

Fan-driven mock Seattle Expansion Draft
After years of speculative protection lists and reading hundreds of mock Seattle Kraken Expansion Drafts, it is your turn to predict who the Kraken will select! This is your chance to fill out an Expansion Draft roster based on the actual protection list that was...

Sound Of Hockey Podcast BONUS EP! Expansion Draft protected lists review
What, you thought the Sound Of Hockey Podcast was going to wait until AFTER the Seattle Kraken Expansion Draft to publish its next episode? Well, with the entire hockey world abuzz with discussion about the Expansion Draft protected lists that got released on Sunday,...

Seattle Kraken Expansion Draft protection lists
On Sunday morning, the National Hockey League released the protected lists for all 30 teams participating in the Seattle Kraken Expansion Draft, which will take place on Wednesday, July 21. There are certainly some notable names that have been excluded from the below,...

How did recent trades impact the Seattle Kraken Expansion Draft?
In the last 72 hours there was a flurry of trades that will certainly impact the Expansion Draft protection lists across the NHL. With so many moves in a short time, it's a bit tough to understand the influence they will have on those lists and who might ultimately be...

Seattle Kraken Expansion Draft goalie landscape
With the Expansion Draft a mere five days away, the Seattle Kraken's goaltender selection is anyone’s guess. There are a handful of quality options out there but still no clear favorite at this point. The rules require the Kraken to select at least three goalies in...

Flurry of trades and buyouts before Expansion Draft – Weekly One-Timers
It’s been a long road. Dating back to our NHLtoSeattle days, we’ve been daydreaming, prognosticating, and even occasionally arguing about what will happen on Wednesday, July 21. Despite all the things that have happened in the world the past couple of years, many of...

Sound Of Hockey Podcast Ep. 146 – The Expansion Draft Has Arrived
It's here, folks. The Seattle Kraken Expansion Draft has arrived, and the Sound Of Hockey Podcast is here to bring you up to speed on everything you should expect going into the big July 21 event at Gas Works Park in Seattle. TONS of Seattle news is discussed in...

Three lessons the Kraken can learn from the Tampa Bay Lightning
When you have no skin in the game, it’s always a bit unsatisfying to see a championship trophy awarded to the team that everyone expects to win it. Watching the Tampa Bay Lightning hoist its second Stanley Cup (and then smash it, which is hilarious) in as many tries...

Climate Pledge Arena hard hat tour photo gallery
Photo gallery of hard hat tour of Climate Pledge Arena in Seattle, WA, July 12, 2021. (Photos/Brian Liesse)

Climate Pledge Arena Video Tour
Get HYPE and prepare to run through a wall after watching this hard hat video tour of Climate Pledge Arena, future home of the Seattle Kraken. Darren Brown is the Chief Content Officer at Sound Of Hockey and the host, producer, and editor of the Sound Of Hockey...