Ep. 243 – Draft Primer featuring Chris Peters
On this week's episode of the Sound Of Hockey Podcast, Chris Peters returns to give his expectations for the upcoming NHL Entry Draft and to talk through the Kraken prospect pool. As always, tons of great insights from Chris, a *very good* friend of the pod. Aside...
How the Seattle Thunderbirds built one of the best junior hockey teams ever
The Seattle Thunderbirds raised eye brows all across the hockey world this season when they acquired star player after star player, making no bones about the fact they were all in to win a WHL championship and—perhaps—a Memorial Cup as the best team in the entire...
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...
Ep. 242 – 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...
Ep. 241 – Two-for-One Special
It's a two-for-one special, and that means it's... exactly the same as any other Sound Of Hockey episode. But, you'll get some good chuckles and get brought up to speed on what's been happening with the Seattle Thunderbirds in the Memorial Cup, as well as the...
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...
Ep. 240 – Darren Does Doha
Despite Darren being halfway around the world for this episode, he and John managed to get a new Sound Of Hockey Podcast out for the people. While the Kraken are out of the playoffs, there's plenty to discuss, with the Seattle Thunderbirds winning the WHL and...