The 2026 Seattle Kraken draft class
With the 2026 NHL Draft in the books, the Seattle Kraken have added eight more young players to the organization—five defensemen and three forwards. We're here today to bring you scouting insights, analysis, and video on all of them. If you want to see for yourself,...
The Jason Robertson fallout – empowerment and the “no no-move clause”
The single biggest narrative surrounding the Seattle Kraken over their five seasons of existence has been consistently the lack of a true, elite superstar. They’ve had depth and at times had flashes of success, but they’ve never had that definitive game-breaker that...
Seattle Kraken draft Casey Mutryn at No. 38 overall
With the sixth pick in the second round, the Seattle Kraken selected Casey Mutryn from the U.S. National Team Development Program. Mutryn, a 6-foot-3 right-shot winger, was ranked No. 32 on the Sound Of Hockey Big Board. Mutryn is a strong-skating, physical presence...
Live Blog: Day 2 of the 2026 NHL Draft – Seattle Kraken
Welcome to the Sound Of Hockey NHL Draft Live Blog! The Seattle Kraken enter Day 2 of the NHL Draft with six picks—barring any trades, that’s the fewest selections they’ve had in any draft in their five-year history. We’ll be updating this post throughout the day as...
BREAKING: Seattle Kraken draft Chase Reid at No. 7 overall
With the seventh overall pick in the 2026 NHL Draft, the Seattle Kraken selected Chase Reid, a right-shot defenseman from the OHL's Soo Greyhounds. The pick comes as a bit of surprise because most prognosticators had projected Reid to be drafted higher. There was some...
2026 NHL Mock Draft, Seattle Kraken seven-round edition
We've reached the culmination of Draft Week at Sound Of Hockey. The 2026 NHL Draft is here. The first round begins at 4:00 p.m. PT on Friday, June 26 (today). Catch it on ESPN, ESPN+, or NHL Network in the United States. Rounds 2–7 begin at 9:00 a.m. PT on Saturday,...
Jason Robertson reportedly turned down a massive deal from the Kraken
Well, if the Kraken’s “prolific” offseason hinged on landing a particular big fish, then general manager Jason Botterill took a massive swing at doing just that this week… and missed. According to reporting from Sportsnet’s Elliotte Friedman, the Kraken had worked out...
2026 NHL Draft Notebook: Trades, prospect tiers, and Kraken perspective
After sorting through video on scores of prospects, crunching numbers on thousands more, and reading countless reports, rankings, and mock drafts, I approach the finish line of the pre-draft process stuffed with impressions and opinions, both broad and specific. As...
Ep. 387 – Bobby McMann is back with Seattle, Mackie Samoskevich is in
It's been a wild week in the NHL in the lead-up to the NHL Draft, and the Seattle Kraken played a part in it, trading for Mackie Samoskevich and re-signing prized forward Bobby McMann, who was set to become a free agent. The guys give their reactions to those deals,...
Kraken audit complete, (some) areas for growth revealed
When Kraken CEO Tod Leiweke held his end-of-season press conference in April, he raised eyebrows by indicating that the organization would bring in a third party to audit every facet of the team’s hockey operations procedures. It wasn’t intended to draw a ton of...
The 2026 NHL Draft Big Board – Compiled public prospect rankings
NHL Draft Week continues here at Sound Of Hockey with, arguably, my most anticipated post every year. Today, we have the Sound Of Hockey Big Board. As part of our draft process, we also published a midseason version of the Big Board, which you can check out here. What...
Grading the Seattle Kraken’s draft classes to date
It’s officially draft week here at Sound Of Hockey. While the Seattle Kraken made waves over the weekend by trading for Mackie Samoskevich and re-signing Bobby McMann to a five-year, $34.5 million contract, they also must now quickly shift their attention to how they...