Three Takeaways – Kraken start well, but take another lopsided loss to Avalanche
It might be time to get concerned about this Kraken team. We've been preaching patience, expecting Seattle to eventually figure it out and rip off a bunch of wins in a row. We even (perhaps naively) thought such a streak could get started after coach Dave Hakstol gave...
Monday Musings – I hate Saturdays
Another Monday Musings and another sinking feeling about this team. The Kraken are now 0-4-1 on Saturday nights this season... We all knew the Saturday egg was coming against the Oilers, right? Edmonton was coming off a humiliating loss to the San Jose Sharks, and the...
A “direct and honest” message from Dave Hakstol; Winterton’s whirlwind
Sunday’s Seattle Kraken practice was a spicy one. Fresh off a 4-1 stinker of a loss to the Edmonton Oilers on Saturday, the team went back to work Sunday at Kraken Community Iceplex, looking to find the consistency that has been lacking in its game. The practice...
Three Takeaways – Kraken come out flat, lose 4-1 to desperate Oilers
Some nights, you just sense an ugly loss coming. Remember, when the Kraken fell to Calgary last Saturday, Nov. 4, the Flames came in on a six-game losing streak. They were desperate, as everyone knew they would be, yet Seattle lacked urgency that night. Against the...
Three Takeaways – Kraken earn memorable 4-3 win over Avalanche
We don't want to sound too hyperbolic, but we think that was one of those Kraken wins that will stick with us for a while. Aside from Seattle skating away with a last-minute 4-3 win over the Avalanche, there were storylines galore in this one, and we felt several...
Kraken recall Wright and Winterton, await MRI results on injured Eberle
The Seattle Kraken announced Wednesday afternoon they had recalled two young forwards from the Coachella Valley Firebirds of the AHL: Shane Wright, Seattle’s 2022 first-round pick, and Ryan Winterton, Seattle’s 2021 third-round pick. Wright logged only eight NHL games...
Three Takeaways – Kraken come up short in shootout loss to Coyotes
The Kraken fell to the Arizona Coyotes 4-3 in a shootout Tuesday. They have dropped their last six games that ended in shootouts, and in this one, Oliver Bjorkstrand, Matty Beniers, and Jordan Eberle couldn’t find a way to get one across the line. Joey Daccord stopped...
Monday Musings – Recency Bias
Last week, I mentioned that if the Kraken were to get four out of a possible six points from the three games between then and now, it would resemble a playoff team. They got four out of six points by beating Tampa Bay and Nashville and losing to Calgary. So why do I...
Three Takeaways – Kraken let a winnable game slip to struggling Flames
The Kraken lost 6-3 to the Calgary Flames Saturday in an uncharacteristically poor effort. We've seen them lose in a lot of ways, but they don’t typically get outhustled, and that seemed to happen for a long stretch against a down-on-its-luck Flames team that had lost...
It seems the Kraken have found the right mix of forward lines… for now
As the Seattle Kraken prepared to take on the struggling Calgary Flames Saturday, line rushes at their morning skate looked familiar to what we’ve seen over the past week. Assuming nothing changes between practice and game time, this will be the third game in a row...
