Seattle Kraken Expansion

The Seattle Kraken NHL expansion team for
2021-22 season make their expansion picks on
Wednesday. They pick a player from each
team in the NHL except Las Vegas the last
expansion team. Friday will be the NHL draft
where they draft started with the second pick.

#1 Jerry Lauzon 24 years old  defensemen from Boston Bruins

#2 Will Borgen 24 years old defensemen  Buffalo Sabers

#3 Dennis  Cholowski Detroit Red Wings  defensemen  23 yrs old

#4 Kris Drieger Florida  Panthers goaltender 27 years old 

#5 Cale Fleury  defensemen Montreal 22 years old

#6 Joey Daccord  24 years old goaltender Ottawa Senators

#7 Yanni Gourde  Forward Tampa Bay 29 years old

#8  Jarred McCann Forward Toronto Maple Leafs 25 yrs old

#9  Morgan Geekie  Carolina Hurricanes center  23 years old

#10 Bay Reuther Columbia Blue Jackets defense 27 yrs old

#11 Nathan Bastian New Jersey Devils Defenseman 23 yrs 

#12 Jordan Eberle  New York Islanders Right Wing 

#13 Colin Blackwell New York Rangers Forward  28 yrs old

#14 Carson Twarynski Philadelphia Flyers Forward 23

#15 Brandon Tanev  Pittsburgh Penguins left wing 29 yrs old

#16 Vitek Vanecek   Washington Capitols goaltender 25 yrs old

#17 Tyler Pitlick    Arizona Coyotes center 29 yrs old

#18  John Quenneville  Chicago Black Hawks forward 25 yrs

#19  Joonas Donskoi  Colorado Avalanche  forward                

#20  Jamie Oleksiak   Dallas Stars defenseman  28 years old

#21  Carson Soucy   Minnesota Wild defense   26 years old

#22  Calle Jarnkrok   Nashville Predators  forward 29 yrs old  

#23  Vince Dunn    St. Louis Blues  defense 24 years old

#24  Mason Appleton Winnipeg Jets forward 25 years old

#25 Haydn  Fleury Anaheim Mighty Ducks  defense 25 yrs    

#26  Mark Giordano Calgary Flames   defense 37 years old

#27  Adam Larrson   Edmonton Oilers defense 28 years old

#28  Kurtis MacDermid LA Kings defense 27 years old

#29  Alexander True  San Jose Sharks center 24 years old

#30  Kole Lind  Vancouver Canucks  forward 22 years old

Seattle Kraken first game will be on the road at Las Vegas

on October 12. Home opener will be against their closest rival in Vancouver Canucks on October 23.

Over the next few weeks I will go more in detail of each Kraken taken in the expansion draft along with the NHL draft where they start out picking second.  Also, the Kraken will have an opportunity to pick some free agents.  Go Kraken