Puljujarvi- EDM, Danault- LA, Wennberg- SEA, Smith-VGS
IR: Crosby- PIT, Hughes- NJ
Awesome! So cool to see local fans excited about a new team. Hell ya indeed!
12 team Fantrax Roto keeper (keep 3)
9 F, 6 D; roster 3 G max
G,A,PPP,SOG,BLKS,HITS - W,SO,SV%,Saves
F: B Tkachuk, Tippett, Tavares, Suzuki, Caufield, K Johnson, JT Miller, Laine, Marner
D: Sanderson, Broberg, Dunn, Heiskanen, Spurgeon
G: Sorokin, Daccord
IR: Dahlin
Bench: Cozens, Demidov, Slafkovsky, DeBrusk, Thompson
Grubauer gets the first shutout in Kraken history. Surprised it took 1/2 the season tbh.
Crikey, how many players do they have left to fill out an NHL roster ?
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I read they currently have 30 picks over the next 3 years...
I believe the numbers are currently 32 players and 33 draft picks!