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Senko1291 · 07-03-2019, 12:18 AM

The offseason!

The offseason came way to quickly for our Seattle Totems but with tons of cap space and a decent pick in the draft we were excited to get it going.

The 2020 NHL entry draft yielded huge results and it was decided. We were picking 23rd in the 1st round. Now that was a lot higher than what we had originally planned for at the beginning of the season. Obviously we thought this was going to be another rebuilding year for our new franchise and were we ever wrong. We were okay with that though. With that being said, our GM got right to work the morning of the draft. The way were figured it was if we weren't going to be having a top 10 pick this year it would be good idea to try and acquire another 1st round pick and see if there was any potential for moving up from 23rd. EDM had given us a call early the morning of the draft and said a prospect we be the only add to move up to their pick at 17th. There was word that MTL's 1st might be in play and to much of our surprise when we called the ask wasn't going to cripple us by any means. Oddly enough, MTL was picking 18th so if we could strike a deal we would have back to back picks in the 1st round if we swapped spots with EDM which would be huge for us.

We made the following trades the morning of the NHL entry draft.

SEA trades their 2020 1st round pick (23nd) and the rights to A. Saarela to EDM for their 2020 1st round pick (17th).

SEA trades T. Koblizek, 2020 2nd round pick and a 2020 3rd round pick to MTL for their 2020 1st round pick (18th).

Our draft concluded with the following selections:

Rd. 1, Pick 17 - A. Stranges - LW
Rd. 1, Pick 18 - D. Guschin - LW
Rd. 3, Pick 88 - J. Hardie - LW
Rd. 3, Pick 92 - N. Wong - C
Rd. 5, Pick 155 - I. Susko - RD
Rd. 6, Pick 187 - I. Rychkov - LW
Rd. 7, Pick 219 - M. Khusnutdinov - C

The day following the draft we were informed that 2019 1st OA pick Jack Hughes was ready to make his jump to the NHL so we signed him to a 3 year ELC contract worth 925k AAV.

We also signed Thomas Harley, Artemi Knyazev, Tobias Bjornfot, and Henri Nikkanen all to ELC's and assigned them to our AHL affiliate New York Fire.

The following RFA's were all signed to contract extensions prior to July 1st:

R. Faksa - 3 yrs/2.59M AAV
T. Jarry - 2 yrs/1.11M AAV
T. Cammarata - 2 yrs/660k AAV

The following UFA's were all signed to contract extensions prior to July 1st:

C. Coyle - 3 yrs/4.62M AAV
N. Gusev - 1 yr/1.50M AAV
J. Spurgeon - 3 yrs/5.99M AAV

The following UFA'a were not offered a contract and become free agents on July 1st:

B. Byron
S. Vatanen

Sadly we said goodbye to the C. Soderberg, T. Greiss, and V. Filppula as they decided to hang the skates up. We will always value the impact they made on our franchise in it's 1st 2 years.

07-03-2019, 12:18 AM	#6
Senko1291 Minors (Rookie Ball) Join Date: Dec 2016 Posts: 46	The offseason! The offseason came way to quickly for our Seattle Totems but with tons of cap space and a decent pick in the draft we were excited to get it going. The 2020 NHL entry draft yielded huge results and it was decided. We were picking 23rd in the 1st round. Now that was a lot higher than what we had originally planned for at the beginning of the season. Obviously we thought this was going to be another rebuilding year for our new franchise and were we ever wrong. We were okay with that though. With that being said, our GM got right to work the morning of the draft. The way were figured it was if we weren't going to be having a top 10 pick this year it would be good idea to try and acquire another 1st round pick and see if there was any potential for moving up from 23rd. EDM had given us a call early the morning of the draft and said a prospect we be the only add to move up to their pick at 17th. There was word that MTL's 1st might be in play and to much of our surprise when we called the ask wasn't going to cripple us by any means. Oddly enough, MTL was picking 18th so if we could strike a deal we would have back to back picks in the 1st round if we swapped spots with EDM which would be huge for us. We made the following trades the morning of the NHL entry draft. SEA trades their 2020 1st round pick (23nd) and the rights to A. Saarela to EDM for their 2020 1st round pick (17th). SEA trades T. Koblizek, 2020 2nd round pick and a 2020 3rd round pick to MTL for their 2020 1st round pick (18th). Our draft concluded with the following selections: Rd. 1, Pick 17 - A. Stranges - LW Rd. 1, Pick 18 - D. Guschin - LW Rd. 3, Pick 88 - J. Hardie - LW Rd. 3, Pick 92 - N. Wong - C Rd. 5, Pick 155 - I. Susko - RD Rd. 6, Pick 187 - I. Rychkov - LW Rd. 7, Pick 219 - M. Khusnutdinov - C The day following the draft we were informed that 2019 1st OA pick Jack Hughes was ready to make his jump to the NHL so we signed him to a 3 year ELC contract worth 925k AAV. We also signed Thomas Harley, Artemi Knyazev, Tobias Bjornfot, and Henri Nikkanen all to ELC's and assigned them to our AHL affiliate New York Fire. The following RFA's were all signed to contract extensions prior to July 1st: R. Faksa - 3 yrs/2.59M AAV T. Jarry - 2 yrs/1.11M AAV T. Cammarata - 2 yrs/660k AAV The following UFA's were all signed to contract extensions prior to July 1st: C. Coyle - 3 yrs/4.62M AAV N. Gusev - 1 yr/1.50M AAV J. Spurgeon - 3 yrs/5.99M AAV The following UFA'a were not offered a contract and become free agents on July 1st: B. Byron S. Vatanen Sadly we said goodbye to the C. Soderberg, T. Greiss, and V. Filppula as they decided to hang the skates up. We will always value the impact they made on our franchise in it's 1st 2 years. Last edited by Senko1291; 07-07-2019 at 11:32 PM.