Seattle Kraken

First question: How are you signing Landeskog in this scenario? 7 million is not enough cap space, given that Evolving-hockey has him costing nearly 9 million and, as many have pointed out, the analytics don't count leadership.

The forward depth looks iffy compared to other options. It'd be pricier, but swapping McCann and Niederreiter in for Dermott and Bean could boost the middle-six considerably. Not grabbing Eberle also feels like a big miss, he's probably the best forward in the draft.

I don't love that D corps. I don't think it's possible to get a #1 dman in the expansion draft (which is a good argument for saving cap space to take a run at Hamilton or maybe even offer sheet Makar) Klef is solid if healthy but he's never been a star, and age has finally turned Giordano into just a solid defender instead of the two-way star of yesteryear. Given that he costs nearly 7 million dollars, it might be smarter to save the cap space to make a run at one in FA. Of course, that requires cap space, which brings me to the goaltending.

What the hell is that goaltending corps. Why do you have $21 million invested in 3 players, only one of which can provide value at a time. Why did you choose the opportunity to pay 10.5 million dollars for a goalie who's pedestrian regular seasons and massive cap hit left a solid team relying on weird playoff formats to even make the postseason. Martin Jones is one of the worst selections possible: a highly-paid goalie who is also quite possibly the worst in the entire NHL. Just let Bishop be the starter and draft a solid backup. You do not need Price and Jones more than you need 16 million dollars worth of free agents. That's nearly enough for Landeskog AND Hamilton.


That Duchene pick is smart, I definitely slept on him when I did mine, and Heinen is a great value pick given the options in Anaheim, but this is just really inefficient use of cap space.