Ondrej Palat is among the available forwards in the NHL expansion draft who the Seattle Kraken could ... [+] build their new team around. A lot of teams left players with multi-year megadeals exposed in order to protect younger, cheaper players. Here’s a quick look at five players the Kraken absolutely can’t pass up:1. If Seattle likes him, it will have enough cap space to keep him from the UFA market and build around him. He had 32 points in 43 games last season — three fewer points than he had in 66 games the previous season.

Source: Forbes July 18, 2021 17:26 UTC