

High-scoring Dylan Guenther on the Seattle Kraken NHL Draft radar
It didn’t take Dylan Guenther long to make up for lost time. In fact, it took less than two minutes. At the 1:47 mark of the Edmonton Oil Kings' season opener Friday, the 2021 NHL Draft prospect banged home a power-play goal. He was just getting started. With the...

Games on the radar for the Seattle Kraken fan – Volume 4
The NHL has turned the corner on the quarter pole and now our eyes are focusing on the blurry division races as the trade deadline looms. Trades this year could – and most likely will – have an impact on the Seattle Kraken Expansion Draft projections as well. Key...

Factoring NHL player age for the Seattle Kraken
As the Seattle Kraken hockey operations team looks toward the Expansion Draft, the age of each NHL player will factor into their selections. On Saturday, we posted a broad look at the average player ages of NHL teams, but that just scratches the surface of...

Data Dump Saturday: Ages of NHL players
For this week’s Data Dump Saturday, I investigate the ages of players in the NHL. Age will be one of the critical factors the Seattle Kraken will need to consider when drafting players in the Expansion Draft this summer. I thought this would be a good topic to dig...

Claude Julien fired, Artemi Panarin accusations, Gritty shreds
It has been another relatively quiet week on the Seattle Kraken front, and around the Seattle sports scene in general there has been practically no news or semblance of significant controversy [slams door just in time to fend off barrage of rotten vegetables, daggers,...

Sound Of Hockey Mock Expansion Draft #1
For the last three months, the Sound Of Hockey team has been poring over NHL rosters, sizing up prospects, sharing our best estimates on the Expansion Draft protected lists, and identifying potential Seattle Kraken players to monitor. Now looking ahead to the next few...

Sound Of Hockey Podcast Ep. 126 – Gritty’s Big Week
Lots to talk about on this week's Sound Of Hockey Podcast, as John, Andy, and Darren break down NHL Outdoors and all the good/bad times that were associated with the picturesque event. The star of the show was predictably Gritty, who gets plenty of airtime devoted to...

Games on the Radar for the Seattle Kraken fan – Volume 3
All the games in the NHL this week will be indoors so we shouldn’t have any sun and melting ice issues. But, that doesn’t mean there aren’t intriguing matchups featuring top teams with future Seattle Kraken on display. Our two headline games feature key clashes in the...

Looking back at Vegas’ Expansion Draft haul
If you glance at Vegas’ crop of players in the 2017 Expansion Draft, and then back at their current Championship-caliber roster, you may wonder: How did we get here? Vegas built a roster immediately ready to contend largely because of crafty side deals, but...

Weekly One-Timers – NHL Outdoors, Eichel rumors, Climate Pledge Arena update
Latest Seattle Kraken news It was a pretty quiet news week on the Seattle Kraken front, but the team did put out the below video showing that the tunnel into Climate Pledge Arena has been completed. ...