Seattle Expansion Mock Draft Pool

[Canada 02]

Player Selections:
1. Anaheim - Haydn Fleury
Side deal [no]
2. Arizona - Christian Fischer
Side deal [no]
3. Boston - Jeremy Lauzon
Side deal [no]
4. Buffalo - Cody Eakin
Side deal [no]
5. Calgary - Mark Giordano
Side deal [no]
6. Carolina - Jake Bean
Side deal [no]
7. Chicago - Nikita Zadorov
Side deal [no]
8. Colorado - JT Compher
Side deal [no]
9. Columbus - Max Domi
Side deal [no]
10. Dallas - Ben Gleason
Side deal [no]
11. Detroit - Troy Stecher
Side deal [no]
12. Edmonton is No Good - Jujhar Khaira
Side deal [no]
13. Florida - Chris Driedger
Side deal [no]
14. Los Angeles - Brendan Lemieux
Side deal [no]
15. Minnesota - Kappo Kahkonen
Side deal [no]
16. Montreal - Phillip Danault
Side deal [no]
17. Nashville - Calle Jarnkrok
Side deal [no]
18. New Jersey - Will Butcher
Side deal [no]
19. New York Rangers - Colin Blackwell
Side deal [no]
20. New York Islanders - Josh Bailey
Side deal [no]
21. Ottawa - Chris Tierney
Side deal [no]
22. Philadelphia - Robert Hagg
Side deal [no]
23. Pittsburgh - Casey DeSmith
Side deal [no]
24. San Jose - Dylan Gambrell
Side deal [no]
25. St. Louis - Vladimir Tarasenko
Side deal [no]
26. Tampa Bay - Yanni Gourde
Side deal [no]
27. Toronto - Alex Kerfoot
Side deal [no]
28. Vancouver - Kole Lind
Side deal [no]
29. Washington - Vitek Vanecek
Side deal [no]
30. Winnipeg - Dylan Demelo
Side deal [no]

Player Selections
Forwards: 16. Tarasenko, Domi, Gourde, Bailey, Tierney, Kerfoot, Compher, Eakin, Jarnkrok, Lemieux, Gambrell, Fischer, Blackwell, Khaira, Danault, Lind

Defenceman: 10. Giordano, Butcher, DeMelo, Stecher, Hagg, Fleury, Lauzon, Bean, Gleason, Zadorov

Goalies: 4. DeSmith, Kahkonen, Vanecek, Driedger

Bonus Group #1 (3 points each)
UFA Signings that count as a selection
Forwards: [1] Danault
Defenceman: [0]
Goalies: [1] Driedger

Bonus Group #2 (5 points each)
Draft picks & players acquired/sent in side deals
Draft picks acquired = [0]
Players acquired = [0]
Draft picks traded away = [0]

[Fighting Banana Slug]

Originally Posted by Canada 02

Player Selections:
1. Anaheim -
Side deal [yes/no]
2. Arizona -
Side deal [yes/no]
... [Edit for length]
Side deal [yes/no]
29. Washington -
Side deal [yes/no]
30. Winnipeg -
Side deal [yes/no]

Player Selections
Forwards: 14 minimum[List them in comma,paragraph form]

Defenceman: 9 minimum[List them in comma,paragraph form]

Goalies: 3 min.[List them in comma,paragraph form]

Bonus Group #1 (3 points each)
UFA Signings that count as a selection
Forwards: [#]
Defenceman: [#]
Goalies: [#]

Bonus Group #2 (5 points each)
Draft picks & players acquired/sent in side deals
Draft picks acquired = [#]
Players acquired = [#]
Draft picks traded away = [#]

Well, I guess you didn't get any wrong.

