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Seattle Expansion Draft

CarltonTheBear said:
bustaheims said:
Larsson is the only piece from Edmonton that really made sense, so, no huge surprise there.
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Dallas' offerings were slim pickings too if they weren't interested in Bishop.
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I should know this, but obviously I am a bit confused. I thought that signing a pending UFA, like Adam Larsson, did not count as a pick. I thought they had to pick 30 players (1 per team) from the eligible lists and that any UFA's they sign was over and above that. Correct, or no?
 
From Saturday:

https://twitter.com/SportsnetSpec/status/1416470714945658881

Interesting case here of "why would a team sign their UFA before the expansion and waste a spot on them?".
 
Michael said:
I should know this, but obviously I am a bit confused. I thought that signing a pending UFA, like Adam Larsson, did not count as a pick. I thought they had to pick 30 players (1 per team) from the eligible lists and that any UFA's they sign was over and above that. Correct, or no?
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No, Seattle had a period of time where they were able to speak/negotiate with exposed free agents and if they came to an agreement with that player during that time they could sign them and they'd count as their pick from that team.

They could have spoken to Larsson, not signed him, picked someone else from Edmonton, and then went back to Larsson once free agency opened and signed him then but obviously that would have opened him up to other offers.
 
CarltonTheBear said:
No, Seattle had a period of time where they were able to speak/negotiate with exposed free agents and if they came to an agreement with that player during that time they could sign them and they'd count as their pick from that team.

They could have spoken to Larsson, not signed him, picked someone else from Edmonton, and then went back to Larsson once free agency opened and signed him then but obviously that would have opened him up to other offers.
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Really helpful. Thank you.
 
CarltonTheBear said:
bustaheims said:
Larsson is the only piece from Edmonton that really made sense, so, no huge surprise there.
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Dallas' offerings were slim pickings too if they weren't interested in Bishop.
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Yeah. I thought maybe Seattle would target Mascherin, but obviously, they preferred to go with the vet instead of the prospect.
 
https://twitter.com/frank_seravalli/status/1417842354581561347

This always seemed like the biggest no-brainer of the draft. Really curious to see how Tampa replaces him, because that's a big piece leaving there (and to a slightly lesser degree, his two linemates as well).
 
bustaheims said:
Yeah. I thought maybe Seattle would target Mascherin, but obviously, they preferred to go with the vet instead of the prospect.
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The tough thing about potentially selecting those "prospect" types is that almost all of the ones I've seen aren't exempt from waivers anymore. So you have to be very confident they're ready to earn a NHL spot or risk losing them to waivers.

I think the only notable player I've seen that does still have exemption from waivers is Kaapo Kahkonen from Minny, which makes him the perfect 3rd goalie to pick I think.
 
CarltonTheBear said:
I was scanning through the mock expansion draft feature on capfriendly and there's a lot of teams I'd basically just be taking a mulligan on.
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Yeah I had a little go at picking a team and went with Marleau from San Jose cos, well, at least I knew who he was
 
bustaheims said:
CarltonTheBear said:
bustaheims said:
Larsson is the only piece from Edmonton that really made sense, so, no huge surprise there.
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Dallas' offerings were slim pickings too if they weren't interested in Bishop.
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Yeah. I thought maybe Seattle would target Mascherin, but obviously, they preferred to go with the vet instead of the prospect.
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Depending on what his medical reports suggested I could have been convinced on them picking Klefbom.  Worst case he's LTIR fodder and best case scenario you get a really good defenseman if he can get healthy.
 
CarltonTheBear said:
This always seemed like the biggest no-brainer of the draft. Really curious to see how Tampa replaces him, because that's a big piece leaving there (and to a slightly lesser degree, his two linemates as well).
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They're just going to pick up another one from the Rangers. Tampa is also very, very good at the way they play and finding the right players to fit.

I think Gourde will be good where ever he plays (he lives in the HD slot), but a lot of depth players pop off because the team they're on plays a way that fits their skillset (or with a linemate they have good Gestalt with).
 
Giordano-Larsson
Oleksiak-DeMelo
Fleury/Bean-Zadorov/Stecher

Speculating on some of those picks of course but that has the makings to be a pretty solid defence.



 
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