The Sound Of Hockey Podcast welcomes a fantastic guest this week in the great Lisa Dillman, Senior Writer covering the Los Angeles Kings for The Athletic. Lisa previously worked at the Los Angeles Times for 23 years, so she has stories for days. With Lisa, the...
During the 2017 Expansion Draft, it was slim pickings for the Vegas Golden Knights when it came to the Edmonton Oilers’ player pool, but thankfully for the Seattle Kraken, there’s a little bit more meat on the bone this time around. The Oilers, with Hart Trophy...
Spending up to the salary cap and chasing that elusive Stanley Cup will leave the Toronto Maple Leafs open for Seattle Kraken to exploit them in the 2021 Expansion Draft.
2020-21 NHL Season It appears that the NHL season will start on January 13th with 56 games, or at least that's the latest plan. It still needs to be voted on by the NHL Board of Governors, but it appears very close to being fully baked. Realignment Due to the ongoing...
It feels like a lifetime - because time has become a flat circle - but in reality, it was just two December 4th’s ago when hundreds of hockey fans packed into Henry’s Tavern in South Lake Union neighborhood of Seattle. It was early in the morning and it was cold, but...
Of all the teams we’ve reviewed at Sound Of Hockey thus far, the Winnipeg Jets may present the best assortment of NHL-ready players for the Seattle Kraken in the 2021 Expansion Draft. But who knows what might change between then and now? A promising...
After a tough go in 2017, Minnesota Wild fans are wondering how their team will handle the Seattle Kraken Expansion Draft in 2021. When the Golden Knights constructed their first roster through their own Expansion Draft, it was widely publicized that a number of teams...
A push to end the league’s longest current playoff drought has the Buffalo Sabres giving the Seattle Kraken some interesting options for the 2021 NHL Expansion Draft.
With Thanksgiving right around the corner, I want to dole out some gratefulness to people and organizations in the hockey world that have had a positive impact on my life this past year. So, here I am, giving thanks for hockey. The Arrival of Post-Hockey-Playing-Days...
The Devils have some intriguing pieces for the Seattle Kraken in their upcoming Expansion Draft. New Jersey was one of the “winners” of the 2019 offseason after making a few splashy trades and signings and re-shaping the look of its roster. It followed that up,...
The Anaheim Ducks have an interesting pool of both veteran and young players that the Kraken may be able to select from at the NHL Expansion Draft.
The NHL return to play date is still up in the air, and now the league has a conflict with the NHLPA over salaries. Due to the pandemic limiting income for the league owners, the NHL approached the players' union looking to change the agreement struck in the CBA this...
