Checking in on Seattle Kraken prospects at the 2024 World Junior Summer Showcase
The World Junior Summer Showcase is an event I have circled on my calendar each year. After several long weeks without hockey, it’s an oasis in the desert. It heralds the start of a new hockey season. What is the World Junior Summer Showcase? It’s an exhibition...
Exceptional status defenseman Landon DuPont finally inks deal with Everett Silvertips
The Everett Silvertips are back in atop the news cycle for the third week in a row with the moment their fans have all been waiting for all offseason. After months of speculation of when a deal would finally be struck, that wait is finally over as the Silvertips have...
2024 Free agency spend and two cents on Matty Beniers
We are now 35 days removed from the opening of the NHL free agency period. Signings continue to occur, but they are only trickling in at this point in the cycle. Now is a good time to assess what has happened in free agency from a data perspective and evaluate how...
WHL Offseason Pulse: Silvertips close out a hectic coaching carousel period
It’s been a long offseason of waiting around for news and notes to drop, but finally it feels like a corner has been turned, and the 2024-25 WHL season is beginning to take its shape. One of the lingering questions for the Everett Silvertips was who would be their...
The Long Change Effect: NHL scoring trends for the 2023-24 season
With all the downtime in the offseason, I have decided to dig into NHL play-by-play data. One question that has been bouncing around my head is how the "long change" affects scoring rates. In the NHL, the long change is in effect during the second period, when teams...
Ep. 297 – Featuring Chris Smith of Icethetics AND King 5 IN STUDIO!
It’s another super fun episode of the Sound Of Hockey Podcast, as the guys welcome Chris Smith of Icethetics fame. Coincidentally, Chris is ALSO the Creative Director at King 5, the new TV home for the Seattle Kraken. Tons of jersey and Kraken broadcast talk in this...
Using age-based performance to evaluate Firkus, Goyette, and Catton
All NHL teams aspire to accumulate talent throughout their lineup. While this can be accomplished through trades or free agency, the most cost-efficient way to acquire talent is through the NHL Draft. Drafted players are cost controlled throughout their entry-level...
Where we expect Kraken prospects to play next season
You’ve seen them at development camp. Now it’s time to figure out where the Kraken prospects will play this upcoming season. With a few high-profile prospects expected to make the leap from the American Hockey League to the NHL, and several other players set to...
Ep. 296 – With Kraken Organist Benny Drawbars IN STUDIO!
For an offseason episode during a period of almost zero Seattle Kraken news, this one may go down in the books as one of the all-time greats. Kraken organist Benny Drawbars joins John, Curtis, and Darren in BarrDown Studios, and he comes well equipped with musical...