The 2023 NHL Entry Draft Big Board – Compiled Rankings
Welcome to year two of the Sound Of Hockey Big Board for the NHL Entry Draft. It’s back and better than ever. What is the Big Board? It’s a compilation of reputable draft analyst and public scouting service lists and an overall composite ranking built on those lists....
2023 NHL Scouting Combine player testing results and takeaways
The 2023 NHL Scouting Combine took place in Buffalo, N.Y., from Monday through Saturday of last week. 106 draft-eligible prospects attended. One aspect of the combine is a battery of physical measurements and tests that afford teams further data on these top...
Sound Of Hockey Podcast Ep. 234 – Featuring Joey Daccord
The Sound Of Hockey Podcast is thrilled to welcome back Joey Daccord for his third appearance on the show, as he prepares for the AHL Calder Cup Final with the Coachella Valley Firebirds. The always affable Daccord shares his memories from his stints with the Kraken...
The Seattle Kraken have decisions to make on their internal free agents
The buzzer rang. Streamers cascaded down at American Airlines Center in Dallas. It was May 15, 2023, and the Seattle Kraken’s chase for the Stanley Cup had come to a sudden end upon a 2-1 loss in Game 7 of the second playoff round to the Dallas Stars. The Kraken had...
A Data-driven look at the top 250 prospects in the 2023 NHL Draft
We are now within four weeks of the NHL Entry Draft. This means we are close to the return of the Sound Of Hockey Big Board. Last year, we compiled public rankings from 19 draft reporters and scouting services and ranked 675 prospects. In the coming weeks, I’ll...
The 2022-23 Seattle Kraken Post-Mortem
Too soon? Nah. We are now two weeks removed from the Seattle Kraken’s Game 7 loss to the Dallas Stars in the second round of the Stanley Cup Playoffs. Based on our completely arbitrary metrics, it feels like sufficient time has now passed, and we can finally put our...
Where we expect Kraken prospects to play next season
For the first time, the Seattle Kraken are primed to reap what they’ve sowed from their prospect pool. Except for Matty Beniers, one of the few prospects ready to contribute immediately, the Kraken system was slowly being built up over the last couple...
Kraken opportunities for improvement in 2023-24
There has been a lot of reflection on the Seattle Kraken’s great season, with plenty of praise and accolades for the massive improvement between the first and second years of the franchise. The team deserves credit for the 40-point improvement, but with Seattle's...
Shane Wright’s short-term outlook with the Kraken remains to be determined
As Kraken fans turn the page to the offseason, they have questions about where 2022 first-round pick Shane Wright is going to play during the 2023-24 season and what his role will be. Turns out the team has questions about Wright's status too. We learned this much...
What are the offseason priorities for Ron Francis and the Kraken?
The dust has settled, the lockers have been cleared out, and the second offseason in the history of the Seattle Kraken is officially underway. After a magical run to Game 7 of the second round of the Stanley Cup Playoffs, expectations have surely shifted for...
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