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The 2023 NHL Draft has come and gone, and so it is appropriate to give a letter grade for every team's NHL draft this year. Anaheim Ducks (10 picks)  B+ Leo Carlsson C SWE 6' 2" 194 SWEDEN OREBRO Nico Myatovic L CAN 6' 2" 180 WHL SEATTLE Carey Terrance C USA 6' 0" 178 OHL ERIE Damian Clara   G ITA 6' 6" 214 SWEDEN-JR. FARJESTAD JR. Coulson Pitre  RW CAN 6' 1" 170 OHL FLINT Yegor Sidorov RW BLR 6' 0" 182 WHL SASKATOON Konnor Smith D  CAN 6' 5" 208 OHL PETERBOROUGH Rodwin Dionicio D USA 6' 2" 207 OHL WINDSOR Vojtech Port D CZE 6' 2" 168 WHL EDMONTON Arizona Coyotes (11 picks) C Dmitriy Simashev D RUS 6' 4" 198 RUSSIA-JR. YAROSLAVL JR. Danil But LW RUS 6' 5" 203 RUSSIA-JR. YAROSLAVL JR. Michael Hrabal G CZE 6' 7" 215 USHL OMAHA Jonathan Castagna C C...

 The Seattle Kraken had a very productive trade deadline and stockpiled 25 picks for the next two drafts. If they draft correctly with those picks, they could use those picks to become a contender in no time. This is how I would draft for the Seattle Kraken in the next two drafts. At the 2022 draft, Seattle Kraken trade picks 64 to the Nashville Predators for picks 83, 84. The Kraken also trade picks 119, 123 to the Dallas Stars for picks 112, 144. 2022 Draft 3-Juraj Slafkovsky 34-Filip Bystedt 52-Alexander Suzdalev 58-Ryan Greene 66-Tomas Hamara 83-Jack Devine 84-Simon Forsmark 112-Topi Ronni 130-Joshua Niedermayer 144-Tim Almgren 162-Niklas Kokko The Kraken are able to restock their farm system with some high-end talent, who could contribute a few years down the road. Seattle Kraken Re-sign the Following players to 2 yr deals: Ryan Donato Morgan Geekie Hadyn Fleury Cale Fleury Alex True Seattle Kraken Re-sign the Following players to 1 yr deals: Dennis Cholowski Kole Lind Karson ...