

Photo Gallery – Kraken Development Camp – Tuesday 07/12/22
All photos taken by Brian Liesse. Photos are property of Sound Of Hockey and cannot be re-used.

Mock Seattle Kraken 2022 Free Agency
With Shane Wright on board, restricted free agent qualifying offer decisions made, and unrestricted free agency less than a day away, it is a good time to simulate the approach the Kraken may take to free agency. Let's get to it. What do the Kraken need? The Kraken...

Seattle Kraken targets in free agency
The Seattle Kraken signaled they were going to be major players in NHL free agency when they chose not to qualify restricted free agents Haydn Fleury, Dennis Cholowski, Daniel Sprong, and Ryan Donato. This is consistent with the theme of being “aggressive” in free...

BREAKING NEWS: Donato, H. Fleury, Sprong not given qualifying offers by Kraken
The Seattle Kraken announced they have extended qualifying offers to six out of their ten restricted free agents on Monday. Karson Kuhlman (signed), Morgan Geekie, Kole Lind, Alexander True, Carsen Twarynski, and Cale Fleury all received their qualifying offers, while...

Scouting reports on the Seattle Kraken’s 2022 NHL Draft picks
After an eventful draft for the Seattle Kraken, the team's prospect development camp gets underway at the Kraken Community Iceplex in Seattle on Monday. With qualifying offers due just a couple hours after that, and NHL free agency scheduled to open Wednesday, July...

Weekly One-Timers: a bright Kraken future, big NHL trades, Forsberg re-signs
The NHL Entry Draft was fun, but even outside of that, this has been a very busy week around the NHL, with lots more excitement to come in the next few days. On this edition of Weekly One-Timers, we will take a look at several of the storylines that have been written...

Seattle Thunderbirds lead the way among strong U.S. Division NHL Draft class
The Western Hockey League had a strong showing at this week’s NHL Draft with 28 players selected. It was the second most – falling short of the OHL’s 35 picks – for all development leagues in the world. Locally, the U.S. Division had each of its five teams see a...

The Seattle Kraken get offensive on Day 2 of the NHL Entry Draft
Friday morning the NHL Entry Draft moved into rounds two through seven, and the Seattle Kraken were quite busy. Coming into Friday, Seattle had 11 remaining picks, highlighted by four in the second round. The Kraken ended up with 10 picks after making one trade with...

Live Blog: Following the Seattle Kraken on Day 2 of the NHL Entry Draft
Welcome to the NHL Draft Day 2 liveblog! We are writing this in chronological order, with the most recent happenings at the top. So, scroll to the bottom to see Seattle's first pick of the day, then work your way up. Enjoy! -- Here is a list of all Seattle Kraken...

NHL Draft Notebook: How Shane Wright fell to the Kraken, local flair for Day 1
We were surprised but not shocked to hear Juraj Slafkovsky’s name get announced Thursday as the first overall pick in the 2022 NHL Entry Draft. We were more surprised, but—based on organizational needs—still not shocked to also see the New Jersey Devils pass over the...