[pgsieve]

Player Selections:
1. Anaheim - Hadyn Fleury
Side deal [yes/no] - No
2. Arizona - Christian Fischer
Side deal [yes/no] - No
3. Boston - Curtis Lazar
Side deal [yes/no] - No
4. Buffalo - Colin Miller
Side deal [yes/no] - No
5. Calgary - Brett Richie
Side deal [yes/no] - Yes
6. Carolina - Nino Niederreiter
Side deal [yes/no] - No
7. Chicago - John Quenneville
Side deal [yes/no] - No
8. Colorado - Gabriel Ladneskog
Side deal [yes/no] - No
9. Columbus - Michael Del Zotto
Side deal [yes/no] - No
10. Dallas - Jamie Oleksiak
Side deal [yes/no]- No
11. Detroit - Troy Stecher
Side deal [yes/no] - No
12. Edmonton is No Good - Alex Stalock
Side deal [yes/no] - No
13. Florida - Radko Gudas
Side deal [yes/no] - No
14. Los Angeles - Brendan Lemieux
Side deal [yes/no]- No
15. Minnesota - Mason Shaw
Side deal [yes/no] - No
16. Montreal - Carey Price
Side deal [yes/no] - No
17. Nashville - Erik Gudbranson
Side deal [yes/no] - no
18. New Jersey - Aaron Dell
Side deal [yes/no] - no
19. New York Rangers - Barclay Goodrow
Side deal [yes/no] - No
20. New York Islanders - Austin Czarnik
Side deal [yes/no] - no
21. Ottawa - Evegni Dadonov
Side deal [yes/no] - No
22. Philadelphia - Jakub Voracek
Side deal [yes/no] - No
23. Pittsburgh - Cody Ceci
Side deal [yes/no] - No
24. San Jose - Marcus Sorensen
Side deal [yes/no] - No
25. St. Louis - Vladimir Tarasenko
Side deal [yes/no]- No
26. Tampa Bay - Alex Killorn
Side deal [yes/no] - No
27. Toronto - Alexander Keerfoot
Side deal [yes/no]- No
28. Vancouver - Zack MacEwan
Side deal [yes/no]- No
29. Washington - Garnet Hathaway
Side deal [yes/no]-No
30. Winnipeg - Nathan Beaulieu
Side deal [yes/no]- No


Bonus Group #1 (3 points each)
UFA Signings that count as a selection
Forwards: [#] 2
Defenceman: [#]1
Goalies: [#]0

Bonus Group #2 (5 points each)
Draft picks & players acquired/sent in side deals- 7
Draft picks acquired = [#]- 4
Players acquired = [#]- 3
Draft picks traded away = [#]- 1

Way harder than I thought and definitely more teams than most who had terrible choices and I didn't want to take anyone. Also the 2021-22 signing requirements are really limiting! Also - for as much as people harp on Vancouver for having no choices, I didn't want anyone from the Oilers!

Cap Space remaining: $18,340,000

[Harry Lime]

Player Selections:
1. Anaheim - Alexander Volkov (F)
Side deal [no]
2. Arizona - Christian Fischer (F)
Side deal [no]
3. Boston - Jeremy Lauzon (D)
Side deal [no]
4. Buffalo - Kyle Okposo (F)
Side deal [yes]
5. Calgary - Mark Giordano (D)
Side deal [no]
6. Carolina - Jake Bean (D)
Side deal [no]
7. Chicago - Adam Gaudette (F)
Side deal [no]
8. Colorado - Joonas Donskoi (F)
Side deal [no]
9. Columbus - Max Domi (F)
Side deal [no]
10. Dallas - Ben Bishop (G)
Side deal [no]
11. Detroit - Vladislav Namestnikov (F)
Side deal [no]
12. Edmonton is No Good - Oscar Klefbom (D)
Side deal [no]
13. Florida - Frank Vatrano (F)
Side deal [no]
14. Los Angeles - Carl Grundstrom (F)
Side deal [no]
15. Minnesota - Kaapo Kahkonen (G)
Side deal [no]
16. Montreal - Jonathan Drouin (F)
Side deal [no]
17. Nashville - Calle Jarnkrok (F)

Side deal [no]
18. New Jersey - P.K. Subban (D)
Side deal [no]
19. New York Rangers - Julien Gauthier (F)
Side deal [no]
20. New York Islanders - Josh Bailey (F)
Side deal [no]
21. Ottawa - Chris Tierney (F)
Side deal [no]
22. Philadelphia - Robert Hagg (D)

Side deal [no]
23. Pittsburgh - Brandon Tanev (F)
Side deal [no]
24. San Jose - Ryan Donato (F)
Side deal [no]
25. St. Louis - Vince Dunn (D)
Side deal [no]
26. Tampa Bay - Alex Barre-Boulet (F)
Side deal [no]
27. Toronto - Jared McCann (F)
Side deal [no]
28. Vancouver - Brogan Rafferty (D)
Side deal [no]
29. Washington - Vitek Vanecek (G)
Side deal [no]
30. Winnipeg - Dylan DeMelo (D)
Side deal [no]

