We’re on to forwards now! Good thing, too. There’s only so many board battles and making sure a kid is in position in front of his goalie you can watch before you start to go cross-eyed. Mercifully to start, we’ve got a guy who seems like a perfectly cromulent pick for anyone looking to shore up the 200-foot game of their forward corps. Let’s go all the way to sunny Finland to meet Jukurit’s… Source ..read more

Sometimes, you just get a great performance. Sometimes, it’s John Hayden haunting the Admirals like an apparition. A fine win at home, and they’ll have a chance to get Game 2 on Friday, with the puck drop set for 7pm PT. We’ll see you there! Post the firebird when we win! Source ..read more

Seattle’s coaching vacancy is filled, and Dave Hakstol’s successor needs no introduction. Tuesday morning, the Kraken announced Dan Bylsma will become the second head coach in franchise history, promoting him from the same position he currently holds with their affiliate Coachella Valley Firebirds. Situated between owner Samantha Holloway and general manager Ron Francis at his debut press… Source ..read more

Well. Well. Well. Look who the cat dragged in. The Central Division has once again spat up the suspiciously Kraken-flavored Admirals and their admittedly very cool logo to face the Firebirds. The Ads and the Birds already have a storied Western Conference Championship under their belts from last year, where Coachella Valley nearly took Milwaukee to the limit before dispatching them. Source ..read more

The Kraken announced today via social media and their own website that they would be promoting Coachella Valley Firebirds coach Dan Bylsma to head coach of the Seattle Kraken; the 2nd in franchise history! Bylsma has been working for the organization since 2021; as a coach for the Charlotte Checkers whilst the organization put together the founding season of the Firebirds. As CV’s head… Source ..read more

Okay. So. I do not think the Kraken should draft Yakemchuk. They will have too many good players here to take before Carter Yakemchuk But I have intimate experience with teams reaching on players. Intimate. Experience. I don’t think the Kraken have done much of that at the Draft, so let’s use this as a thought experiment. What would make Carter Yakemchuk worth reaching on? Source ..read more

It’s always hard to separate Eastern European bias from players on a draft board, but fear not! I know you may see this name and that face and think of an enemy, but do not be discouraged After all, he is born of harder stuff, choosing every day to live in a post-soviet hellscape. A place where god seemingly stole all color from the world, and he takes it in the chin without complaint… Source ..read more

Welcome back to another week! I do these in sets of three going from monday to wednesday. Why? Because I HAVE THE EDITORIAL CONTROL, SMART GUY. I AM THE GOD, I AM THE GOD- Anywho, sometimes when a player ends up being really, really good in Junior/College/Europe; the health of the team around him is sometimes called into question. Sure he played 25 minutes a night in Linkoping… Source ..read more

The Firebirds are rolling! …But at what cost? The Firebirds leave the Desert to head out to San Bernadino County, where they will face the Ontario Reign on their home turf on Sunday with a chance to close the series out. That game drops the puck at 7pm PT. We’ll see you there! Keep Calm, and Post The Phoenix When We Win! …and hope Shane Wright’s okay. Source ..read more

The Reign have been shown capable of bleeding! They can be beaten! …The Firebirds just have to do it again. That’s the hard part. Ontario hasn’t been in the position of having to get even in a series all playoffs, and as such their response will be very telling; will they bury the Firebirds in an avalanche of pucks to start the game? Will they sit back on their heels given how well… Source ..read more