Ramblings: Final 2021 Free Agent Salary Projections & Seattle Kraken Mocks (Jul 21)
Alexander MacLean
2021-07-21
The contract projections are further down the page, but in the meantime I'm going to go over my Seattle thoughts before all of this is outdated in less than a day. I made a prior run-through a couple months ago, but a few things have changed since then. My selection list (without any side deals taken into account) looks like this:
Opening night roster sketch:
Zucker – Gourde – Bailey
Domi – Kerfoot – Appleton
Jarnkrok – Compher – Donato
Gadjovich – Blackwell – Gaudette
Merkley
Gostisbehere – Stetcher
Bean – Dunn
Soucy – Borgen
Clague
Driedger
Vanacek
The rest are in the minors, IR or flipped for picks: Phillips, Klefbom, Kulak, Lyubushkin, Larsson, Lauzon, Hanley, Daccord.
Some of the reasoning behind these picks may not even become clear for a few weeks until future players are traded and/or signed. In a weak Pacific division, this type of roster could make some noise.
While we wait, who thinks this video is real, and who thinks it’s a diversion? Count me among those convinced the pick is indeed going to be Kerfoot.