2021 NHL Off-Season Thread: Seattle Kraken Have Entered the Chat

**Vaspinne** · 2021-07-21 21:35

Originally Posted by Deader2818

https://twitter.com/mirtle/status/14...709414400?s=20

Originally Posted by Cail

That’s really surprising

I really gotta disagree. I think all the GM's learned it really isn't worth it to blow a bunch of high draft picks and prospects just to protect 1 doode. Teams dumped valuable assets onto Vegas' lap just so they could protect 1 guy and it bit a LOT of teams in the ass shortly after as well as gave Vegas a ton of ammunition to upgrade their roster to as good as it got (which was good enough to make it to the SCF in their first year if y'all remember).

Will Seattle make a couple trades going forward? Absolutely. And they have a shitton of cap space to make a big splash in FA too of course. But yeah, I'm not surprised at all that teams didn't make the same big 'picks+prospects to protect certain guys' trades with Seattle that they did with Vegas

**Bombur** · 2021-07-21 21:44

https://twitter.com/PierreVLeBrun/st...25157780770821

**Cail** · 2021-07-22 01:15

Logan Mailloux renounces himself from NHL draft, asks teams not to pick him after incident in Sweden

Logan Mailloux, 18, has renounced himself from the 2021 NHL draft after paying a fine for an offense of a sexual nature in Sweden last year, which had teams vowing not to select him this weekend.

"Being drafted into the NHL is an honor and a privilege that no one takes lightly," Mailloux said in a statement released on social media. "The NHL draft should be one of the most exciting landmark moments in a player's career, and given the circumstances, I don't feel I have demonstrated strong enough maturity or character to earn that privilege in the 2021 draft. I know it will take time for society to build back the trust I have lost, and that is why I think it is best that I renounce myself from the 2021 NHL draft and ask that no one select me this upcoming weekend."

Mailloux was playing on loan for SK Lejon, a third-tier team in Sweden, when he was fined by police for showing a photo to his teammates via Snapchat that depicted him and a woman engaged in a sexual act, a photo that was taken without her consent. The woman went to local police. Mailloux was not arrested but was charged with invasion of privacy and defamation. According to Daily Faceoff, which first reported the story, the fine amounted to $1,650.