Rumor: Rumors & Proposals Thread: "Wheat Kings and Pretty Things, Let's See What The Expansion Draft Brings

[MettleMcOiler]

Seattle has a chance to pick up Price?...you can't make this stuff up.
I expect an exuberance of french profanity when Seattle drafts him.

 

[T-Funk]

We should get Quick, he has cup rings and experience, he also plays 60 minutes a night!!

I like the part where he cries facedown on the ice like a kid having a tantrum after every single goal.

 

[3IR]

Seattle has a chance to pick up Price?...you can't make this stuff up.
I expect an exuberance of french profanity when Seattle drafts him.

Imagine coming out of an expansion draft with Price and Tarasanko + a bunch of solid depth options.

this could be interesting.

 

[McVirginOil]

If Seattle is picking up Price he won’t play a game for them, they’ll probably just retain him and send him off to a dumb team that’ll give them a ton. They already are a lock for Driedger and you can get better things for 10.5M

 

[North]

It's not so much losing Benson, but more so protecting Kassian for no good reason

I'm praying Holland leaves Kassian exposed and he gets claimed. That 3.2M cap space in this current free agency climate (flat cap, UFAs getting less) would be huge

Or he protects him to trade him after the expansion draft.

 

[McBooya42]

Well....

 

[McDNicks17]

Price's real money owed isn't even too bad after this coming season.

 

[StargateSG1]

If Seattle is picking up Price he won’t play a game for them, they’ll probably just retain him and send him off to a dumb team that’ll give them a ton. They already are a lock for Driedger and you can get better things for 10.5M

Then he retires having won absolutely nothing for the "best goalie of the generation"

 

[North]

Price's real money owed isn't even too bad after this coming season.

Imagine losing Price at the expense of saving Allen.

It would open up cap for them but they would need a number one goalie.

 

[La Bamba]

Or he protects him to trade him after the expansion draft.

Say the Oilers protect Kassian and Seattle picks Benson. The ideal trade for the Oilers is to move Kassian for a prospect or pick anyways (assuming he actually has value). Why not just keep Benson at that point?

Either way, the Oilers will lose an asset in the expansion draft. Might as well be Kassian's contract.

 

[ManofSteel55]

What bothers me is all those trades are on going becuase of the x-draft. So its primetime to awquire that 3Center that Oilers have searched with light and lamp for forever and failed.

And Holland doing nothing at all.

Make a move! Why not ask Pittsburgh the cost of Zucker or Thierny in Ottawa. Like? Why not?

How do you know he didn't ask the price of those guys?

 

[Fixed to Ruin]

Oooh, Price and Quick. Obviously you take the guy with the cup rings and conn smythe so he can teach everyone else how to win.

My favorite Quick moment.

 

[McVirginOil]

Imagine losing Price at the expense of saving Allen.

It would open up cap for them but they would need a number one goalie.

There are a good bunch in UFA, Montreal isnt sweating. Also posting .907 in 4 years isn’t #1 goalie status lol. Just because he had a wild playoff run doesn’t mean you ignore his past results. Tons of goalies get hot in the playoffs.

 

[KeithIsActuallyBad]

It's not so much losing Benson, but more so protecting Kassian for no good reason

I'm praying Holland leaves Kassian exposed and he gets claimed. That 3.2M cap space in this current free agency climate (flat cap, UFAs getting less) would be huge

This exactly. Protecting Kassian is braindead.

 

[McDNicks17]

That $11M signing bonus on Price's deal for this season would be a pretty good kick in the pants for Seattle's owner.

 

[McAsuno]

The issue with Kassian that he's been checked out majorly after re-signing due to having a hot streak playing with McDavid. If Kassian would bring out the annoying pest type of game on a consistent basis, I'd be a happy camper. That being said, I don't see the Oilers exposing him for expansion. Especially after Keith's comments, and the fact that this organization still values toughness at a high capacity.

 

[CanmoreMike]

Imagine losing Price at the expense of saving Allen.

It would open up cap for them but they would need a number one goalie.

They must believe in Cayden Primeau.

 

[McVirginOil]

This exactly. Protecting Kassian is braindead.

Unless there’s a deal in place to send Kassian for a good player, it makes zero sense to protect him. And let me tell you, Kassian isn’t being traded anywhere with this GM at helm lol

 

[CanmoreMike]

That $11M signing bonus on Price's deal for this season would be a pretty good kick in the pants for Seattle's owner.

Wouldn't it have already been paid?

 

[CanmoreMike]

When does the NHL release the protected lists?

 

[Fixed to Ruin]

Wouldn't it have already been paid?

 

[StargateSG1]

Wouldn't it have already been paid?

Chris Johnston
@reporterchris
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10m
Of note on the Carey Price situation: He's owed an $11M signing bonus in September -- a big upfront payout if #seakraken claim him. Price also only waived his NMC for expansion purposes. So he can't be claimed and flipped in a subsequent trade without his consent.

 

[BlackDogg]

It would have been nice to squeeze some teams today but it looks like Holland only likes to be squeezed #FreshlySqueezedHollanade

 

[CanmoreMike]

Chris Johnston
@reporterchris
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10m
Of note on the Carey Price situation: He's owed an $11M signing bonus in September -- a big upfront payout if #seakraken claim him. Price also only waived his NMC for expansion purposes. So he can't be claimed and flipped in a subsequent trade without his consent.

Perfect. Thanks for that.

I usually assume July 1st most signing bonuses get paid.

 

[TopShelfGloveSide]

Kraken would be foolish to pass on price.