What the Kraken can learn from the Stanley Cup Champion Carolina Hurricanes
The Seattle Kraken can learn some major lessons from the Carolina Hurricanes, who completed a historic run through the playoffs and lifted Lord Stanley’s Cup as the NHL’s best team on Sunday. Led by a forward-thinking scientist/blogger/stathlete-turned-general...
Reliving a cinematic Everett Silvertips season that met a disappointing end at Memorial Cup
Often compared to collegiate sports, junior hockey fandom is rooted in geography and fueled by a tribal-like passion that connects communities to their teams. It’s a fascinating form of hockey to follow. A league featuring some of the best 16- to 21-year-old players...
Down on the Farm – Miettinen falls one win short, prospect seasons end
Welcome to "Down on the Farm," your weekly Seattle Kraken prospects update. We are at the finish line, folks. No drafted or signed Kraken player remains active in this 2025-26 hockey season. That means it's almost time for the "Down on the Farm" offseason hiatus. I...
Are key Torrent players on the way out?
Yesterday, we got official confirmation that in "Phase 1" of the PWHL offseason, the Seattle Torrent protected three players from the unfolding expansion process: center Alex Carpenter, defenseman Anna Wilgren, and goaltender Hannah Murphy. (For an overview on how the...
Five Seattle Kraken offseason objectives
The Kraken enter the offseason with cap space, draft capital and a strong prospect pool. But instead of chasing a quick fix, Seattle should focus on building a clearer path toward late-2020s contention.
Seattle Torrent expansion simulation
News has been trickling out for weeks about the upcoming PWHL expansion draft, which will stock the four new teams joining the league this offseason. Rather than walk through every rule and sub‑rule of the process, I’m focusing on how this could realistically play out...
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...
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