The first shoe has dropped for the still-spiraling Seattle Kraken, who announced on Wednesday that Ron Francis, their first general manager in franchise history and current president of hockey operations, will be stepping down at the end of the season. Hired on July...

That was about the best-case scenario for Kraken fans. Seattle played a pretty good game against a much better Minnesota Wild team on Tuesday, it was relatively fun to watch, and the Kraken continued to help themselves in the race for the bottom of the standings and...

Last Monday, the Kraken’s playoff hopes were wobbling but still technically alive — thin ice, sure, but not fully cracked. I said three points would be acceptable, fewer than two would be devastating, and… well, here we are. Devastated. I didn’t expect much out of the...

It is officially (well, technically it’s still “unofficially,” but it feels pretty darn official at this point) time for Kraken fans to root for losses. With yet another dreadful loss to the last-place-in-the-Central Division Chicago Blackhawks on Saturday, Seattle...

This is “Down on the Farm,” your weekly Seattle Kraken prospects update. This week, we'll update you on where Seattle Kraken prospects postseason update. In particular, we'll highlight a couple of young forwards heading to the NCAA Frozen Four. We'll also get you up...

When a team goes from being firmly in a playoff position to effectively playing itself out of the conversation, one might expect the mood at a late-season practice—with eight games left, a four-point deficit, and four teams to leapfrog to return to the postseason...

That feels like the end of the Seattle Kraken’s playoff hopes. Optimism around the team’s chances had certainly waned in recent weeks, as the group continued to sputter its way farther out of the picture. But entering Thursday’s game three points out of the last wild...

The Seattle Kraken sit just three points out of a playoff spot with nine games remaining. Before the Olympic break, Seattle went 11-6-2 but has struggled since. The math, tiebreakers and schedule all point to a realistic path. The question is whether the Kraken can find that level again.

The Seattle Kraken played a decent game against the Edmonton Oilers on Tuesday but didn’t take advantage of their opportunities and—as we’ve seen so many times with this team in its five years of existence—made the opposing goalie, in this case Connor Ingram, look...