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Seattle Expansion Draft

herman said:
https://twitter.com/Account4hockey/status/1417849089585258498
Brokerage fees through the roof
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Those will come down as they realize no teams are meeting their asking price.
 
bustaheims said:
herman said:
https://twitter.com/Account4hockey/status/1417849089585258498
Brokerage fees through the roof
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Those will come down as they realize no teams are meeting their asking price.
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Yup.  On top of which, if they're selecting 30 players (most of whom are no longer waiver exempt), and can only carry a roster of 23, they risk losing them for nothing on waivers when October rolls around.

How the turn tables...
 
bustaheims said:
herman said:
https://twitter.com/Account4hockey/status/1417849089585258498
Brokerage fees through the roof
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Those will come down as they realize no teams are meeting their asking price.
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I mean in fairness I'd probably demand that kind of package to justify me not drafting Gourde.
 
louisstamos said:
Yup.  On top of which, if they're selecting 30 players (most of whom are no longer waiver exempt), and can only carry a roster of 23, they risk losing them for nothing on waivers when October rolls around.

How the turn tables...
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A number of those guys will get flipped for picks probably. Vegas moved 4 of their selections for picks within a week or so of selecting them.
 
L K said:
bustaheims said:
herman said:
https://twitter.com/Account4hockey/status/1417849089585258498
Brokerage fees through the roof
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Those will come down as they realize no teams are meeting their asking price.
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I mean in fairness I'd probably demand that kind of package to justify me not drafting Gourde.
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Yup, this is a reasonable ask for certain players (Gourde), and will be a different ask for others (bargaining, baby).
 
Yeah I mean I'm glad a team didn't bend over backwards to help a Cup winner/contender out of a jam. Nice change of pace.

I don't think Seattle was going to get the same sort of offers that Vegas got to avoid certain players because like others have said in the past most teams seem to have been a little more prepared for this draft. No one was gifting them a Shea Theodore this time.
 
https://twitter.com/FriedgeHNIC/status/1417863645355155460

Well this makes sense and all but it would have been really fun to see it happen.
 
CarltonTheBear said:
https://twitter.com/frank_seravalli/status/1417865897948205063

Think they should have bit on this one.
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Yeah. They could have added some quality pieces by retaining salary on a trade there. Missed opportunity - though, Dunn is a pretty good piece, as well.
 
bustaheims said:
CarltonTheBear said:
https://twitter.com/frank_seravalli/status/1417865897948205063

Think they should have bit on this one.
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Yeah. They could have added some quality pieces by retaining salary on a trade there. Missed opportunity - though, Dunn is a pretty good piece, as well.
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Dunn is a good acquisition.  I wonder if the medical reports on Tarasenko scared them away.
 
CarltonTheBear said:
https://twitter.com/salimvalji/status/1417872139617669126
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Crazy days are ahead. Will they flip Gio with salary retention? Will be anchor their blueline? Stay tuned...
 
https://twitter.com/frank_seravalli/status/1417870849978339328

No Kahkonen is a little surprising, although Daccord is also exempt from waivers still.
 
CarltonTheBear said:
https://twitter.com/frank_seravalli/status/1417870849978339328

No Kahkonen is a little surprising, although Daccord is also exempt from waivers still.
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They must really like Soucy, otherwise, who did they take from Minnesota?
 
bustaheims said:
They must really like Soucy, otherwise, who did they take from Minnesota?
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Soucy would be the obvious candidate but they also already have Giordano, Oleksiak, and Dunn at LD and that's with less than half the picks leaked. Although of course there could be some flips here.
 
This feels like that NBA draft from a few years ago where Woj leaked the picks 2 minutes before the picks were made. Who thinks that's good content? Why would Sportsnet ruin the drama of something they're airing?
 
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