Evaluating Kraken’s Options for Next Captain & 2nd Round Draft Targets
Plus, a look back at the 2021 NHL Expansion Draft before the franchise's inaugural season.
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Seattle Kraken Team Captain Candidates
June 5, 2024 by Edgar Chaput
The Seattle Kraken have not had a team captain for over two years. The franchise’s original talisman, Mark Giordano, was traded to the Toronto Maple Leafs in March 2022 in the franchise’s first season of existence. Since then, the club has operated with a few alternate captains. Given that the team is now in semi-rebuilding mode insofar as they need to get back to the playoffs and just hired a new head coach in Dan Bylsma, the time has come to nominate a new team captain.
Seattle Kraken’s 2nd Round Options at 2024 Draft
May 31, 2024 by Edgar Chaput
With barely a month to go before the 2024 NHL Entry Draft in Las Vegas, discussions about what teams will do on June 28 and 29 is heating up. We’ve already penned a Round 1 draft analysis, which tends to be the most exciting round insofar as it usually reveals what each club believes its most pressing need is. But plenty of solid and sometimes great players get selected in subsequent rounds. Those chosen between the 33rd and 64th spots don’t get the glitz and glamor of those chosen in the top 32, but they’re no slouches either.
Today we explores what the Seattle Kraken’s needs and options will be come the sophomore phase of the draft.
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Revisiting Seattle Kraken’s Expansion Draft 3 Years Later
May 31, 2024 by Michael Ostrower
With the Seattle Kraken’s expansion draft three-year anniversary coming up, it is a great time to assess the team’s first few seasons as an NHL franchise. In the club’s three seasons, they have gone 107-112-27, making the playoffs just once in the 2022-23 season where they fell in Round 2 to the Dallas Stars. They have had just one head coach, Dave Hakstol, but have since moved on to Dan Bylsma moving forward. With change on the horizon, let’s analyze the team’s expansion draft selections, the first of many decisions that have shaped its young history thus far.