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Originally Posted by ForeverFlameFan
In my humble and very, very biased opinion, Flames should offer sheet Ryker. 4.6 x 5 would be a 2nd round pick. He has the tools to be a top pairing defender that can absolutely be the rock to an elite pairing player like Parekh. Seeing him with either Parekh or Weegar would bring out a Ryker Seattle wished they took more serious when dealing a contract.
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Kraken have $7M in cap space, so it should be a pretty easy match for them.
They do have a slight roster problem in that they only have 12 forward under contract and 7 D (before Evans). Signing him to $4.6M cap hit would mean they have 6 D all making over $4M, which is not really ideal for the cap structure.
It doesn't really matter though because they would still have $2.4M to add a forward for their 23rd roster player. (If they graduate a prospect on an ELC then they'll have plenty of cap space for their full roster)
Considering the ages of the rest of the Kraken D, they really should sign Evans and trade Oleksiak (and Grubauer) to clear enough cap space for a big addition up front on forward. They definitely have enough futures to try and be buyers this season and try to make some noise in the playoffs.