Player Selections
Forwards: 17/14 [Volkov, Fischer, Okposo, Gaudette, Donskoi, Domi, Namestnikov, Vatrano, Grundstrom, Druoin, Jarnkrok, Gauthier, Bailey, Teirney, Donato, Barre-Boulet, McCann]

Defenceman: 9/9 [Lauzon, Giordano, Bean, Klefbom, Subban, Hagg, Dunn, Rafferty, DeMelo]

Goalies: 3/3 [Bishop, Kahkonen, Vanecek]

Bonus Group #1
UFA Signings that count as a selection
Forwards: [0]
Defenceman: [0]
Goalies: [0]

Bonus Group #2
Draft picks & players acquired/sent in side deals
Draft picks acquired = [2]
Players acquired = [0]
Draft picks traded away = [0]

[DeluxeMoustache]

Player Selections:
1. Anaheim - Kevin Shattenkirk
Side deal [no]
2. Arizona - Christian Fischer
Side deal [no]
3. Boston - Jeremy Lauzon
Side deal [no]
4. Buffalo - Will Borgen
Side deal [no]
5. Calgary - Mark Giordano
Side deal [no]
6. Carolina - Jake Bean
Side deal [no]
7. Chicago - Ryan Carpenter
Side deal [no]
8. Colorado - Joonas Donskoi
Side deal [no]
9. Columbus - Dean Kukan
Side deal [no]
10. Dallas - Jamie Oleksiak
Side deal [no]
11. Detroit - Troy Stecher
Side deal [no]
12. Edmonton - Jujhar Khaira
Side deal [no]
13. Florida - Chris Driedger
Side deal [no]
14. Los Angeles - Kale Clague
Side deal [no]
15. Minnesota - Kaapo Kahkonen
Side deal [no]
16. Montreal - Carey Price
Side deal [no]
17. Nashville - Calle Jarnkrok
Side deal [no]
18. New Jersey - Nathan Bastian
Side deal [no]
19. New York Rangers - Julien Gauthier
Side deal [no]
20. New York Islanders - Josh Bailey
Side deal [no]
21. Ottawa - Vitaly Abramov
Side deal [no]
22. Philadelphia - Jakob Voracek
Side deal [yes]
23. Pittsburgh - Brandon Tanev
Side deal [no]
24. San Jose - Nicolas Meloche
Side deal [no]
25. St. Louis - Vladimir Tarasenko
Side deal [yes]
26. Tampa Bay - Ondrej Palat
Side deal [no]
27. Toronto - Alexander Kerfoot
Side deal [yes]
28. Vancouver - Kole Lind
Side deal [no]
29. Washington - Garnet Hathaway
Side deal [no]
30. Winnipeg - Dylan DeMelo
Side deal [no]

Player Selections
Forwards: 14 minimum [Voracek, Tarasenko, Palat, Bailey, Donskoi, Tanev, McCann, Jarnkrok, Hathaway, Fischer, Carpenter, Bastian, Gauthier, Khaira, Abramov, Lind]

Defenceman: 9 minimum [Giordano, Shattenkirk, DeMelo, Stecher, Kukan, Lauzon, Meloche, Oleksiak, Borgen, Clague, Bean]

Goalies: 3 min. [Price, Kahkonen, Driedger]

Bonus Group #1 (3 points each)
UFA Signings that count as a selection
Forwards: [0]
Defenceman: [1]
Goalies: [1]

Bonus Group #2 (5 points each)
Draft picks & players acquired/sent in side deals
Draft picks acquired = [5]
Players acquired = [2]
Draft picks traded away = [0]

[topfiverecords]

People not feeling there will be many side deals this time it looks like.

[dammage79]

Maybe 3 or 4 side deals. But not the panicked frenzy of the Vegas draft.

[DeluxeMoustache]

I think there will be more, but it’s pretty tough to think through the possible scenarios team by team.

