While there are likely to be a few other players moved in the future, Giordano is hoping the group gets solidified soon. Pitlick was Seattle’s selection from Arizona and cleared another $1.75 million in cap space for the Kraken. Seattle did make one move post expansion draft Thursday, trading winger Tyler Pitlick to Calgary for a 2022 fourth-round selection. Not only now, it’s going to be valuable moving forward.” “It’s pretty hard to explain to your fan base why you’ve got $7, $8, $10 million dollars in dead space when they want those players on the ice helping their team be successful,” Francis said.
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Other core players include defensemen Jamie Oleksiak, Adam Larsson and Haydn Fleury, forwards Calle Jarnkrok, Jordan Eberle, Yanni Gourde and Brandon Tanev, and goaltender Chris Driedger.īut there’s also more to come and there’s the sense the roughly $30 million in salary cap space Seattle has will be put to use in short order, whether for trades or free agent signings.Īs general manager Ron Francis described it, Seattle’s roster on Wednesday night was a “snapshot” of the moment. The nucleus for the first couple of seasons came out of Seattle’s selections in the expansion draft, anchored by Giordano, who seems in line to become the first Kraken captain. The veteran defenseman will be at the center of what takes place in the coming weeks as the initial Seattle roster that was selected during the NHL expansion draft is tweaked and adjusted into the squad that will take the ice in September to begin training camp.
“After all those years of pulling on the red ‘C’ to put this on today was a different feeling for sure,” Giordano said.
When he pulled on the sweater of the Kraken, the only red visible was from the menacing eye in the center of the Seattle logo. SEATTLE – For the entirety of his NHL career, anytime Mark Giordano pulled on a jersey there was always a heavy dose of red.
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