Three Takeaways – Kraken come out flat, lose 4-1 to desperate Oilers
Some nights, you just sense an ugly loss coming. Remember, when the Kraken fell to Calgary last Saturday, Nov. 4, the Flames came in on a six-game losing streak. They were desperate, as everyone knew they would be, yet Seattle lacked urgency that night. Against the...
Three Takeaways – Kraken earn memorable 4-3 win over Avalanche
We don't want to sound too hyperbolic, but we think that was one of those Kraken wins that will stick with us for a while. Aside from Seattle skating away with a last-minute 4-3 win over the Avalanche, there were storylines galore in this one, and we felt several...
Kraken recall Wright and Winterton, await MRI results on injured Eberle
The Seattle Kraken announced Wednesday afternoon they had recalled two young forwards from the Coachella Valley Firebirds of the AHL: Shane Wright, Seattle’s 2022 first-round pick, and Ryan Winterton, Seattle’s 2021 third-round pick. Wright logged only eight NHL games...
Three Takeaways – Kraken come up short in shootout loss to Coyotes
The Kraken fell to the Arizona Coyotes 4-3 in a shootout Tuesday. They have dropped their last six games that ended in shootouts, and in this one, Oliver Bjorkstrand, Matty Beniers, and Jordan Eberle couldn’t find a way to get one across the line. Joey Daccord stopped...
Monday Musings – Recency Bias
Last week, I mentioned that if the Kraken were to get four out of a possible six points from the three games between then and now, it would resemble a playoff team. They got four out of six points by beating Tampa Bay and Nashville and losing to Calgary. So why do I...
Three Takeaways – Kraken let a winnable game slip to struggling Flames
The Kraken lost 6-3 to the Calgary Flames Saturday in an uncharacteristically poor effort. We've seen them lose in a lot of ways, but they don’t typically get outhustled, and that seemed to happen for a long stretch against a down-on-its-luck Flames team that had lost...
It seems the Kraken have found the right mix of forward lines… for now
As the Seattle Kraken prepared to take on the struggling Calgary Flames Saturday, line rushes at their morning skate looked familiar to what we’ve seen over the past week. Assuming nothing changes between practice and game time, this will be the third game in a row...
Three Takeaways – Grubauer makes timely saves, Dumoulin gets timely goal
The Kraken might be finding their mojo. Thursday's 4-2 win against the Nashville Predators felt like so many of the games from the 2022-23 campaign. It was common last season for Seattle to get in a position where it badly needed to score a goal, and lo and behold,...
Data Dump: October 2023-24 NHL Attendance report
There has been chatter about potential NHL attendance issues across the league early this season. Softness in Winnipeg, Buffalo, and Ottawa has been bantered about across Canadian hockey media outlets, but is it accurate? Is attendance actually a problem in those...
Why is the two-goal lead so hard to keep? Kraken players weigh in
In the run-up to Halloween, watching the Kraken’s four road games against Detroit, Carolina, Florida, and Tampa Bay sometimes felt more like Groundhog Day. It was virtually the same script for each contest; the Kraken would jump out to a two-goal lead, then let it...
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