Welcome to the Sound Of Hockey NHL Draft Live Blog! The Seattle Kraken enter Day 2 of the NHL Draft with six picks—barring any trades, that’s the fewest selections they’ve had in any draft in their five-year history.
We’ll be updating this post throughout the day as the Kraken make their picks. The most recent updates will appear at the top, so scroll down if you want to catch up on earlier news.
If you missed Seattle’s first-round selection of Chase Reid on Friday, you can check out our profile on him here.
Here is your 2026 Seattle Kraken draft class.
A couple takeaways:
- The most defensemen drafted by the Seattle Kraken in a single draft in franchise history.
- For only the second time in franchise history, the Kraken did not draft a goaltender.
- The four Americans selected in the 2026 NHL Draft are the most Americans ever drafted by the Kraken in a single draft.
- It’s easy to be excited about the Kraken landing Chase Reid and, to a lesser extent, Casey Mutryn. The rest of the class consists of longer-term bets that may not pan out.
1:27 PM: Draft is officially complete
1:02 PM: With their last pick in the draft, the Seattle Kraken select centerman William Tomko from Sioux City of the USHL.
12:55 PM: The Seattle Kraken draft another defenseman, Rylan Singh from Guelph Storm.
12:46 PM: Round 6 is complete
12:13 PM: Seattle Kraken select Swedish defender, Ola Palme, of the Växjö Lakers HC U20
12:06 PM: Round 5 is complete
11:52 AM: The Kraken select defenseman Luken Huff with their 148th overall selection.
Huff was born in Mazama, Washington but played his youth hockey in Minnesota. He will play D1 hockey next season for the University of St. Thomas
11:33 AM: With the 131st pick, the Seattle Kraken select defenseman Finn Kearns from St. Andrew’s College AAA team
Kearns is 6.3″ and is committed to UMASS for the 2027-28 season. He played 15 regular season games and four playoff games with the Sudbury Wolves of the OHL.
11:22 AM: The 4th round is complete
10:37 AM: The Seattle Kraken trade their #102 overall to the New York Rangers for the 131 and 148 overall (both 5th round picks)
10:31 AM: The Kraken select Russian forward Viktor Fydorov with the 99th overall pick in the draft.
Fydorov is listed as a center and played all VHL, MHL, and KHL last season.
10:19 AM: Round 4 begins
10:18 AM: Round 3 is in the books.
Here is a look at all the selections.
10:03 AM: Round 3 rolls on
We promise you the draft is still rolling on but without a pick in the third round, we haven’t had much to blog….so we spun up this piece on the Seattle Kraken’s second round selection, Casey Mutryn.
9:25 AM: With the 38th overall pick, the Seattle Kraken select Casey Mutryn from the NTDP.
Mutryn is a power forward whose older brother was selected by the San Jose Sharks last season. He plans to begin his collegiate career at Boston College next season.
9:17 AM: Round 2 is in the books
Here is a look of the selections from the round:
9:00 AM: Checking in on the WHL U.S. division players selected so far
- Chase Harrington from the Spokane Chiefs goes 36th overall to the Calgary Flames
- Matias Vanhanen from the Everett Silvertips goes 37th overall to the New Jersey Devils
- Brek Liske from the Everett Silvertips goes 53rd overall to the New Jersey Devils
8:28 AM: The Seattle Kraken select right wing Casey Mutryn from the US National Development Team
Mutryn is attending the Boston College next season.
8:00 AM: The draft has official started with round 2.
As a reminder, the timeline and success rate for second-round picks drop off dramatically from the first round.
7:30 AM: T-minus 30 minutes until the start of Day 2
We’re back for Rounds 2 through 7 of the 2026 NHL Draft!
Here are the draft picks the Seattle Kraken are starting Day 2 with. Of course, that could change throughout the day if they make any trades.
If you missed last night’s action, here are some of the biggest storylines and insights from the first round:
- Chase Reid was the first American selected in the draft, going No. 7 overall.
- Reid was one of seven Americans selected in the first round, the most since 2021. Five of those players came from CHL leagues, highlighting the changing landscape created by the NCAA’s updated eligibility rules.
- Three Canadian-born NCAA players were selected in the first round, the most ever in a single draft: Gavin McKenna (No. 1), Keaton Verhoeff (No. 9), and Tyran Lawrence (No. 11).
- Seven Swedish players were selected in the first round, the most ever for Sweden.
- The OHL led all leagues with seven first-round selections. That’s down from nine in last year’s draft.
Get to know Chase Reid:
Here are the full results for Round 1:
Round 2 features a VGK forfeited pick (#63) later in the 2nd round from the Tortorella Playoff interview “no-show”. Interesting that 4 of the 2nd round picks have been flipped 3 times! NHL Network has the live draft in a few minutes, for those who are wondering. =)
Curtis nailed the Krakens second pick in an earlier article but they didn’t need a second 1st rounder to get him.
“ Following my mock draft rules — which assume prospects come off the board in Big Board order — I likely would have projected Mutryn to the Kraken at No. 25. He’s a 6-foot-3, physical, good-skating forward prospect from the U.S. National Team Development Program. Maybe my viewings caught him at his best, but I really liked how his style of play could translate to the NHL. If the offense doesn’t come, he’s still an identity player in your bottom six, which is something the Kraken could have used in the system. He seemed like a good fit.”
I love seeing that the picks seem to be along the lines of “best player available”. I feel that was their approach last year selecting Catton as well given all the talk of D players and the teams dearth of high end D prospects.
I like Catton but I don’t think he was the best player available, he was the best center available though. Interesting that the first year RF is gone we are through two rounds without a center drafted!!!! You can never have too many centers until you have to many centers.
I like the Mutryn pick he will probably become a good 4th line energy guy, maybe further up the lineup if he puts it all together.
Could be, I sure don’t know if Catton was the chalk BPA last year. I just guessed that was the case based on a lack of defensmen in the pool and how important they are. I know C’s are perhaps moreso.
It’s been their approach every year. This year just happened to have a lot of D
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It’s ok to live in a fantasy world I suppose.
Doesn’t look like they’re related, but it would have been fun to hit the double Villeneuve.