A “new voice” behind the bench is what General Manager Ron Francis believes the Kraken need following a 25th-place finish in league standings, and that’s what he’ll spend the offseason searching for. Monday, months away from the beginning of his two-year extension signed last offseason, the team relieved Dave Hakstol from head coaching duties. Additionally, the team announced assistant coach… Source ..read more

I guess that non-committal tone Ron took during exit interviews meant something after all. The Kraken unceremoniously just announced that they have relieved Head Coach David Hakstol of his duties via a press release: Hakstol presided over the Kraken as Head Coach for the past three seasons; amassing a 107-112-27 record and at least one Jack Adams nomination for his work in the 2022… Source ..read more

The AHL’s first round has come to a close, and the Firebirds, who have been patiently waiting for a foe to emerge, have at long last found their nemesis for this Best of 5 series. This year, Coachella Valley faces the Calgary Wranglers, who are no doubt looking to pay back the ‘Birds for knocking them out of the playoffs last year in an airtight series. The Firebirds have had a good long time to… Source ..read more

The potential for Macklin Celebrini to become a Seattle Kraken is low, but not zero. The day for that to become a reality is now set. The NHL announced today that the NHL Draft Lottery, which sets the order of the First round of the NHL Entry Draft’s first 16 picks, will take place on May 7th on ESPN, SportsNet, and TVAS. The time will likely be announced later on next week… Source ..read more

Our long, regional nightmare is over. The Seattle Kraken have parted ways with ROOT Sports and have signed a multi-year deal with Amazon Video and TEGNA, who owns the KING 5 and KONG channels. Here are the cliffs notes: It means you get to rejoice. Do some joicing, then do it again. Go on — you’ve earned it. The ROOT broadcast in itself was great, absolutely top-notch. A+… Source ..read more

Wednesday, the Seattle Kraken announced the signing of defenseman to a $908,000 entry-level contract. “We are excited for Caden to officially join our organization after a career year in the WHL,” general manager Ron Francis said via press release. “We’ve been impressed with his progress so far and are looking forward to seeing him continue to develop going forward. Source ..read more

As we’ve discussed, Seattle is not in the playoffs, and a lot of Western Conference teams are. So maybe you don’t want to give other teams in-conference your due. Maybe you’ve seen too much of the teams in your time zone to really feel safe giving them your all. So why not look east? Let’s take a look at what the other conference is bringing, even now that just about every series has… Source ..read more

What an incredible way to end the season if that had happened. Brock Faber, you are not cool with me right now. Not cool at all. The Kraken head into this offseason with not a lot of huge pieces to address, but they do need to re-sign Matty Beniers to a contract. We don’t know if we will see Tatar, Bellemare, Schultz, or Yamamoto again in a Kraken jersey. We will have plenty… Source ..read more

One more time. Then I gotta start thinking about the Firebirds. LET’S GO KRAKEN, LET’S GO SQUIDS… Source ..read more

“Do this: Go to your bedroom. Your nice, safe, warm bedroom that is not a glass coffin behind a morgue door. Lie down on your bed not made of ice. Stick your fingers in your ears. Do you hear that? The pulse of life from your heart, the slow in-and-out from your lungs? Even when you are silent, even when you block out all noise, your body is still a cacophony of life. Mine is not. Source ..read more