With the 2026 NHL Draft in the books, the Seattle Kraken have added eight more young players to the organization—five defensemen and three forwards. We're here today to bring you scouting insights, analysis, and video on all of them. If you want to see for yourself,...

With the sixth pick in the second round, the Seattle Kraken selected Casey Mutryn from the U.S. National Team Development Program. Mutryn, a 6-foot-3 right-shot winger, was ranked No. 32 on the Sound Of Hockey Big Board. Mutryn is a strong-skating, physical presence...

Welcome to the Sound Of Hockey NHL Draft Live Blog! The Seattle Kraken enter Day 2 of the NHL Draft with six picks—barring any trades, that’s the fewest selections they’ve had in any draft in their five-year history. We’ll be updating this post throughout the day as...

With the seventh overall pick in the 2026 NHL Draft, the Seattle Kraken selected Chase Reid, a right-shot defenseman from the OHL's Soo Greyhounds. The pick comes as a bit of surprise because most prognosticators had projected Reid to be drafted higher. There was some...

We've reached the culmination of Draft Week at Sound Of Hockey. The 2026 NHL Draft is here. The first round begins at 4:00 p.m. PT on Friday, June 26 (today). Catch it on ESPN, ESPN+, or NHL Network in the United States. Rounds 2–7 begin at 9:00 a.m. PT on Saturday,...

Well, if the Kraken’s “prolific” offseason hinged on landing a particular big fish, then general manager Jason Botterill took a massive swing at doing just that this week… and missed. According to reporting from Sportsnet’s Elliotte Friedman, the Kraken had worked out...

After sorting through video on scores of prospects, crunching numbers on thousands more, and reading countless reports, rankings, and mock drafts, I approach the finish line of the pre-draft process stuffed with impressions and opinions, both broad and specific. As...

When Kraken CEO Tod Leiweke held his end-of-season press conference in April, he raised eyebrows by indicating that the organization would bring in a third party to audit every facet of the team’s hockey operations procedures. It wasn’t intended to draw a ton of...

NHL Draft Week continues here at Sound Of Hockey with, arguably, my most anticipated post every year. Today, we have the Sound Of Hockey Big Board. As part of our draft process, we also published a midseason version of the Big Board, which you can check out here. What...

The Seattle Kraken made their first big splash of the offseason, trading the 25th overall pick to the Florida Panthers for 23-year-old forward Mackie Samoskevich. The move gives Seattle a young, skilled winger with speed, scoring upside, and Stanley Cup experience.

As we have done in years past, our Sound Of Hockey NHL Draft Scouting Video Hub is a compilation of shift-by-shift gameplay videos for hundreds of draft-eligible prospects. With the 2026 NHL Draft just a week away, there is no better time to actually put eyes on the...