SEASON #3
Seattle Battle Cats 2019/20
2019-20 Season Preview
The Seattle Battle Cats 3rd Season in the NHL is about to get underway.
Jerseys
Spoiler
Home Jersey (same as previous post)
Away Jersey
New Alternate Jersey for 2019-20
(I seem to like this, let me know if I'm crazy)
2019 Draft Result
Trades during the draft-
*Traded BOS 2019 pick #4 and Josh Manson (82 Top4 D) to Pittsburgh for PIT 2019 pick #2 (in order to secure Steven Crane - 80 overall Medium Elite OD)
*Accepted offer - Traded Patrick Marleau to SJS for 2019 2nd Round pick. Just seemed right that he went home to finish his days with the Sharks. The pick wasn't great but there wasn't really space for him on the roster with new signings and emerging players.
Picks:
2 S Crane - 80 Med Elite Offensive D
29 V Tikhonov - 55 Med Top9 RW
36 V Ovechkin - 55 Med Top6 D
51 P Lawson - 54 Med Top 9 C
114 J Kultanen - 54 Bottom6 RW
157 H Koch - 56 Low Elite Centre
163 J Goertzen - 54 Low Top6 D
195 J Antonio - 56 Low Top9 RW
221 B Stephenson - 54 Low Backup Goalie
Only Crane, Ovechkin & Koch have been offered entry contracts so far.
Very excited to have picked Steven Crane, already rated @ 80 overall & he will fit straight into the lineup with Manson leaving for Pittsburgh.
2019 re-sign & Free Agency Period:
Released:
Marcus Foligno, JT Brown, Kyle Quincey, Joakim Nordquist (AHL), Josh Westin (AHL)
TRADE!:
Traded Jesper Fast & future SEA 2020 3rd round pick to Anaheim to reacquire SEA 2020 2nd round pick (Traded away last season) for the below deal to work.
RFA Offer - Logan Brown from Ottawa Senators:
Signed Restricted Free Agent - Logan Brown, 81 Med top6 Centre to 2 yr 2.7m contract in exchange for SEA 2020 2nd round pick. (Ottawa did not match the offer)
Signings:
Signed Undrafted 20yr old Goalie Len Frigon - 60 Med Elite - 3yrs .925M - huge pick up, an undrafted Medium Elite who I can either keep and develop, or use in a trade to get another piece in the jigsaw puzzle that is missing. With Korpisalo already an Elite I wont need both of them eventually.
Also signed following 2-way contracts to strengthen the Burnaby Aces :
Tyler Bertuzzi
Teemu Pulkkinen
Brendan Lemieux
Kenny Agostino
Seattle Battle Cats Game 1 lines:
Forwards:
Van Riemsdyk (87) - Hanzal (C 86) - Atkinson (84)
Scherbak (82) - Patrick (83) - Burakovsky (83)
Bucek (R 82) - Brown (81) - Shaw (80)
Burmistrov (A 80) - Vermette (78) - Helm (78)
Defensemen:
Shattenkirk (85) - Ekholm (A 84)
Crane (R 80) - Nemeth (79)
Collins (79) - Gelinas (79)
Goalies:
Korpisalo (86)
Subban (83)
Healthy Scratches:
Russo (76) Kerdiles (77) (+1 vacant roster spot)
3 new faces on the Battle Cats lines for the 1st game of the year & 2 reserves:
#98 Samuel Bucek 82 High Top6 LW Rookie bought up from Burnaby Aces (AHL)
#21 Logan Brown 81 Med Top6 C - acquired via RFA offer not matched by Ottawa.
#62 Steven Crane 80 Med Elite OD Rookie. Pick #2 in 2019 draft.
#18 Robbie Russo 76 Med 7th D Rookie. Bought up from Burnaby Aces
#17 Nic Kerdiles 77 Med Top9 RW. Bought up from Burnaby Aces. Acquired through Waivers last season. I nickname him "Croc" - get it? Croc-Kerdiles! Haha
Also have Nick Suzuki Med Top6 C acquired from Boston last season and Timothy Liljegren Low Elite D Drafted 35th in 2017, both sitting in the AHL. Won't be long and they'll be in the main side also.
Hopefully we make the playoffs again with an only slightly better team than last season however we are still building. If going poorly up to the trade deadline there will be a drastic change or 2.
Excited!