Seattle Kraken Draft Alexander True from the Sharks

 The Seattle Kraken’s 30 selections from 30 other NHL teams are official, and they have selected forward Alexander True from the San Jose Sharks in yesterday’s expansion draft. The selection was announced in an exhibit inside the Seattle Aquarium; however, that specific exhibit didn’t have any actual sharks inside of it. 

Last season with the Sharks, Alex True only registered one assist in seven games. Most of his tenure with the Sharks has been spent with the Barracuda in the AHL, and he hasn’t developed as quickly as the Sharks had hoped from him. True is also the cousin of Jets forward Nikolaj Ehlers. 

I don’t see this as a huge loss for San Jose, especially considering that I first thought that the Kraken would take Dylan Gambrell in the expansion draft. Hopefully True can further develop his game and get more opportunities in the Kraken organization. 

As for the Kraken jerseys, Seattle’s home jersey looks great while their away jerseys are just average. 

What didn’t help was that almost all of the Kraken’s expansion draft selections were leaked before it went down, which basically took the surprise element out of the actual expansion draft. I still watched the expansion draft yesterday and felt it was still worth it. 

Here are the remainder of the Seattle Kraken’s selections in yesterday’s expansion draft: 

Bruins - Jeremy Lauzon (D) 

Red Wings - Dennis Cholowski (D) 

Sabres - Will Borgen (D) 

Panthers - Chris Driedger (G) 

Lightning - Yanni Gourde (F) 

Canadiens - Cale Fleury (D) 

Maple Leafs - Jared McCann (F) 

Senators - Joey Daccord (G) 

Hurricanes - Morgan Geekie (F) 

Blue Jackets - Gavin Bayreuther (D) 

Devils - Nathan Bastian (F) 

Islanders - Jordan Eberle (F) 

Rangers - Colin Blackwell (F) 

Flyers - Carsen Twarynski (F) 

Penguins - Brandon Tanev (F) 

Capitals - Vitek Vanecek (G) 

Coyotes - Tyler Pitlick (F) (Pitlick has now been dealt to the Flames for a 2022 4th rounder) 

Avalanche - Joonas Donskoi (F) 

Blackhawks - John Quenneville (F) 

Stars - Jamie Oleksiak (D) 

Wild - Carson Soucy (D) 

Predators - Calle Jarnkrok (F) 

Blues - Vince Dunn (D) 

Jets - Mason Appleton (F) 

Ducks - Haydn Fleury (D) 

Flames - Mark Giordano (D) 

Oilers - Adam Larsson (D) 

Kings - Kurtis MacDermid (D) 

Canucks - Kole Lind (F) 

Sources: ESPN, NHL, NHL Discussion via Instagram