Seattle Kraken: 3 players from each Western Conference play-in series teams to watch
Jordan Greenway, Minnesota Wild. (Photo by surveytrevor, via wikicommons)
Minnesota Wild (10) vs. Vancouver Canucks (7)
The Canucks have been slowly building a good team. On the other side, Minnesota seems rudderless on many nights, and their goalies have been bad all year. I can’t believe I’m putting this in print, but Vancouver can win this series.
Minnesota
Jordan Greenway, LW – The former 2018 Team USA Olympian has struggled with consistency since jumping to the NHL three years ago. On the bright side, Greenway is only 23-years-old.
Luke Kunin, F – A good looking young player who would look even better on a team the had its act together. Minnesota’s 2016 first-round pick is a sniper with excellent abilities in several different aspects of the games. If he’s available in the expansion draft, Francis has to take him.
Victor Rask, C – Rask only gets 10:29 of ice time per night, yet makes $4M per season. Yeah, he won’t be protected.
Vancouver
Loui Eriksson, W – Father time has not been kind to the three-time 70 point scorer. Right now he gets too much pay for far too little production, Eriksson might get bout out before the expansion draft.
Micheal Ferland, LW – He is a solid veteran forward who parlayed two 40-point seasons in Calgary into a four-year, $14M contract last summer. A nasty concussion sidelined him since mid-December, but Vancouver expects Ferland to be back for this series.
Antoine Roussel, LW – If the Seattle Kraken wants an enforcer to keep their younger player safe, Roussel is their man. Given the opportunity, he can also put up 30 points in a season.