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Goalies are always a crapshoot, but should be solid if perform to expectations.
So Ive been listening to podcasts, youtube videos, etc- discussing prognostications for the Kraken and even took a shot at it myself at capfriendly- very fun and reccomended!!!
Here are a few thoughts I had:
-There are a LOT of very good goalies available- I took 4 and easily could have taken 5 with Ullmark being a real solid option. Raanta is great albeit injury prone, VV in washington has been a revelation, taking a Columbus second stringer is very solid as they seem to be a goalie factory, and Ive heard a few pundits cite Gustaavson from Ottawa and compared to what else youd get- I think hes a fine choice.
- I think there are a couple Marchessault/Karlsson types avaialable. I think Verhage is the easiest call if hes not proptected. I think Hino could be in a third times a charm type of situation. A healthy Kase could be beastly. If Lundestrom is given a scoring role that could expediate his ffensive contributions. I think Bennet and Backlund are great middle six options and either one could see a small boost in scoring with a move to the Kraken. Stenlund is breaking out and will almost certainly be available. Lastly Gaudette and Mathieu Joseph (TB) could both carve out scoring roles if selected.
- Is Devon Toews going to be available?? Hard to imagine but with that blueline its possible. Jake Bean is another one who seems to talented to be available but very well might be. Vince Dunn is a whole separate situation but he could even get drafted. Thjats one talented offensively inclined dman for each pairing right down the lineup- not a bad start!
- The site doesnt allow you to poach Gusev or Mikheyev- I think either guy would be in a great p[osition to succeed in a new role.
- This might be just me but I wonder if this is the avenue buffalo takes to cleanse themselves of Skinner. Theyd have to pony up assets and wouldnt even be surprised if they had to retain some salary but a new team (second line/sheltered) could do wonders for skinners game.
All in all there could be a quality team here. I do NOT see a vegas like effect- but I could see a fringe playoff team with a lot of culpable assets going forward. What you guys figure??
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Goalies are always a crapshoot, but should be solid if perform to expectations.
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Ullmark is a UFA. So is Raanta. Elvis doesn't need to be protected, so he and Korpisalo will stay in Columbus. Gusty is 3rd in line in Ottawa...
I was thinkin matiis in CLB
I'm not very high on Matiis, I think he's behind Tarasov and CLB's two current goalies. And with Raanta and Ullmark UFA's, I'm not sure it's a strong draft for goalies.
One team that will be more interesting to me is Ottawa. At the beginning of the year, the writer for the Athletic protected Joey D'Accord over Matt Murray, which I felt was pretty ballsy. But man, you just never know...
I agree- D'accord looked good before injury too. Gustaavson has his own pedigree as well.
So quick question- how do UFAs work?? Im guessing they just sign post expansion and as such are protected unless Seattle wanted to sin them?
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Im asking cause every "pundit" I follow has Raanta and Ullmark in the discussion...
UFAs dont belong to any teams so they are not available for the expansion draft. They are available to be signed by Seattle just like other teams, but if I remember correctly, they actually get an earlier window to talk to them than other teams. I am pretty sure thats how it worked with Vegas and should apply here as well.
That being said, teams are required to expose a certain number of players at differing positions.
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I believe that is correct. In Arizona right now Hill and Kuemper meet the goalie availability requirements and in Buffalo it's only Tokarski. Yes, UFA's can sign with Seattle during the signing period this off season. Or they can re-sign with whatever team they want after the expansion draft. Every team just needs one goalie to meet the exposure requirements.
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Pending UFAs are available in the draft. Seattle can speak with them earlier but if their don't select them in the expansion draft they can't sign them until July 1st (in a normal year.) Pending UFAs do still belong to their teams during the expansion draft since their contracts haven't expired yet at the time of the expansion draft.
Vegas selected pending UFA Deryk Engelland from Calgary in their draft
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G,A,PPP,SOG,BLKS,HITS - W,SO,SV%,Saves
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Because as pending UFAs they don't count towards exposure requirements.
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9 F, 6 D; roster 3 G max
G,A,PPP,SOG,BLKS,HITS - W,SO,SV%,Saves
F: B Tkachuk, Stutzle, Eriksson Ek, Necas, Konecny, Cooley, Boldy, Lehkonen, Tippett
D: Dahlin, Seider, Matheson, Durzi, Addison, Mintyukov
G: Hill, Husso
IR:
Bench: L Hughes, Merzlikins, Terry, Tuch
That is correct
Just went back to the rules to make sure I get it. So they can only do this (select a pending UFA) 11 times as they select their player from each team.Seattle must choose a minimum of 20 players under contract for the 2021-22 regular season...
12 team Yahoo 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, Stutzle, Eriksson Ek, Necas, Konecny, Cooley, Boldy, Lehkonen, Tippett
D: Dahlin, Seider, Matheson, Durzi, Addison, Mintyukov
G: Hill, Husso
IR:
Bench: L Hughes, Merzlikins, Terry, Tuch
10, Vegas isn't part of the expansion draft. I believe they would need to hit the cap-floor with those 20 players as well if they went that route