Down on the Farm – Firebirds season ends, most valuable Miettinen
Welcome to "Down on the Farm," your weekly Seattle Kraken prospects update. In this quick holiday weekend edition, we'll get you up to date on a couple of Seattle Kraken prospects playing in the Memorial Cup, one signing his entry-level contract with the Seattle...
WHL champion Everett Silvertips readying for Memorial Cup ‘sprint’
You would have been hard-pressed to find Everett Silvertips head coach Steve Hamilton saying one bad thing about his team’s performance following a Game 1 loss in the WHL Finals at the hands of the Prince Albert Raiders. Losing a series-opening contest can be a big...
Seattle Kraken 2026 offseason priorities
After much hemming and hawing and retrospection, both from the Kraken and from our team here at Sound Of Hockey, we’re ready to put the 2025-26 team’s late-season downfall behind us and begin looking ahead at how Seattle can avoid such a collapse in the future. The...
Down on the Farm – Julius Miettinen dominates WHL playoffs, Jake O’Brien makes his pro debut
Welcome to "Down on the Farm," your weekly Seattle Kraken prospects update. In this week’s column, we’ll bring you on the ice in Coachella Valley, where Jake O'Brien made his professional debut this week. We'll also get you up to date on Julius Miettinen's dominant...
The 2026 NHL Draft data-only watchlist
Welcome to our annual data-driven analysis of the top prospects in the 2026 NHL Draft. We're digging deep, giving you a watchlist of 200 first-time eligible and 100 re-entry skaters to follow as the draft approaches. What is the data-only watchlist? The watchlist is...
Seattle Kraken season review: What the data says about an up-and-down year
The Seattle Kraken’s season had three distinct phases: a promising start, a pre-Olympic surge and a post-break collapse. Here is what the data shows.
Three Takeaways – Everett Silvertips bounce back, split first two games of WHL Finals
We have ourselves a series. After falling 4-2 to the Prince Albert Raiders in Game 1 of the WHL Finals on Friday night, the Everett Silvertips bounced back in a huge way Saturday, beating the Raiders 6-2 to tie the series at one game apiece. It wasn’t the start to the...
Photo Gallery – Photographer’s Favorite Kraken pictures – 2025-26 Season
Down on the Farm – Firebirds one game from Pacific Division Finals, Forsfjäll wins a championship
Welcome to "Down on the Farm," your weekly Seattle Kraken prospects update. In this week’s column, we’ll update you on where the Firebirds stand in the Calder Cup playoffs, how Seattle Kraken prospects are faring elsewhere in their postseasons, and a big-time prospect...
Everett Silvertips four wins away from first WHL championship
Channeling Glinda the Good to describe the aesthetics of the upcoming WHL Finals between the Everett Silvertips and Prince Albert Raiders: "It’s just— You’re green!" This season has been historic on all fronts for the Everett Silvertips. Regular-season champions for...
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