Tuesday Musings – Streaking in reverse
Most of my "Musings" do not come to me until the final Kraken game has been played for the week, so with a Sunday-night game against Toronto this week, I'm required to push the Monday Musings to Tuesday. For all of you who were refreshing your browser on Monday...
What the Kraken can do with their pending unrestricted free agents (Part I)
The Kraken are inching closer to a major inflection point in their season, when their front office will need to decide which players with expiring (or soon to expire) contracts should be kept and which ones should be moved on to new teams. As Seattle has floundered...
Three Takeaways – Disjointed Kraken lose fourth straight to Maple Leafs
With their forward lines in a blender, the Seattle Kraken again struggled to generate offense Sunday, and the result was a 3-1 loss to the Toronto Maple Leafs, their fourth loss in a row. The group is still battling through injuries, illnesses (although the bug...
Three Takeaways – Kraken end road trip on low note with third straight loss
A big game and a big road trip ended Thursday with a big thud in Edmonton. The road-weary and still unwell Kraken are thankful to be back home after their longest journey of the season, but the second half of the trip left fans, players, and coaches alike feeling...
Three Takeaways – Still ailing Kraken lose again, 5-2 to Rangers
It was better but still not good enough for the Kraken, who continued their battle with illnesses and injuries Tuesday. One day after lacking any kind of jump in Pittsburgh, Seattle came apart late in the second period, which led to its second loss in as many days,...
Three Takeaways – Kraken streak ends with injuries and illnesses against Penguins
All good things must end, and all signs were pointing toward the Seattle Kraken nine-game win streak and 13-game point streak ending Monday in Pittsburgh when they took on the Penguins at a strange early-afternoon start time. Sure enough, the shorthanded (and...
More on Joey Daccord – Seattle’s playmaking goaltender
As the first period of the 2024 Winter Classic wound down, Kraken fans everywhere were content–basking in rays of sunshine on a beautiful day for outdoor hockey and awash in the afterglow of Eeli Tolvanen’s go-ahead deflection goal that made it 1-0. With two minutes...
WHL Weekly – Trade deadline madness
Things are starting to shape up in the Western Hockey League, and the cream seems to have risen to the top of the standings. The dust has settled from the IIHF World Junior Championship, and the WHL trade deadline has come and gone. We recap the day of the deadline...
Three Takeaways – Beniers and Burakovsky leave early, but Kraken win again
It wasn’t always pretty, and this one could have costly ramifications for the Kraken moving forward, but they slid by the Blue Jackets for their franchise-record ninth consecutive win, 7-4, Saturday in Columbus. Neither Andre Burakovsky nor Matty Beniers finished the...
Reviewing the first half of the season for the Seattle Kraken
Welcome to the halfway mark for the Seattle Kraken's 2023-24 season. The Kraken have now played 41 games, so we thought it would be a good idea to give an overview of what has transpired so far, what the team is doing well, and what it can improve. Season overview...
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