Seattle Kraken Training Camp is almost here, and who better to talk to in the waning days of the offseason than Kraken assistant general manager Alex Mandrycky?! John, Andy, and Darren interviewed Alex at Kraken Community Iceplex on the same morning the news of her...
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Kraken promote Alex Mandrycky to assistant general manager
The Kraken have elevated Alexandra Mandrycky into an assistant general manager role with the club. The promotion comes after Mandrycky served as the team’s director of hockey strategy and research during the buildup to the 2021 Expansion Draft and Seattle's inaugural...
Episode 203 – Featuring Yanni Gourde
As promised on the previous show, Episode 203 is a unique one, which welcomes a big-time guest in Seattle Kraken forward Yanni Gourde. With Darren on vacation this week, the interview makes up essentially the entire episode. It's a fantastic interview that covers...
Episode 202 – A Quick Late-Summer Jaunt
This week's episode of the Sound Of Hockey Podcast is a quick one but a fun one. With minimal Kraken news to discuss, John, Andy, and Darren focus on the hockey world as a whole. They start with a brief World Junior Championship discussion, then move to a WHL Update,...
Sound Analysis: What Andre Burakovsky will bring to the Kraken
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...
Episode 201 – A New Era
The new era of the Sound Of Hockey Podcast has arrived. Nothing has changed, really, but now the guys are beyond Episode 200 and into a new realm of numbers. On this episode, the guys start (as they typically do) with Kraken news, focused around the Eddie Olczyk...
Data Dump: 2022 NHL free agency spending
With the signing of John Klingberg last Friday, we can start to do some analysis of the free agency period this offseason. There are still plenty of NHL players out there, but they will trickle in until late September, and it feels possible Nazem Kadri will wait to...
BREAKING NEWS: Kraken acquire Oliver Bjorkstrand in trade with Blue Jackets
We knew it. We just knew the Kraken weren’t done making moves this offseason, and they showed on Friday that they were willing to use up most of their remaining $9+ million in cap space to make themselves better. The team announced that it had acquired 27-year-old...
Episode 197 – Are the Kraken Mostly Done with Offseason Moves?
It has been a very busy week around the hockey world and for the Seattle Kraken. Now that the dust has settled, John, Andy, and Darren have a lot to recap and consider, and they do just that on this week's episode of the Sound Of Hockey Podcast. The guys start with a...
Photo Gallery – Kraken Development Camp – Wednesday 7/13/22
All photos taken by Brian Liesse. Photos are property of Sound Of Hockey and may not be re-used.
Kraken development camp scrimmage ends with Shane Wright signing his entry-level contract
The Seattle Kraken prospects got a taste of game action Wednesday afternoon at the Kraken Community Iceplex, but the biggest moment happened immediately after. Players were split into three sperate teams, and the one wearing light blue sweaters, which featured Shane...
Episode 196 – Donato Likely Out / Prospects Here / Free Agency Prep
This has been and will continue to be an extremely busy couple of weeks for the Seattle Kraken. They followed up an awesome draft by bringing all their prospects in for development camp, which remains underway. That camp coincides with the deadline for qualifying...