Norm Maciver looking for players that will fit in with Seattle Kraken
When the Seattle Kraken announced the hiring of Norm Maciver to serve in the front office, he talked about how excited he was to join a franchise at the ground floor. It played a huge role in leaving the Chicago Blackhawks, where he had served for 14 seasons. It’s...
The Dallas Stars have veteran options for Seattle Kraken Expansion Draft
Armed with an interim coach, a backup goalie, and a mix of young upstarts and veterans of the grizzled variety the Dallas Stars made a valiant run to the Stanley Cup Final last summer. They came up two games short of winning it all but are off to a hot start this...
Seattle Kraken news – Climate Pledge Arena, ROOT Sports
Seattle Kraken news Climate Pledge Arena gets topped off The new home for the Seattle Kraken has reached a major milestone. Friday morning, the last steel beam was installed at Climate Pledge Arena. The ceremony took place in front of construction workers from...
Cap-strapped Islanders are worth watching for Seattle Expansion Draft
The New York Islanders, to many's annoyance but to some's enjoyment, made a deep run in the NHL's Playoff Bubble with good ole-fashioned defensive hockey. It's a style of play that worked quite well for the Eastern Conference Finalists, but didn't inspire much...
Missing the bus – travel tales from a hockey insider (Part II)
Part I of Jon Rosen's "Missing the bus" can be found here. And someone who didn’t have terrible taste? Craig Hartsburg. In the final game before the 2010 holiday break, we left Chilliwack with two points – and also left half the team behind us at a hotel to catch...
Sound Of Hockey Podcast Ep. 122 – with Seattle Kraken AGM Jason Botterill
BIG-TIME GUEST ALERT! Before you ask, the guys recorded this episode on Monday of this week, so the news of John Forslund's hiring by the Kraken and ROOT Sports being named as its broadcasting partner had not yet come out. So no, they don't talk about that, but will...
Boston Bruins will expose NHL talent to Seattle Kraken in Expansion Draft
The process for our Expansion Draft profiles has been to go from worst to first in terms of where teams finished last season. Thus, the Detroit Red Wings—who were historically bad in 2019-2020—were our first profile, while the Stanley Cup Champion Tampa Bay Lightning...
John Forslund ready for the journey as the new Seattle Kraken TV voice
John Forslund remembers the moment he became a hockey fan. It was 1970 and Bobby Orr scored his famous ‘flying’ goal to win the Stanley Cup in overtime. That was a big moment for Forslund who grew up in Springfield, Mass. as a Boston Bruins fan. While he didn’t know...
How the Laine-Dubois trade will impact Seattle Kraken Expansion Draft
It's not often that teams manage to include three disgruntled players in the same trade. But that's exactly what Winnipeg and Columbus were able to accomplish this past weekend. The Blue Jackets traded wunderkind center Pierre-Luc Dubois and a third-round pick in 2022...
Colorado Avalanche depth is Seattle’s advantage
The Colorado Avalanche are in the middle of a Stanley Cup contending window that only comes around once every 25 years, if you are lucky. After an earlier-than-expected exit in the 2020 Stanley Cup Playoffs, general manager Joe Sakic made only a few tweaks to the...
