In part I our Kraken roundtable discussion, we considered which restricted free agents will be back next season, as well as which players within the organization may make strides in 2022-23. In this second part, we make some wild predictions about who the Kraken might...
The Kraken players have cleaned out their lockers. Darren Brown is back to covering the Wild full time (not really). John Barr is watching the NHL playoffs for us. Andy Eide is finally getting some sleep (but not so much sleep that it prevents your favorite WHL...
The feeling is back. It’s a really hard feeling to explain, but it’s like a combination of unbridled joy mixed with existential dread for what you know will likely happen. It’s trying to avoid getting your hopes up, but then something good happens, and suddenly you...
Goaltending has been a fickle beast for the Seattle Kraken in their inaugural season, and it will remain a fickle beast for at least part of the upcoming offseason. In the first couple months of play, starter Philipp Grubauer had a tough go, as did backup Chris...
Seattle Kraken coach Dave Hakstol walked into a packed media room at Kraken Community Iceplex on Monday, looked at the many reporters and cameras that had assembled there, and said wryly, “Looks like everyone is excited for Game 73.” When general manager Ron Francis...
Be Alison. That was the most useful piece of advice that Alison Lukan received before going on the air for the Seattle Kraken’s game against the Washington Capitals on March 5. It was so important, in fact, that she wrote it down in a notebook and made sure to review...
The Seattle Kraken got their guy. On Tuesday the team announced that Jared McCann had signed a five-year contract extension that will pay him an average of $5 million per season. Barring a trade, the deal will keep McCann in Seattle through the 2026-27 season. It is...
With the NHL All-Star break in the rearview mirror, we thought it would be a good time for a roundtable discussion to get the staff’s takes on the biggest surprises and disappointments and the favorite on- and off-ice moments of this inaugural Seattle Kraken season. ...
Maybe it hasn’t quite gone as well as we hoped it would for the Seattle Kraken in their first year. They are not the 2017-18 Vegas Golden Knights—not even close, in fact—and it does look like there is at least a couple-year process that will need to be endured before...
If hindsight is 20/20, then foresight is a superpower. The Seattle Kraken are firmly planted in last place in the Pacific Division and look like a more traditional expansion team than many expected. With that in mind, there have been a lot of folks trying to figure...
As mid-season training camp (that’s what we’re calling this week) continued for the Seattle Kraken on Friday, the team was all smiles. The players battled, scrimmaged, and celebrated their goals against one another. With all three of their games postponed due to...
With a break in the Seattle Kraken schedule, here is a trip around the boards, giving you some quick hits on what's been happening with the team of late. Game postponements If you have not heard by now, the only game remaining on the Seattle Kraken schedule this week...