I would like to look again and update my post at some point, time permitting, but there’s going to be a lot of WAG-ing involved

Trying to figure out if Montreal was actually comfortable exposing Price, if Seattle are going to be calling their bluff (since Price is reportedly not seeing a doctor until after the expansion draft), and if there is perhaps a side deal and a Drouin acquisition there, which would change my goalie to Raanta

Right now if I was Seattle I’d call their bluff, but it just depends what Montreal will do in response, if they discuss ahead of time

Also may change Leafs from McCann to Kerfoot, and say yes to the side deal

[topfiverecords]

I think we’ll still see 5 or 6 side deals. I see a few situations where it is probably be worth it to save a really good player, and surely there’ll be a few GMs who’ve lost their minds.

[DeluxeMoustache]

How does the scoring work for side deals?

Do you get 3 points for every correct No as well as every correct Yes?
Otherwise, you could just say Yes to all of them

[topfiverecords]

Bonus points for all the correct noes would override the points earned for actual players and ruin the scoring balance. So in the spirit of actually attempting to predict side deals let’s not allow 30 yes answers.

Next time I’ll hire professionals and a legal team.

[DeluxeMoustache]

Originally Posted by topfiverecords

Bonus points for all the correct noes would override the points earned for actual players and ruin the scoring balance. So in the spirit of actually attempting to predict side deals let’s not allow 30 yes answers.

Next time I’ll hire professionals and a legal team.

Roger that. I was going to play it as to my best guesses.

Thanks for doing this, by the way!

[jessnuts]

1. Anaheim - Haydn Fleury
Side deal [no]
2. Arizona - Christian Fischer
Side deal [no]
3. Boston - Connor Clifton
Side deal [no]
4. Buffalo - William Borgen
Side deal [no]
5. Calgary - Mark Giordano
Side deal [no]
6. Carolina - Jake Bean
Side deal [no]
7. Chicago - Adam Gaudette
Side deal [no]
8. Colorado - Joonas Donskoi
Side deal [no]
9. Columbus - Max Domi
Side deal [no]
10. Dallas - Adam Mascherin
Side deal [no]
11. Detroit - Troy Stecher
Side deal [no]
12. Edmonton is No Good - Jujhar Khaira
Side deal [no]
13. Florida - Chris Driedger
Side deal [no]
14. Los Angeles - Blake Lizotte
Side deal [no]
15. Minnesota - Kaapo Kahkanen
Side deal [no]
16. Montreal - Cale Fleury
Side deal [no]
17. Nashville - Calle Jarnkrok
Side deal [no]
18. New Jersey - Andreas Johnsson
Side deal [no]
19. New York Rangers - Colin Blackwell
Side deal [no]
20. New York Islanders - Jordan Eberle
Side deal [no]
21. Ottawa - Chris Tierney
Side deal [no]
22. Philadelphia - James Van Riemsdyk
Side deal [no]
23. Pittsburgh - Marcus Petersson
Side deal [no]
24. San Jose - Dylan Grambrell
Side deal [no]
25. St. Louis - Vince Dunn
Side deal [no]
26. Tampa Bay - Ondrej Palat
Side deal [yes]
27. Toronto - Alex Kerfoot
Side deal [yes]
28. Vancouver - Kole Lind
Side deal [no]
29. Washington - Vitek Vanecek
Side deal [no]
30. Winnipeg - Dylan Demelo
Side deal [no]

Player Selections
Forwards: 17/14 [Fischer, Gaudette, Donskoi, Domi, Mascherin, Khaira, Lizotte, Jarnkrok, Johnsson, Eberle, Blackwell, Tierney, van Riemsdyk, Grambrell, Palat, Kerfoot, Lind]

Defenceman: 10/9 [Fleury, Clifton, Borgen, Giordano, Bean, Stecher, Fleury, Pettersson, Dunn, Demelo]

Goalies: 3/3 [Driedger, Kahkanen, Vanecek]


Bonus Group #1 (3 points each)
UFA Signings that count as a selection
Forwards: [0]
Defenceman: [0]
Goalies: [1]

Bonus Group #2 (5 points each)
Draft picks & players acquired/sent in side deals
Draft picks acquired = [3]
Players acquired = [1]
Draft picks traded away = [0]

[topfiverecords]

Surprised no one noticed I was at $108M cap hit with my selections .

