[News] NHL officially approves Seattle (first season 2021/22) Expansion draft in June 2021

[fire_starter]

Originally Posted by getbak

Coyotes: Guys were finally doing so well in the pacific

Nhl: hold my beer

[GioforPM]

Originally Posted by Matty81

That's bad news for the Flames re the 2021 start date, they were well positioned for a 2020 expansion draft from what I could see with Valimaki protected and Brodie and Hamonic on expiring deals that could have slipped through.

Definitely going to lose a good defenceman or pay dearly not to in 2021.

Unless you make a good hockey trade for one or more of them prior to that time.

Frankly, even 2020 would result in really good exposed players especially on D. Gio, Brodie, Andersson, Hamonic, Hanifin and Kylington would all be eligible.

In 2021 you might have to go 8 skaters and protect Monahan, Gaudreau, Tkachuk and Lindholm up front, with Hanifin, Hamonic and Valimaki plus one of Gio/Brodie/Andersson. I guess Bennett's progress will make this decision happen one way or the other.

[Split98]

Originally Posted by sureLoss

Looks like red black and white will be the new color scheme

https://twitter.com/user/status/1070009068528508928

I'm not buying it - and if they did, they're starting off on the wrong foot with the locals IMO. Vancouver is going to have a hard time with whatever Seattle chooses, but I think they can look pretty great together.

Seattle have introduced a healthy amount of dark-blue into their palette as well, so I wouldn't be surprised to see navy blue added to the original palette to give them a really unique 'Seattle' look

[Flames Fan, Ph.D.]

Seattle Prime

[RedHawk12]

I think it's too early to think about the expansion protection list now. The team has changed quite a bit from 3 years ago and may change significantly 3 years from now.

Better to focus on how to build the best team as possible long term than worrying about losing your 11th best player.

[Mean Mr. Mustard]

Originally Posted by 4X4

Haha. Edmonton will have to protect Lucic.

Hahaha

Although I just looked at their depth chart, do they really have enough players that they wouldn't have to protect him anyway?

McDavid, Draisaitl, Nugent-Hopkins (if they re-sign him), Puljujarvi?, Yamamoto.

Seriously awful depth means that protecting Lucic wouldn't cost the Oilers much

That being said, I would suspect that Lucic would waive the NMC to go back to the west coast near his family.

[Toonage]

The red & black were also prominent when they raised the Seattle NHL flag several months back.

https://www.seattletimes.com/sports/...ed-in-seattle/

[Atodaso]

Originally Posted by GioforPM

Unless you make a good hockey trade for one or more of them prior to that time.

Frankly, even 2020 would result in really good exposed players especially on D. Gio, Brodie, Andersson, Hamonic, Hanifin and Kylington would all be eligible.

In 2021 you might have to go 8 skaters and protect Monahan, Gaudreau, Tkachuk and Lindholm up front, with Hanifin, Hamonic and Valimaki plus one of Gio/Brodie/Andersson. I guess Bennett's progress will make this decision happen one way or the other.

Gio would start that season at 38 and have 1 year left at $6.75.
I wouldn't be surprised if they left him exposed. Brodie and Hamonic's deals end the prior year.

[You Need a Thneed]

Originally Posted by TheIronMaiden

8 players?

Gio
Hanifin
Andresson
Valimaki
Gaudreau
Monahan
Tkachuk
Limholm


Sorry Backlund...

I’m not sure if the Flames protect Giordano, who would be turning 38 prior to the 2021-22 season. Would Seattle take him?

Obviously, this depends somewhat on if/how much Gio declines going into that age.

[Atodaso]

Originally Posted by You Need a Thneed

I’m not sure if the Flames protect Giordano, who would be turning 38 prior to the 2021-22 season. Would Seattle take him?

Obviously, this depends somewhat on if/how much Gio declines going into that age.

Even if they didn't, I wouldn't be shocked if Calgary took the chance and left him exposed anyway.

[Hot_Flatus]

Originally Posted by GioforPM

Unless you make a good hockey trade for one or more of them prior to that time.

Frankly, even 2020 would result in really good exposed players especially on D. Gio, Brodie, Andersson, Hamonic, Hanifin and Kylington would all be eligible.

In 2021 you might have to go 8 skaters and protect Monahan, Gaudreau, Tkachuk and Lindholm up front, with Hanifin, Hamonic and Valimaki plus one of Gio/Brodie/Andersson. I guess Bennett's progress will make this decision happen one way or the other.

Pretty tough to make this call now for sure but I'd guess the flames go with 8 skaters as well.

You just hope that another forward steps up out of the Mangiapane, Dube, Jankowski, Bennett fold to become worthy of protection. I would say it wouldn't make much sense to protect Gio as a 37 something year old about to be on an expiring deal and Hamonic could very well be gone as a FA by then.

As of this offseason my list would be:
Tkachuk, Gaudreau, Monahan, Lindholm, Backlund, Hanifin, Valimaki, Andersson, Goalie

[GioforPM]

Originally Posted by Atodaso

Gio would start that season at 38 and have 1 year left at $6.75.
I wouldn't be surprised if they left him exposed.

Nor I. But he wouldn't be the only good D they'd have to expose.

[FlamesAreOne]

Refresh my memory because I am seemingly forget, but we can trade assets to SEA in order for them NOT to select a certain player, correct?

[GioforPM]

Originally Posted by FlamesAreOne

Refresh my memory because I am seemingly forget, but we can trade assets to SEA in order for them NOT to select a certain player, correct?

Yes. See Fla (backfired bigly).

[GioforPM]

The delay hurts Valimaki and Dube most I guess. It's fairly likely they get their 40/70 games in by then. They are both currently at around 20 games, and Valimaki would have played more. Even if Dube spends the rest of the year in the A this year, he's getting 70 over 2019-20 and 20-21 in the NHL, and at the very least he's going to get 40 in 20-21.

[Hot_Flatus]

I wonder what ownership is doing with these expansion funds? Going towards arena development perhaps or likely to be blown on the finer things in life? Nearly $40M to the owners in a span of 5 years is a pretty ridiculous top up for a team apparently struggling to stay competitive. Mr Bettman will be in for some pretty nice Christmas gifts this year.

[Johnny Makarov]

Seattle Starbux. They already have a logo and a color scheme. Green and white like their Irish founding fathers...

[Toonage]

Jerseys have the names handwritten (incorrectly) on the back

[transplant99]

Originally Posted by Hot_Flatus

I wonder what ownership is doing with these expansion funds? Going towards arena development perhaps or likely to be blown on the finer things in life? Nearly $40M to the owners in a span of 5 years is a pretty ridiculous top up for a team apparently struggling to stay competitive. Mr Bettman will be in for some pretty nice Christmas gifts this year.

Whatever they feel like doing with it since it's, you know, theirs?

[AC]

Originally Posted by TheIronMaiden

8 players?

Gio
Hanifin
Andresson
Valimaki
Gaudreau
Monahan
Tkachuk
Limholm


Sorry Backlund...

Wait, do you think his name is Limholm?