The drafting Friday of center Catton also brings a Spokane Chiefs player into the organization just as the Kraken part ways with another. Francis confirmed, as expected, that Kraken forward Kailer Yamamoto, a Spokane native and onetime Chiefs star, won’t be issued a qualifying offer by Sunday’s deadline and will be allowed to leave Monday as an unrestricted free agent.
by SiccSemperTyrannis
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I wanted to see him for at least another season. Oh well 🤷♂️
Looks like a Catton jersey is now on the menu.
I’m gonna miss Kailer though, I understand it but it doesn’t mean I have to like it.
This twice now that Yama has been effectively released. Is it just his size or is he an asshole? (asking from Boston)
The guys from the ‘Deep Dive’ podcast talked about some media folks starting to notice in the last part of season that a few players were not taking the losing streak and struggle seriously.
Then the Kraken got beat by Arizona. They talkked about directly having witnessed a couple players laughing and joking after getting wiped by arguably the worst team around. Worse not even in the locker room but in areas fans could see.
They would not give names but said to watch for who sat after that game. Yams was not seen for a while after that. That was when Wright, Morrison and Winterton were brought up.
Tatar was also conspicuously absent after that game for a while too.
So, fact? Nope. But I am not surprised at his handling now if this is true.
I am personally bummed. I loved having a ‘hometown’ kid on the team and really wanted him to develop and be a great contributor.
Yams was the only player I trusted in a shootout