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

[deckercky]

I like him as a pick. I think that contract is a lot easier to deal with as an expansion team than it is as an established team.

 

[Poppy Whoa Sonnet]

Thought that contract was crazy when signed, must have been pretty good if someone wants it for free 2 years later. Guys that play like him and can keep up with the NHL are just getting harder and harder to find (hence the contract in the first place).

 

[Big McLargehuge]

Over zucker?

Honestly, as a Penguins fan I can't fathom why Seattle would choose Zucker over any of Tanev/ZAR/Pettersson/DeSmith unless they were convinced they could pump his value before trading him at the deadline. Given how poor Zucker has looked with the talent he's surrounded with, that's a tough bet to make when there's other options on the table.

Signing up to be on the hook for Tanev's contract into his mid-30s when you're not expecting to be in the depths of a rebuild, as the Penguins inevitably are going to be when Tanev's deal runs out, is the only surprise to me.

 

[Kranix]

Over zucker?

Zucker is warshed

 

[Gurglesons]

It's going to be funny when Zucker has a huge bounce back season next year when you know... He can actually visit his kids.

Dude had a significant injury and was the worst player in terms of the COVID situation. Easily see him having a bounce back next year. Especially since he won't be playing with Geno.

 

[BHD]

The Kraken are getting an effective player for the time being. Will he be good in Year 4 or 5 of the contract? Who knows...

Also, Seravalli is making a name for himself. He's broken like 90% of the stuff.

 

[CheckingLineCenter]

I think it’s a big loss. Sure, nice to have the 4 years and 3.5m back.. but with 87/71/58/59 contract structure we could afford it and guys like Tanev are hard to find.

 

[ffh]

jets should have kept tanev and let copp walk. underated player.

 

[Empoleon8771]

I think it’s a big loss. Sure, nice to have the 4 years and 3.5m back.. but with 87/71/58/59 contract structure we could afford it and guys like Tanev are hard to find.

You can find guys like Tanev for far less than the $3.5 million AAV that he had.

 

[voxel]

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

This. Everything should have been signed and submitted by 10am EST.

This speculation is just weird.

 

[CheckingLineCenter]

You can find guys like Tanev for far less than the $3.5 million AAV that he had.

Who? Idk. Lesser player (imo) in Goodrow just went for more.

It’s not crippling and I expect the Pens to be ok, but I don’t think this is an insignificant loss.

 

[Empoleon8771]

Who? Idk. Lesser player (imo) in Goodrow just went for more.

It’s not crippling and I expect the Pens to be ok, but I don’t think this is an insignificant loss.

Glendening, Martinook and Caggiula just off the top of my head.

 

[CheckingLineCenter]

Glendening, Martinook and Caggiula just off the top of my head.

Tanev is a much better player than those 3 in my opinion.

The silver lining is the contract. If he and McCann’s loss means a possible top 6/top 4 player could be had, then its a net win.

 

[Kraken Jokes]

I thought this was the obvious choice. When I look at my picks and the lineup, I wish I had a Tanev I could put on each line.

 

[PensandCaps]

I thought his contract was bad until Goodrow got 3.6 x 6. Apparently GMs love expensive bottom six players.

 

[OtherThingsILike]

I liked Tanev, but I don't hate the idea of losing his contract.

 

[chethejet]

It's not like Tanev is not a valuable player for the Pens. But GMJR just made contractual decisions that lacked any sense of limitations or financial awareness. I understand the pressure to win with the core, but never at the expense of future flexibility. The contract if Tanev is the selection starts the reversal of the GMJR period of anything goes financially. Pens can replace him with a banger with size and with a much lower AAV. Petts has to go and the rumor was a deal was close before the Seattle ED. With 4 million plus Tanev 3.5 million and Petts gone hopefully for picks, that at least gives the Pens some wiggle room in cap space of 11.5 million.

 

[IranCondraAffair]

Good player, bad contract, but he fits a role. Roleplayers were surprisingly rare when i did my mock draft.

 

[Killswitch7187]

Good pick by SEA. He's an easy guy to root for and will be an instant fan favorite. With that said, can't say it's a "bad thing" from the Penguins perspective either. Going to lose somebody in the draft, might as well be your 3.5m bottom-6er.

 

[ICanMotteBelieveIt]

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

Certainly not mad about it though.

You did? The rumours has it that a lot of teams are willing to give Goodrow (who's a lesser player) the same contract.

Tanev seemed like the obvious choice to me.

 

[DudeWhereIsMakar]

Honestly, Tanev is a very solid player. He'll make for a very good alternate captain with the Seattle Kraken.

 

[Sidney the Kidney]

Glendening, Martinook and Caggiula just off the top of my head.

The only one of those three that fit Tanev's role, IMO, is Martinook.

I dunno. I didn't like the term on his contract, but the Pens *do* need to replace what he brought. Pens need more guys like Tanev, not less.

 

[SomeDude]

This man is officially a Krackhead

 

[ChaosAgent]

Is this actually confirmed yet?

 

[DesertPenguin]

This man is officially a Krackhead

Naw man he just saw a ghost when the picture was taken. Happens to all of us.