Seattle Kraken 2025 offseason targets
Last week, we made the case that the Seattle Kraken have seven offseason priorities on the player personnel side that the team will look to address in free agency or through trades (or perhaps offer sheets?). In the days since that post, the Kraken stayed active,...
PWHL Seattle prepares for Expansion Draft
General manager of the PWHL Seattle franchise, Meghan Turner, faces probably the most critical stretch of her professional sports career as she shapes the foundation of her new team's inaugural roster in the PWHL Expansion Draft. With a mix of high-stakes deadlines...
Should the Kraken pursue Mitch Marner if he becomes a free agent?
The Seattle Kraken answered one of their biggest offseason questions on Thursday when they announced that Lane Lambert had been hired to become the third head coach in franchise history. We expect Lambert to be formally introduced to the market next week, so we will...
Ep. 338 – The Kraken hired Lane Lambert
In this episode, the guys do some time warping... They initially recorded on Wednesday night, before the news broke that the Kraken had hired Lane Lambert as their third head coach. HOWEVER, just before they published the episode, John and Darren managed to get some...
BREAKING: Seattle Kraken hire Lane Lambert as head coach
The Seattle Kraken have named Lane Lambert as the third head coach in franchise history, the team announced Thursday. Lambert, 60, brings a wealth of NHL experience to the franchise, both behind the bench and as a former player. Lambert most recently served as an...
Seattle Kraken 2025 offseason priorities
As Seattle Kraken fandom awaits white smoke rising from the Kraken Community Iceplex signaling the appointment of a new head coach, the front office has been hard at work developing an offseason plan for player acquisition as well. General manager Jason Botterill told...
Unpacking plus/minus: Why Vince Dunn and Adam Larsson’s numbers don’t tell the full story
While watching the 2025 Stanley Cup Playoffs and trying to figure out what went wrong for the Seattle Kraken, I noticed something curious. Alternate captain Adam Larsson led the team in plus/minus this past season with a plus-22 rating. That’s not shocking—he’s a...
Ep. 337 – Who’s In the Mix?
Another week has passed, and there's still little clarity about who is "in the mix" for the Kraken head coach job. But John, Darren, and Curtis do their best to answer whatever questions they can about the process, including some thoughts from John about what may or...
Will the Seattle Kraken draft another WHL standout in 2025?
When the Seattle Kraken selected WHL phenom Berkly Catton at No. 8 overall in the 2024 NHL Draft, his junior city of Spokane, Wash., erupted with excitement. Fans of their neighbors to the west, the Everett Silvertips, awoke the next morning to learn that their...
Ep. 336 – Coaching Carousel Keeps Spinning
On this episode of the Sound Of Hockey Podcast, the guys discuss the latest news that Rick Tocchet has been hired by the Philadelphia Flyers and consider what that might mean for the Seattle Kraken. They also go Down on the Farm, where the Coachella Valley Firebirds'...
Data Dump: 2025 Stanley Cup Playoff roster breakdown
With the first round of the 2025 Stanley Cup Playoffs in the rearview mirror, it’s time for one of my favorite annual traditions: digging into how playoff rosters are constructed and examining the characteristics of the players and teams that are playing for the...
A data-driven look at the 2025 NHL Draft top prospects
With leagues around the world winding down their seasons, and the 2025 NHL Draft just a month and a half out, we are entering draft rankings season. As is typical, NHL Central Scouting was the first major public service to finalize its 2025 NHL Draft ranking. We'll be...