A few weeks ago, I spent some time digging into NHL playoff projections based on an adjusted goal differential. I forecasted a rough estimate of where the Seattle Kraken could land, based on that metric, in the 2022-23 season with their off-season moves. In this post,...
Last week we posted our video analysis of Seattle's biggest free agent signing of the summer, Andre Burakovsky. This week, we return with a look at Seattle's most significant veteran addition overall, trade acquisition Oliver Bjorkstrand. As was the case with the...
Hailing from Kelowna, BC, new Seattle Kraken defenseman Justin Schultz is glad to be back on the West Coast. He’s played the past seven years in Pittsburgh and Washington, which made it hard for family to travel to see him live. It was part of the attraction that...
If you can believe it, a new Kraken season is just about a month away now. So, it's about time to start limbering up those hockey muscles again. Over the next few weeks, we'll take a close look at some of the new comers (and one recent comer) and how they might...
The Seattle Kraken have made some shrewd moves this offseason. They are not a Stanley Cup contender at this stage, but we do think they have improved themselves enough to at least be in the playoff conversation come March. Of course, we should caveat that we thought...
With the entry draft in the rearview mirror, an eventful free agency period now entering the sleepy August phase, and most in the NHL community taking some time for rest and relaxation, now is as good a time as any to take stock of the offseason and what might come...
In the third installment of this "becoming a playoff contender" series, we evaluate the Seattle Kraken offseason moves and determine what are the chances they make the playoffs. If you need a refresher, in Part 1, we determined that an NHL team will need a...
Sounding as much as we possibly can like Steve Van Zandt’s character, Silvio Dante, from The Sopranos: “Just when you think he’s out… They pull him… back in!” Yes, Kraken general manager Ron Francis has brought back fan favorite, Ryan Donato, on a one-year deal worth...
On Sunday afternoon, the Seattle Kraken agreed to terms with two players on one-year deals: 24-year-old forward Morgan Geekie and 31-year-old defenseman Michal Kempny. Let's dive into our first reactions on the players, the contracts, and projected roles for the...
Along with Kraken fans, we here at Sound Of Hockey continue to wait on any late-breaking news regarding NHL-level roster moves. We will cover it here whenever any additional transactions are announced. In the meantime, however, we wanted to revisit Seattle's crucial...
Who said hockey season was over?! What a wild and crazy week this has been for Kraken fans, who have been on quite the roller coaster ride. After watching Seattle crush it in last week’s NHL Entry Draft, they got to see the team’s future take the ice at Kraken...
SEATTLE – Shane Wright said it best this week when describing how hearing his name called at the NHL Draft fulfilled a childhood dream. He’s right, and most of the players participating in the Seattle Kraken’s first development camp lived that dream out in some way....
