When news broke on Sunday that the Seattle Kraken were trading Shane Wright, 22, to the Nashville Predators for Matthew Wood, 21, in a one-for-one swap of young forwards, Sound Of Hockey’s Darren Brown had you covered with some instant analysis. Today, we’re here to...
The Seattle Kraken finished October with an 8-5-1 record, putting them three points ahead of their Strive for 95 target and on a 98-point pace. With the NHL Global Series in Finland and challenging matchups against Carolina and Edmonton ahead, can the Kraken maintain their momentum through November?
It’s been an eventful few days for the Seattle Kraken organization, which took a brutal 6-2 loss at the Calgary Flames on Friday, put the ongoing Shane Wright drama to rest by trading him to the Nashville Predators for Matthew Wood on Sunday, and released its new...
The anchor-focused jersey that many Kraken fans have been clamoring for is now here. After much hinting at how Seattle’s “Hometown Remix” jerseys—part of a broader release that includes a new alternate jersey for all 32 NHL teams that were “designed to uniquely and...
The Shane Wright Era in Seattle has come to an end. The Kraken traded the 22-year-old former No. 4 overall pick to the Nashville Predators on Sunday in a 1-for-1 trade for 21-year-old winger Matthew Wood. Wright, whose agent, Kurt Overhardt, publicly requested a trade...
The Kraken began life without Jared McCann for the foreseeable future on Saturday, and the results were… not great. McCann, who had been a stalwart on the top line through the beginning stages of the season, is out 10 weeks with a lower-body injury, and the game...
The Seattle Kraken are off to a 5-2-0 start, with all four forward lines contributing. We examine the scoring, expected goals and deployment behind their early success.
On Friday night, the Seattle Kraken traveled to play the Detroit Red Wings in what turned out to be an eventful game. A second-period offensive explosion saw the Kraken come away with a 6-2 win. For everything the game had, it did not feature the likes of Red Wings...
There are many players on the Seattle Kraken roster who have “prove it” years ahead of them. Whether it’s for a contract next year, being able to maintain their production from the season prior, or taking a big step in development. There’s an argument to be made that...
Hello from the friendly skies en route back to Seattle! The Seattle Kraken split their two-game road trip, with a dominant 6-1 win at the Calgary Flames on Thursday and then a stinging 3-1 loss at the Edmonton Oilers on Saturday. They now return to Seattle to face...
Hello from Edmonton, where the Seattle Kraken are set to take on the fast-and-loose Edmonton Oilers Saturday at Rogers Place. Head coach Lane Lambert confirmed that forward Mackie Samoskevich will make his debut after sitting out the first game in Calgary with an...
For those of us who have had the Kraken on our minds since the final horn in Denver last spring, the wait is finally over. A long—occasionally newsy, but relatively uneventful—offseason is in the past. It all begins anew Thursday with the Seattle Kraken in Calgary to...
