Three Takeaways – Lifeless Kraken thumped again, 6-2, by Sabres; where do they go from here?
The last month of this Seattle Kraken season could be loooooooooong. Because after Monday’s 6-2 embarrassment at the hands of the Buffalo Sabres, this team looks like it’s prepared to march to the end of the campaign losing every game. There’s no bite, no jam, no...
Monday Musings – Uncharted territory
The last three games have gone as poorly as possible, and I am in no mood to relive them. The Seattle Kraken playoff odds were long a week ago and got exponentially longer with each of the three losses this week. MoneyPuck gives the Kraken just a two-percent chance of...
The Seattle Kraken season is (all but) over; where it went wrong
If you follow along closely with the written content we create here at Sound Of Hockey, you know that I typically write a “Three Takeaways” after every game. If you also listen to the Sound Of Hockey Podcast, you know that—despite the devastating 5-4 Seattle Kraken...
Updating the Kraken playoff chances for the first half of March
When we first published our original article on the playoff chances of the Seattle Kraken back in January, we planned to provide updates monthly. But as the playoff picture is becoming clearer, we will update weekly going forward. We will review how the team did the...
Ep. 278 – Good Mood / Bad Mood
It was a big week at a variety of hockey levels, from high school hockey all the way up to the NHL, where the trade deadline passed, Jordan Eberle hit 1,000 games, and the Seattle Kraken lost in miserable fashion to the Vegas Golden Knights. The guys break all of that...
Kraken Notebook – The players still believe, Burakovsky has started scoring
If you were feeling down after that soul-crushing 5-4 Kraken overtime loss to the Vegas Golden Knights on Tuesday, we’re here to tell you that you’re not alone. Seattle’s players were also devastated after the defeat, which ended miserably with the Golden Knights...
WHL Weekly – Time to dig deep
The final leg of the WHL regular season is on. Clinching scenarios, positioning battles, and many different teams making last-ditch efforts to make the dance have been just some of the storylines to come out of the league during the second half. With just two weeks...
Three Takeaways – Kraken lose in brutal OT fashion to Golden Knights, may have cooked season
That may have officially (but really unofficially) cooked the season. In brutal fashion, the Seattle Kraken frittered away a late two-goal lead and fell 5-4 in overtime to the Vegas Golden Knights, the team that currently holds the last wild card spot in the Western...
Jordan Eberle set to play in his 1000th game
Jordan Eberle is set to play his 1000th NHL game on Tuesday when the Seattle Kraken face the Vegas Golden Knights. He will be the second player to hit this milestone while playing with the Kraken, but the first to do it in front of a home crowd. Mark Giordano...