The puck drops at 7:00 pm PT tonight on a new season for the Coachella Valley Firebirds, the Kraken’s AHL affiliate. Between Josh Horton, me, and the rest of the Sound Of Hockey team, we hope to bring you more Firebirds and Kraken prospect coverage than ever this...
It is no secret that an area where the Seattle Kraken have an opportunity to improve this season is their power play. That's not to say it was horrible all last season - Seattle ranked 21st in the league - but isolating just playoff teams, they ranked 14th out of the...
Welcome to the inaugural Deep Sea Blue Chips, a ranking of the top Seattle Kraken prospects according to public scouting services and prospect analysts. As mentioned on Episode 252 of the Sound Of Hockey Podcast, I compiled seven public sources providing...
With a new crop of prospects from the 2023 NHL Draft, the Seattle Kraken’s farm system is starting to take shape. The third draft class for Seattle was quite the haul, with 10 picks, four of which were selected in the top 60. Especially with some prospects from...
On last week's episode of the Sound Of Hockey Podcast, I forecasted that the biggest need for the Seattle Kraken early in the 2023-24 NHL season will be a right-handed center. This was not the first time I mentioned the need after the Kraken chose to not qualify the...
From July 29 through Aug. 4, some of the best under-20 players from the United States, Finland, and Sweden met at the home of the U.S. National Team Development Program in Plymouth, Mich. Each team has the same goal: Winning the 2024 World Junior Championship starting...
We hear a lot about it, but when is the "competitive window" open for the Seattle Kraken? It's a question John Barr and Darren Brown received in the most recent Sound Of Hockey Podcast mailbag episode, and one I've been thinking about. Asked about the expected...
The Seattle Kraken made two moves on Friday afternoon. First, the team announced it was signing veteran, unrestricted free agent forward Pierre-Édouard Bellemare to a one-year, league minimum $775,000 contract. About an hour later, Elliotte Friedman reported that the...
Typically, the Friday afternoon press release evokes dread in a fanbase. It's almost always bad news. And there was some of that yesterday, with Daniel Sprong and Morgan Geekie being cut loose. But at 4:18 p.m. Pacific, news of the opposite kind broke: goalie (and...
The Seattle Kraken announced Friday that they had extended qualifying offers to restricted free agents Will Borgen, Vince Dunn, Cale Fleury, and Kole Lind. This means those four players will most likely be back with the organization for the 2023-24 season, barring...
Welcome to the Sound Of Hockey NHL Entry Draft live blog. The Kraken have ten picks in total today. We will continue to add information about their selections here throughout the day. The most recent updates will show up first, so scroll down on the page to see...
Last week, we published the 2023 Sound Of Hockey Big Board. Give it a read. It compiles player information, statistics, and public draft rankings from reporters and scouting services for thousands of prospects in the 2022 NHL Draft. Today, with the draft just days...
