Hockey headlines for July 22, 2021

Thursday, July 22, 2021

As sunny Seattle is shown off to a national audience, Kraken opts for substance in NHL expansion draft (Seattle Times)
Kraken signs Driedger as part of Expansion Draft. It’s the ideal outcome for Panthers (Miami Herald)
Giordano selected by Seattle Kraken in NHL expansion draft (Calgary Sun)
Adam Larsson leaves Oilers for Kraken (Edmonton Journal)
Penguins lose forward Brandon Tanev to Kraken in expansion draft (Pittsburgh Tribune-Review)
Zach Hyman might soon be an Edmonton Oiler, and the Leafs lose Jared McCann to the expansion Kraken (Toronto Star)
Sources: Contract talks underway between Sabres, Rasmus Dahlin's camp (Buffalo News)
Seattle Kraken’s first game to come against Golden Knights (Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Canucks to face Kraken in Seattle home opener (Vancouver Province)
Canadiens hire Trevor Letowski as an assistant coach (Montreal Gazette)
Kraken look less threatening after conservative Expansion Draft approach (Chicago Sun-Times)
Seattle Kraken officially unveils home and away sweaters during NHL expansion draft (Seattle Times)
With expansion draft over, heavy lifting for Leafs GM Dubas about to get underway (Toronto Sun)
Rangers zeroing in on Mark Giordano in potential Kraken trade twist (New York Post)
Jack Eichel's neck surgery figures into his trade status. Here's why (Buffalo News)
Edmonton Oilers hoping to net new deal for Mike Smith soon (Edmonton Sun)
Seattle Kraken pass on Avalanche’s Gabe Landeskog, instead choose Joonas Donskoi in expansion draft (Denver Post)
Wild have holes to fill on blue line after losing Carson Soucy (St. Paul Pioneer Press)
Come & Gone: McCann trade serves its purpose keeping Kerfoot, Dermott away from Seattle (Toronto Sun)
Ducks lose Haydn Fleury, Kings lose Kurtis MacDermid in expansion draft (Orange County Register)
Seattle Kraken select Jamie Oleksiak from Stars during expansion draft (Dallas Morning News)
Kraken select Isles' Eberle in expansion draft (New York Newsday)
Seattle Kraken select: Marshawn Lynch announces Calle Jarnkrok from Nashville Predators (The Tennessean)
It's a Dunn deal: Seattle picks Blues defenseman in expansion draft (St. Louis Post Dispatch)
Lightning lose Yanni Gourde to Kraken in expansion draft (Tampa Bay Times)
Seattle Kraken select Kole Lind from Canucks in NHL Expansion Draft (Vancouver Province)
Rangers lose Blackwell to Kraken in expansion draft (New York Newsday)
Arizona Coyotes lose forward Tyler Pitlick in expansion draft to Seattle Kraken (Arizona Republic)
Best-case scenario for Jets as Kraken takes Appleton, leaves DeMelo alone (Winnipeg Sun)
Bruins lose Jeremy Lauzon to Seattle Kraken in NHL expansion draft (Boston Globe)
Seattle Kraken select forward Morgan Geekie from Hurricanes in expansion draft (Raleigh News & Observer)
Flyers’ Carsen Twarynski headed to Seattle in the expansion draft; Philly misses out on Adam Larsson (Philadelphia Inquirer)
Kraken selects Vitek Vanecek in expansion draft, complicating Capitals’ cap, goalie issues (Washington Post)
Kraken take Dennis Cholowski from Red Wings in NHL Expansion Draft (Detroit News)
Blue Jackets lose Gavin Bayreuther in NHL expansion draft (Columbus Dispatch)
How the loss of Will Borgen to the Kraken impacts the Sabres' offseason plan (Buffalo News)
Devils lose Nathan Bastian to Seattle Kraken (NJ.com)
Blackhawks lose minor-leaguer John Quenneville to Kraken, keep best exposed players (Chicago Sun-Times)
Seattle Kraken makes surprising pick from Sharks’ roster in NHL expansion draft (San Jose Mercury News)
Rangers’ RFA quandary starts with Pavel Buchnevich (New York Post)
Maple Leafs to meet Canadiens, Senators three times each in pre-season (Toronto Sun)
Local goalie Aidan Campbell emblematic of the pandemic's impact on NHL draft prospects (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)
What goes around comes around: Former Senators head coach Dave Cameron returns to Ottawa as 67's head coach (Ottawa Citizen)
Lightning anthem singer Sonya Bryson-Kirksey battling coronavirus: report (Tampa Bay Times)