Headshot77
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- Feb 15, 2015
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With 30 picks and only 20 spots on an opening lineup, 1/3rd of the Kraken picks will be either scratched, on the taxi squad, or in the AHL. With the generous rules afforded to Seattle they will be able to pick up an NHL level talent from every team except for a few teams like Detroit. I feel like it would make a ton of sense for Seattle to draft a few excess NHL starters and trading quantity for quality with Toronto for Mitch Marner.
The problems with Toronto are obvious: 4 players taking up 50% of the cap. They will never go anywhere in a playoff bracket where refs swallow their whistles and dead puck hockey returns for the most important part of the season. I think they need to use Marner's 10.9 million on an entire LINE of forwards, not just one guy.
My Longshot prediction is that Seattle takes some extra NHL caliber talent (more than would fit on a 20 man roster) and trades three quality players to Toronto for Marner.
Something like:
Pavelski@50% (RW, 3.5m)
Palat (LW, 5.3m)
Aston-Reese (LW, 1m)
Total 9.8 million
For:
Taking Marner (RW, 10.9) in the ED, so Toronto keeps Kerfoot.
would make a TON of sense for both parties. Toronto gets all-important depth so they can actually win a playoff series and Seattle gets a marketable star that will get them some serious offensive production. I specifically picked out players who have gone on lots of playoff runs as key contributers. Pavelski was the leading scorer for the Stars. Palat has a great game and was instrumental for the Lightning's cup run. Aston-Reese is one of the best shutdown bottom 6 defensive forwards in the game. Toronto also saves a bit over 1 million which can go towards re-signing Zack Hymen. In return, Seattle starts their existence with a top 5 NHL scorer.
Hymen-Matthews-Nylander
Palat-Tavares-Pavelski
For the record, im mainly a Pens fan who has an interest in the leafs and the expansion draft. If I'm off on player evaluation or the trade value I'm all ears. What do you guys think about this?
The problems with Toronto are obvious: 4 players taking up 50% of the cap. They will never go anywhere in a playoff bracket where refs swallow their whistles and dead puck hockey returns for the most important part of the season. I think they need to use Marner's 10.9 million on an entire LINE of forwards, not just one guy.
My Longshot prediction is that Seattle takes some extra NHL caliber talent (more than would fit on a 20 man roster) and trades three quality players to Toronto for Marner.
Something like:
Pavelski@50% (RW, 3.5m)
Palat (LW, 5.3m)
Aston-Reese (LW, 1m)
Total 9.8 million
For:
Taking Marner (RW, 10.9) in the ED, so Toronto keeps Kerfoot.
would make a TON of sense for both parties. Toronto gets all-important depth so they can actually win a playoff series and Seattle gets a marketable star that will get them some serious offensive production. I specifically picked out players who have gone on lots of playoff runs as key contributers. Pavelski was the leading scorer for the Stars. Palat has a great game and was instrumental for the Lightning's cup run. Aston-Reese is one of the best shutdown bottom 6 defensive forwards in the game. Toronto also saves a bit over 1 million which can go towards re-signing Zack Hymen. In return, Seattle starts their existence with a top 5 NHL scorer.
Hymen-Matthews-Nylander
Palat-Tavares-Pavelski
For the record, im mainly a Pens fan who has an interest in the leafs and the expansion draft. If I'm off on player evaluation or the trade value I'm all ears. What do you guys think about this?
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