The Seattle Kraken made history Wednesday night, drafting their roster and officially becoming the 32nd team in the National Hockey League.
Seattle had to select at least 14 forwards, nine defensemen and three goalies. The remaining selections were allowed to come from any position. One pick came from each of the existing NHL franchises aside from the Vegas Golden Knights, who were exempt from the process. The Kraken also had an exclusive negotiation window with potential free agents. Any contracts signed counted as their pick from the players’ previous teams.
Here’s a look at the full list of the players and the teams they were selected from:
Anaheim Ducks: D Haydn Fleury
Arizona Coyotes: F Tyler Pitlick
Boston Bruins: D Jeremy Lauzon
Buffalo Sabres: D Will Borgen
Calgary Flames: D Mark Giordano
Carolina Hurricanes: F Morgan Geekie
Chicago Blackhawks: F John Quenneville
Colorado Avalanche: F Joonas Donskoi
Columbus Blue Jackets: D Gavin Bayreuther
Dallas Stars: D Jamie Oleksiak
Detroit Red Wings: D Dennis Cholowski
Edmonton Oilers: D Adam Larsson
Florida Panthers: G Chris Driedger
Los Angeles Kings: D Kurtis MacDermid
Minnesota Wild: D Carson Soucy
Montreal Canadiens: D Cale Fleury
Nashville Predators: F Calle Jarnkrok
New Jersey Devils: F Nathan Bastian
New York Islanders: F Jordan Eberle
New York Rangers: F Colin Blackwell
Ottawa Senators: G Joey Daccord
Philadelphia Flyers: F Carsen Twarynski
Pittsburgh Penguins: F Brandon Tanev
San Jose Sharks: F Alexander True
St. Louis Blues: D Vince Dunn
Tampa Bay Lightning: F Yanni Gourde
Toronto Maple Leafs: F Jared McCann
Vancouver Canucks: F Kole Lind
Washington Capitals: G Vitek Vanecek
Winnipeg Jets: F Mason Appleton
The Kraken are expected to be competitive out of the gate, though they have a tough act to follow after the Golden Knights reached the Stanley Cup Final in their debut season after a strong showing in the 2017 expansion draft. Like Vegas, Seattle worked out side deals with opposing teams to avoid selecting certain players in the expansion draft in exchange for other assets. Details of those agreements should be available ahead of this year’s entry draft, which is set to get underway Friday. The Kraken passed on some of the more high-profile players available, most notably the Montreal Canadiens’ Carey Price and St. Louis Blues’ Vladimir Tarasenko. Seattle will begin play during the 2021-22 NHL season.
