Colorado Avalanche depth is Seattle’s advantage
The Colorado Avalanche are in the middle of a Stanley Cup contending window that only comes around once every 25 years, if you are lucky. After an earlier-than-expected exit in the 2020 Stanley Cup Playoffs, general manager Joe Sakic made only a few tweaks to the...
Weekly One-Timers: Pierre-Luc Dubois trade, young NHL players make impact
The Pierre-Luc Dubois saga appears to have finally ended in Columbus, as after a drama-filled week, the burgeoning center was granted his requested trade, along with a third-round pick, to the Winnipeg Jets for Patrik Laine and Jack Roslovic. Dubois surprised many...
The Philadelphia Flyers depth is a plus for Seattle Kraken at Expansion Draft
The Philadelphia Flyers had a breakout season of sorts last year. They finished one point out of first place in the Metropolitan Division when the league stopped but were top four in the Eastern Conference and earned a bye during the qualifying round. While it was a...
Sound Of Hockey Podcast Ep. 121 – With The Athletic’s Ryan Clark
The blue pants are heinous! It's a very fun and mega-sized episode of the Sound Of Hockey Podcast this week, as the guys welcome Ryan Clark, Seattle Kraken beat writer/national writer for The Athletic. It's a very fun conversation with Ryan, who certainly can tell a...
Episode 121 – The Blue Pants Are Heinous – with Ryan Clark, Kraken Beat Writer for The Athletic
It's a very fun and mega-sized episode of Sound Of Hockey this week, as the guys welcome Ryan Clark, Seattle Kraken beat writer/national writer for The Athletic. It's a very fun conversation with Ryan, who certainly can tell a tale. He shares about his sports...
Missing the bus – travel tales from a hockey insider (Part I)
While traveling on the LA Kings charter at night after a game, I ran out of battery juice because of a faulty connection at my seat and preferred to continue working on the plane rather than spend an extra hour at the charter terminal on arrival at 2 a.m. We spent...
How the Vancouver Canucks shape up for the Seattle Kraken Expansion Draft
Look ahead to the 2021 NHL Expansion Draft to see which Vancouver Canucks player will head south to join the Seattle Kraken for their inaugural season.
NHL Opening Week gave us a little bit of everything
NHL hockey is back and served up an entertaining opening week. There were impressive rookie debuts, players facing old teams, and some hot starts. The new division formats have provided early dramatics – see Montreal versus Toronto in the Scotia North – as...
St Louis Blues give Seattle Kraken options in the Expansion Draft
The St. Louis Blues will have several key decisions to make on their approach to the Expansion Draft this summer. The Blues are just two seasons removed from their Stanley Cup win, but their roster has slowly been turning over from that championship team. The Blues...
Interesting week for Seattle Kraken, NHL’s roaring start
Eventful Kraken week With the hockey world focused on the start of the NHL season, the Seattle Kraken snuck over the finish line of their season ticket sales process. Being that the team had 35,000 season ticket deposits for an arena that holds 17,000, it was just a...
Seattle Kraken storylines for the NHL Season (Part 2)
A few days ago, we stepped through all the "Eastern Conference" teams (yes, we recognize there are no conferences this season) and identified some of the major storylines that could impact the Seattle Kraken Expansion Draft in July. Today, we look to the teams that...
Sound Of Hockey Podcast Ep. 120 – LET’S PLAY HOCKEY!
NHL Hockey is back, and the Sound Of Hockey Podcast is very much ready for it! Sound Of Hockey is here to bring you fully up to speed in preparation for the wild ride that will be the shortened 56-game NHL season, which is now officially underway. In this episode,...