The Seattle Kraken finally made their (likely) last big move of the offseason by resigning Vince Dunn to a 4 year 7.35 per year deal! Also here are some possible lines now that we know Dunn is coming back.
I'm pumped about Dunn being resigned. But I'm also just as pumped about Kailer Yamamoto. Being stuck with limited time due to McDavid and Draisytl I can see how Edmonton feels that he didn't live up to his potential. But on the flip side HE GOT WAY FEWER MINUTES because Edmonton was behind more times then any other team in the NHL. So they played their top 2 constantly. Surprised that both didn't die of exhaustion because of it
Regarding the line mixing if this rookie is ready and that one's not. I think regardless you have to keep Bellemare in. He cannot be scratched.. This team was AWFUL in the Faceoff Dot. We need that consistency there. Id rather Tolvanen get scratched for a game or 2 then Bellemare any day of the week. The centers cannot be ones to get scratched unlike last season we don't have any to spare. So if Kartye is ready (honestly I don't think he is regardless of his dominance against Colorado) he sure took a nosedive in production against Dallas tho. And scratching Turbo is a 100% NO NO. That guy and Gourde are the heartbeat of this team. You can't scratch either one of them. So for the 3rd line since it was my idea. Tanev-Gourde-Yamamoto and 4th line Kartye-Bellemare-Wennberg. If Bellemare is kept in the lineup for nothing else it's the Faceoff and PK. He's dynamic at both those aspects of the game. Scratching him is the wrong move
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Oh, no! I thought for a moment that Dunn rethought his contract and tendered his resignation 🫢
Bjorkstrand, Gourde, Tolvanen should be a solid line
I'm pumped about Dunn being resigned. But I'm also just as pumped about Kailer Yamamoto. Being stuck with limited time due to McDavid and Draisytl I can see how Edmonton feels that he didn't live up to his potential. But on the flip side HE GOT WAY FEWER MINUTES because Edmonton was behind more times then any other team in the NHL. So they played their top 2 constantly. Surprised that both didn't die of exhaustion because of it
Regarding the line mixing if this rookie is ready and that one's not. I think regardless you have to keep Bellemare in. He cannot be scratched.. This team was AWFUL in the Faceoff Dot. We need that consistency there. Id rather Tolvanen get scratched for a game or 2 then Bellemare any day of the week. The centers cannot be ones to get scratched unlike last season we don't have any to spare. So if Kartye is ready (honestly I don't think he is regardless of his dominance against Colorado) he sure took a nosedive in production against Dallas tho. And scratching Turbo is a 100% NO NO. That guy and Gourde are the heartbeat of this team. You can't scratch either one of them. So for the 3rd line since it was my idea. Tanev-Gourde-Yamamoto and 4th line Kartye-Bellemare-Wennberg. If Bellemare is kept in the lineup for nothing else it's the Faceoff and PK. He's dynamic at both those aspects of the game. Scratching him is the wrong move