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...
Three Takeaways – Kraken tie franchise record with eighth straight win
Thursday’s 4-1 Kraken win over the Washington Capitals felt similar to Seattle’s 5-2 win over the Buffalo Sabres on Tuesday. It again wasn’t the best start for the Kraken, but Joey Daccord made stellar saves in the early going, and then a Tye Kartye goal at 8:50 of...
The curious case of Joey Daccord and Kraken shot quality when he is in goal
One late-November afternoon, I was perusing HockeyViz–as I am wont to do. I almost always come away having learned something new about a player, a team, or how NHL hockey is played, and that is what happened on that day. Parsing through Joey Daccord’s data, I found...
Three Takeaways – Schwartz returns in big way, Kraken cruise past Sabres
The Kraken kept it rolling Tuesday with a convincing 5-2 win over the Buffalo Sabres that caused Rasmus Dahlin to smash his stick over the net in anger (it's not the first time he's shown frustration against the Kraken) and the home fans to boo their team off the...
Monday Musings – Let the good times roll
The Seattle Kraken have been on an incredible run since my last Monday musings on Dec. 18. They went 6-0-1 in that span and looked very similar to the 100-point team we saw last season. This group is confident and appears to be having a bit of fun out there. But what...
WHL Weekly: Conor Geekie and Matthew Savoie traded in busy week
Under a week remains until the trade deadline for the Western Hockey League, and the biggest mover so far has been the Wenatchee Wild, who made it clear that an overhaul is needed for the organization to move forward. Wenatchee retools During their time playing for...
What are the Kraken packin’? A look at life on the road for NHL players
Sunday marks a team travel day for the Seattle Kraken, as they wing their way to upstate New York for the start of a two-week, six-game expedition that will zig zag them through Buffalo, Washington, Columbus, Pittsburgh, and New York (Rangers), before a strange...
Understanding the Seattle Kraken’s playoff chances
Jump to the Monthly scorecard that will be updated monthly until the end of the season. The Seattle Kraken are on a team-record 10-game streak with at least a point in the standings. They've gone 8-0-2 in that stretch, good for 18 out of a possible 20 points,...
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