Data Dump Saturday: Ages of NHL players
For this week’s Data Dump Saturday, I investigate the ages of players in the NHL. Age will be one of the critical factors the Seattle Kraken will need to consider when drafting players in the Expansion Draft this summer. I thought this would be a good topic to dig...
Claude Julien fired, Artemi Panarin accusations, Gritty shreds
It has been another relatively quiet week on the Seattle Kraken front, and around the Seattle sports scene in general there has been practically no news or semblance of significant controversy [slams door just in time to fend off barrage of rotten vegetables, daggers,...
Sound Of Hockey Mock Expansion Draft #1
For the last three months, the Sound Of Hockey team has been poring over NHL rosters, sizing up prospects, sharing our best estimates on the Expansion Draft protected lists, and identifying potential Seattle Kraken players to monitor. Now looking ahead to the next few...
Sound Of Hockey Podcast Ep. 126 – Gritty’s Big Week
Lots to talk about on this week's Sound Of Hockey Podcast, as John, Andy, and Darren break down NHL Outdoors and all the good/bad times that were associated with the picturesque event. The star of the show was predictably Gritty, who gets plenty of airtime devoted to...
Episode 126 – Gritty’s Big Week
Lots to talk about on this week's Sound Of Hockey Podcast, as John, Andy, and Darren break down NHL Outdoors and all the good/bad times that were associated with the picturesque event. The star of the show was predictably Gritty, who gets plenty of airtime devoted to...
Games on the Radar for the Seattle Kraken fan – Volume 3
All the games in the NHL this week will be indoors so we shouldn’t have any sun and melting ice issues. But, that doesn’t mean there aren’t intriguing matchups featuring top teams with future Seattle Kraken on display. Our two headline games feature key clashes in the...
Looking back at Vegas’ Expansion Draft haul
If you glance at Vegas’ crop of players in the 2017 Expansion Draft, and then back at their current Championship-caliber roster, you may wonder: How did we get here? Vegas built a roster immediately ready to contend largely because of crafty side deals, but...
Weekly One-Timers – NHL Outdoors, Eichel rumors, Climate Pledge Arena update
Latest Seattle Kraken news It was a pretty quiet news week on the Seattle Kraken front, but the team did put out the below video showing that the tunnel into Climate Pledge Arena has been completed. ...
Data Dump Saturday: 500 NHL Points
In his 369th career NHL game, Connor McDavid registered his 500th point to tie Sidney Crosby as the eighth-fastest player to reach that milestone. This week on Data Dump Saturday I plan to visualize McDavid’s scoring pace. I grabbed the game logs from a sample of...
Seattle Kraken Expansion Draft Projections from the Discover Central
This is the Sound Of Hockey's fourth and final installment of our updated projections for the Seattle Kraken Expansion Draft. Here are links to the prior articles: Scotia North Division, Honda West Division, MassMutual East Division. Carolina Hurricanes Protected List...
Sound Of Hockey Podcast Ep. 125 – Goalie Gear Argument Corner
Things get quite feisty in Goalie Gear Corner this week's Sound Of Hockey Podcast, as John goes on thin ice after making asinine claims about the legitimacy of Darren's selections for the segment. That segment alone is worth the price of admission this week. It's a...
Seattle Kraken Expansion Draft projections for the MassMutual East
We are continuing the updates to our projections for the Seattle Kraken Expansion Draft. Up next, the MassMutal East Division teams. If you missed the first two updates, the Scotia North Division can be found here and Honda West Division can be found here. Boston...