The Seattle Kraken have some pending UFAs that would draw some trade interest
The Fourth Period: The Seattle Kraken are within the wild card race, but in the event that they drop out of playoff contention, they’ve some pending UFAs that can draw some interest.
Forwards Brandon Tanev and Yanni Gourde have already received some interest. Other pending UFAs include Daniel Sprong, William Borgen and Josh Mahura.
Tanev has a 10-team, no-trade list and Gourde has a 23-team trade list.
The Kraken could retain salary to extend their trade value.
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Elliotte Friedman of Sportsnet: The Boston Bruins and Jim Montgomery had offseason contract talks that didn’t result in an extension. There are some “who consider he was unsure about Boston even before they were unsure about him.”
Stanley Cup contending teams will probably be in search of players with “an edge.” Teams will probably be scouting Bruins forward Trent Frederic. There was some Morgan Geekie speculation but which will have been when he wasn’t within the lineup.
Undecided if possible or if either would wish to do it, but Nikita Zadorov back to the Vancouver Canucks can be interesting.
The Chicago Blackhawks would make sense for Philadelphia Flyers center Morgan Frost, who has been a healthy scratch of late.
The Nashville Predators are in search of a middle and a top-four defenseman with term. The Predators have three first-round picks and teams have an interest but there isn’t a indication that GM Barry Trotz wants to maneuver any.
The Toronto Maple Leafs join the Predators, Blackhawks and others, in seeing what the middle market is like. The Preds and Blackhawks have more salary cap space and picks.
Montreal Canadiens Christian Dvorak has a cap hit of $4.45 million but a salary of $5.75 million. That complicates things a bit.
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At the moment it seems that Seattle Kraken wish to keep pending UFA Yanni Gourde.
The Toronto Maple Leafs deflected Dennis Hildeby requests last season. This season Artur Akhtyamov has only allowed 12 goals in six AHL teams. Teams will probably be calling to see what the Leafs plans are.
