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Hollywood
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Hollywood
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Eeli Tolvanen is headed to the Pacific Northwest.
The Seattle Kraken claimed the 23-year-old winger off waivers from the Nashville Predators on Monday, according to Sportsnet's Elliotte Friedman.
Tolvanen was selected 30th overall by the Predators in 2017 and generated plenty of hype as a prospect. He's tallied just 25 goals and 26 assists across 135 career NHL games but has produced stellar defensive metrics.
Tolvanen is signed through next season with a $1.45-million cap hit and will be a restricted free agent at the end of the deal.
The Finn looked to be bound for stardom after he broke Evgeny Kuznetsov's KHL single-season record for points by a teenager when he recorded 36 in 49 games with the Helsinki Jokerit in 2017-18.
He's also dazzled on the international stage, registering nine points in five games at the 2018 Olympics and 16 points in 18 career games at the world juniors, where he helped Finland win gold in 2019.
Tolvanen caught fire down the stretch in his NHL rookie season in 2021, finishing with 13 points in his final 18 games, but he struggled to produce in his sophomore campaign. He's only managed two goals and two assists in 13 contests this year and has been a healthy scratch on numerous occasions.
The Kraken placed Karson Kuhlman on waivers to make room for Tolvanen.
The Seattle Kraken claimed the 23-year-old winger off waivers from the Nashville Predators on Monday, according to Sportsnet's Elliotte Friedman.
Tolvanen was selected 30th overall by the Predators in 2017 and generated plenty of hype as a prospect. He's tallied just 25 goals and 26 assists across 135 career NHL games but has produced stellar defensive metrics.
Tolvanen is signed through next season with a $1.45-million cap hit and will be a restricted free agent at the end of the deal.
The Finn looked to be bound for stardom after he broke Evgeny Kuznetsov's KHL single-season record for points by a teenager when he recorded 36 in 49 games with the Helsinki Jokerit in 2017-18.
He's also dazzled on the international stage, registering nine points in five games at the 2018 Olympics and 16 points in 18 career games at the world juniors, where he helped Finland win gold in 2019.
Tolvanen caught fire down the stretch in his NHL rookie season in 2021, finishing with 13 points in his final 18 games, but he struggled to produce in his sophomore campaign. He's only managed two goals and two assists in 13 contests this year and has been a healthy scratch on numerous occasions.
The Kraken placed Karson Kuhlman on waivers to make room for Tolvanen.
Twentytwo
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I hate David Poile and John Hynes, they both deserved to be fired over this move alone. They have been playing Michael McCarron over Tolvanen all year. Tolvanen was a healthy scratch all year long. He can't be a first line forward if you are playing him on the 3rd and 4th line every 5 or 6 game. This is why forwards go to die in Nashville.
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Corycm
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And do what with him? Because the Blackhawks have been Blackhawking pretty hard lately.
Twentytwo
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They will probably win two or three more Stanley Cups in the future when they get next years first pick as well.
Turbo
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Unless they keep trading away those players because they're "failed" at 20 years old (see K. Dach).
Hollywood
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They traded those players away (Debrincat, Dach, Hagel etc.) because they're in the process of rebuilding! I can almost assure you that Kane and Toews are as good as gone come the trading deadline...and like @Twentytwo said, their eyes
are the #1 overall pick!
Turbo
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They traded those players away (Debrincat, Dach, Hagel etc.) because they're in the process of rebuilding! I can almost assure you that Kane and Toews are as good as gone come the trading deadline...and like @Twentytwo said, their eyes
Sure with the older guys... even DeBrincat. But the 20 year old? They gave up on him, plain and simple. No reason to trade a young former 3rd pick down for an 11th pick in a bad draft otherwise.
I'm seeing first hand this year what it's like to have management that invests in development. Completely different culture than what we had before, with a team of coaches teaching these young guys instead of expecting them to learn it on the fly. It's no wonder we failed to develop players properly in the past - and also why several other teams fail to do so as well. Some kids have a lot of talent and can wing it on their own. Others need different approaches. It all needs to be tailored. Chicago clearly failed to develop Dach and gave up, just as we did with 3rd picks ourselves in the past.
You're totally correct that they're tanking though. It's painfully clear. And it may even work if Bedard turns out to be a generational talent that doesn't need special development.
BjorgenFjorgen
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The number one pick is great but it still doesn't make sense to trade away your very good or promising young players that would be around for that era. One player doesn't make a bad team suddenly good.
Twentytwo
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You are right, but if they kept Dach and Debrincat around, no way that they would be the worst team in the league. They'd be the 8th seed every year like my Preds are or just miss the playoffs which puts you in no man's land.
BjorgenFjorgen
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I dunno, it depends. The Leafs' first year with Babcock, they still had Rielly, Kadri, JVR, etc. Spent it developing and entrenching systems and were a ton of fun to watch. Still finished last and won the Matthews lottery. You need to keep other good players around if you want to be competitive when the top pick is actually contributing for you.