The Kraken targeted Chris Driedger and Philipp Grubauer to be their two goalies, but Stolarz could have strengthened the position over Joey Daccord and perhaps Driedger as well. His defensive game was a deficiency earlier in his career but with some sheltering, he has been just fine. He has played 166 NHL games with 31 goals and 41 assists, which is good for 0.43 pts/game.

Perhaps there were some concerns with Milano's health as he only played six games last year? The 25-year-old former 16th overall pick from 2014 has blossomed this season in Anaheim and has 0.71 pts/game after 35 games. He is a restricted free agent who makes $1.3 million this season on an expiring contract. Defenders take a little more time to develop, but it seems unlikely that Fleury will develop into the top-four defenceman he was drafted to be.

The 25-year-old former 7th overall pick in 2014 has played 200 NHL games with nine goals and 21 assists, 259 hits and 108 blocked shots. Milano and/or Henrique would be in the top-six in Seattle and Stolarz seems like a capable backup.įleury is a sixth or seventh defenseman on the Kraken who is averaging a career-high of 16:48/game. On the surface, it seems like the Kraken would have been better off taking Milano, Stolarz or Henrique than Haydn Fleury. Who they chose – Haydn Fleury – D – (23-2-1-3) I've split this into two parts as we will look at 15 teams this week and 15 teams next week that the Kraken could take players from. Although they did choose five UFAs of which, three signed and two didn't. I'm not going to include players that were unrestricted free agents as Seattle could have been in on any of those players if they wished. Playoff Draft List Downloadable interactive spreadsheetĪt the midseason mark of the Seattle Kraken's first NHL season, I thought it would be an interesting exercise to see what players they chose from each club and what players they passed on.

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