Kraken Crystal Ball – Predicting which UFA’s stay and go after the next two seasons
This 2024-25 season will be the beginning of the end of an era for the Seattle Kraken. Many of the team’s original players have already come and gone from the roster, but a group of core veterans that has stuck around through Seattle’s first three seasons in existence...
Seattle Kraken goal scoring forecast for 2024-25
Once the Seattle Kraken roster settles in each offseason, I like to project the team's playoff chances by forecasting its goal scoring. You can review the last two offseason forecasts here: 2022-23 and 2023-24. I will eventually integrate the scoring forecast with...
Predicting how the Kraken power play and penalty kill will look in 2024-25
This will be a first pass at predicting the lines for the 2024-25 season. The picture will become a little clearer after training camp and preseason games, as we will see who is practicing together and if there is any chemistry between individual players. Obviously,...
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...