Confirmed Signing with Link: [SEA/PIT] Kraken select Brandon Tanev

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[Empoleon8771]

Well shit that's surprising. I really thought his contract would be prohibitive.

Certainly not mad about it though.

 

[Makaveli]

Frankie in beast mode

 

[Gurglesons]

Good luck Tanev. Glad to get out of the contract TBH.

 

[TheReelChuckFletcher]

Really good pick for Seattle if their goal is to put together a winning team in a short amount of time. Tanev can be their Barclay Goodrow and play a bottom-6 game with a good amount of skill on top of it, as well. That's a rarer commodity than given credit for.

 

[Leaf Fans]

Haven't the picks been submitted to the league for 40 minutes. The should have already picked their player.

 

[Bevans]

Over zucker?

 

[crashthenet]

makes sense - Solid player who is better than Goodrow on a slightly better contract.

 

[66-30-33]

That sucks I liked Tanev.

 

[SI90]

Might as well make a Servalli sticky thread. He’s got someone on the inside of the Kraken organization. He’s breaking all their moves. Lol

 

[Ragamuffin Gunner]

Prolly best-case scenario for the Pens. W/ McC gone, they need Zuc. No way they would take Petts on D but that would have been nice.

 

[Gurglesons]

Really good pick for Seattle if their goal is to put together a winning team in a short amount of time. Tanev can be their Barclay Goodrow and play a bottom-6 game with a good amount of skill on top of it, as well. That's a rarer commodity than given credit for.

Goodrow’s value came from a cheap contract. Tanev is a 4th liner on a contender.

 

[hockeyarena]

Frankie's over 9000 right now! Tanev was unbelievable in Winnipeg, skating and tenacity will take him far but style of play will lead to injury.

 

[BlueDream]

So we have the answer to the question about who’s the next Bob McKenzie.

It’s apparently Frank Seravalli.

 

[TheReelChuckFletcher]

Goodrow’s value came from a cheap contract. Tanev is a 4th liner on a contender.

Well, some of it did. But Tanev has been worth his pay so far in Pittsburgh. Teams like the Islanders are unafraid of expensive bottom-6 pieces for a reason, as long as they truly play at an above-replacement level like Martin/Cizikas/Clutterbuck do.

 

[Big McLargehuge]

Well, that's interesting.

Sucks to lose a guy utterly deserving of the nickname Turbo if it happens. The kind of guy you want on your team.

On the flip side, I won't be sad about losing that contract before it has a chance to turn sour. Absolutely worth the AAV in a bubble, but with a flat cap, 4 years remaining, a play-style that begs to spend half the season on the IR coming off a season in which he spent half of on the IR...we've seen his name pop up on a few lists, but there's definitely a bigger chance of this one blowing up on Seattle than other options. I'm torn.

If it is Tanev, I fully expect him to be one of the faces of the franchise early on. The fans will f***ing love him.

 

[Gurglesons]

Well, some of it did. But Tanev has been worth his pay so far in Pittsburgh. Teams like the Islanders are unafraid of expensive bottom-6 pieces for a reason, as long as they truly play at an above-replacement level like Martin/Cizikas/Clutterbuck do.

Meh. A lot of the time Tanev just skated around fast and threw body checks that didn’t do much. I’m not sold on him especially once he gets over 30.

Let’s see how Clutterbuck and Martin workout if Cizikas is gone.

 

[DesertPenguin]

Gonna miss Tanev if that's true. Heart and soul player. All motor.

 

[StIvany4Norris]

Cool, he’s less effective than most think

Thought they were stuck with the contract

 

[Tasteless Beaver]

Seattle is following the Vegas mold - high effort, defensively sound, tough to play against. Loved Tanev when he was a Jet.

 

[deckercky]

Well, some of it did. But Tanev has been worth his pay so far in Pittsburgh. Teams like the Islanders are unafraid of expensive bottom-6 pieces for a reason, as long as they truly play at an above-replacement level like Martin/Cizikas/Clutterbuck do.

Vancouver is also unafraid of expensive bottom 6 pieces....

 

[Macch]

"So Brandon, you've been picked by Seattle. Without using any words, tell us how you feel."

 

[AD1066]

Future fan favorite. Always annoyed me watching my team play against him.

 

[MichaelFarrell]

Really would suck to see him go as a pens fan. People complain about his contract, but he was worth every penny. Always showed up, always played hard and had underrated skill

 

[brewski420]

Well shit that's surprising. I really thought his contract would be prohibitive.

Certainly not mad about it though.

Really like him with Pens but contract good to be rid of. I like the addition to the Kraken if true!