[Ring of Fire]

Player Selections:
1. Anaheim - Hayden Fleury - D
Side deal [yes/no]
2.
Arizona - Christian Fischer F
Side deal [yes/no]
3. Boston - Jeremy Lauzon - D
Side deal [yes/no]
4. Buffalo - Will Borgen - D
Side deal [yes/no]
5. Calgary - Mark Giordano - D
Side deal [yes/no]
6.
Carolina - Jake Bean - D
Side deal [yes/no]
7. Chicago - Nikita Zadorov - D
Side deal [yes/no]
8. Colorado - Joonas Donskoi - F
Side deal [yes/no]
9. Columbus - Max Domi - F
Side deal [yes/no]
10. Dallas - Nick Caamano - F
Side deal [yes/no]
11. Detroit - Troy Stetcher - D
Side deal [yes/no]
12. Edmonton is No Good - Tyler Benson - F
Side deal [yes/no]
13. Florida - Chris Dreidger - G
Side deal [yes/no] yes
14. Los Angeles - Austin Wagner - F
Side deal [yes/no]
15. Minnesota - Kappo Kahkonen - G
Side deal [yes/no]
16. Montreal - Brett Kulak - D
Side deal [yes/no]
17. Nashville - Calle Jarnkrok - F
Side deal [yes/no]
18. New Jersey - Nathan Bastian - F
Side deal [yes/no]
19. New York Rangers - Julien Gauthier - F
Side deal [yes/no]
20. New York Islanders - Kieffer Bellows - F
Side deal [yes/no]
21. Ottawa - Chris Tierney - F
Side deal [yes/no]
22. Philadelphia - Robert Hagg - D
Side deal [yes/no] yes
23. Pittsburgh - Marcus Pettersson - D
Side deal [yes/no]
24. San Jose - Dylan Gambrell - F
Side deal [yes/no]
25. St. Louis - Vladimir Tarasenko - F
Side deal [yes/no]
26. Tampa Bay - Matthieu Joseph - F
Side deal [yes/no] yes
27. Toronto - Alex Kerfoot - F
Side deal [yes/no]
28.
Vancouver - Kole Lind - F
Side deal [yes/no]
29.
Washington - Vitek Vanacek G
Side deal [yes/no]
30. Winnipeg - Mason Appleton - F
Side deal [yes/no]

Player Selections
Forwards: 14 minimum
Tarasenko, Domi, Joseph, Donskoi, Tierney, Kerfoot, Jarnkrok, Wagner, Gambrell, Fischer, Appleton, Gauthier, Benson, Bellows, Caamano, Bastian, Lind

Defenceman: 9 minimum
Giordano, Pettersson, Stecher, Hagg, Fleury, Lauzon, Borgen, Zadorov, Kulak, Bean

Goalies: 3 min.
Kahkonen, Driedger, Vanecek

Bonus Group #1 (3 points each)
UFA Signings that count as a selection
Forwards: [#] 0
Defenceman: [#] 0
Goalies: [#] 1 - Dreidger

Bonus Group #2 (5 points each)
Draft picks & players acquired/sent in side deals
Draft picks = [#] 5
Players = [#] 3 - Jakub Voracek - F, Frank Vatrano - F, Tyler Johnson - F
Draft picks traded away = [#]1

[Always Earned Never Given]

Originally Posted by This post is terrible

Dammage
I think your missing Tampa Bay

I think he did it on purpose...Bunch of cheaters

[DeluxeMoustache]

Well, as the rumours start to come in, I am finding that a lot of my second guessing myself is torpedoing my overall predictions

Originally thought Gourde being a C, but went Palat
Was leaning Dunn but the talk about Tarasenko with a side deal derailed me
Thought Seattle may call Montreal’s bluff on Price
Eberle / Bailey was a coin toss. Made a last minute change to Bailey

Shows how much I know! Lol

[Fighting Banana Slug]

I think I am doing reasonably well, but still guys are picked that I basically haven't heard of. What exactly is a Geekie?

[topfiverecords]

Will do final tally tomorrow after trades are announced to see if any were somehow tied to the draft selection. Doesn’t sound like it, but will wait to be sure.

[Jay Random]

Originally Posted by Fighting Banana Slug

What exactly is a Geekie?

A Scottish nerd.