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Originally Posted by Enoch Root
Yes, there were some surprising picks, but there are a lot of factors here, not the least of which being the cap. They avoided taking most of the big name, big ticket, low value guys, and instead kept the budget under control and opted with some of the picks for future upside.
What they did get was a really solid blueline, along with grit and tenacity, and some good middle 6 / bottom 6 forwards. They will be hard to play against.
And most importantly, they still have some $30M to play with. That can get them 4 to 6 really good players. And if they can add that to the base they built today, I think they might be in pretty solid shape.
They obviously were too greedy on the side deal issue, but calling them idiots is very premature.
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Not just premature but completely shortsighted. All these people calling for the Kraken to select the best 30 NHL players and then flipping a whole bunch for picks are out to lunch.
They’d have zero leverage if they tried that. Teams could just wait until closer to the start of the season, Francis would have no choice but to unload them or put them on waivers. What kind of idiot GM would trade for a player now that they can have for free in a month or two?