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In a landmark move, the Kraken announced Thursday they've ended their ROOT Sports partnership in favor of showing games for free over the air next season with Tegna-owned stations locally as well as through Amazon Prime streaming across three states. KING 5 becomes the team's official television partner in the multi-year deal and will simulcast more than 15 of the 70-plus ...

SEATTLE – Various opinions are floating around about the Seattle Kraken’s handling of Dave Hakstol and his coaching staff .

SEATTLE – Kraken general manager Ron Francis said Monday that an evaluation of coach Dave Hakstol and his staff is ongoing and added that he won’t have an answer on their future until that is complete.

SEATTLE – On May 15, 2023, thousands of fans filed into Climate Pledge Arena to watch a hockey game. They came in jerseys and octopus hats and blue hair dye and mermaid fins, looking the playoff part. They came despite the unrelenting 86-degree heat, a Seattle spring outlier. They came with signs and dolls donning custom-made Kraken jerseys, with hockey sticks and hope.

SAINT PAUL, Minn. — Kraken goalie Joey Daccord was his team’s feel-good story in their third season of franchise existence, so it was almost inevitable he’d be tasked to salvage the Thursday night finale of a disappointing campaign.

WINNIPEG, Manitoba — There were plenty of opportunities for the Kraken to quit by the early second period stages of the one game they definitely weren’t supposed to win on this trip.

DALLAS — Eleven months since their prior season ended here in a Game 7 playoff heartbreaker, the Kraken are winding down another campaign under far different circumstances of disappointment.

Though it’s tough to tell amid a season in which the Seattle Kraken’s playoff hopes vanished weeks ago, there has been progress by the franchise on certain fronts.

ANAHEIM, Calif. — An early stolen puck in the offensive zone and quick shot on net was the first sign Kraken forward Shane Wright was tuned in and ready to do some damage.

LOS ANGELES – One of the more bizarre streaks of the Kraken’s short history finally had its closing chapter written here Wednesday night by an offense that could barely get a shot off when it mattered.

Kraken prospect Shane Wright says he's learned plenty more about professional hockey since his last stint with the team four months ago. Namely, the No. 4 overall pick in the July 2022 NHL draft is figuring out how to hang on to the puck and play a better defensive style when away from it. And now, with limited games to see Wright play before next season, the Kraken ...

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SEATTLE – When the Kraken went out for a third-period power play, they were up by a goal. By the time it ended, they were trailing by one. Yes, you read that right.

Every pressure cooker needs an outlet valve and the Kraken’s wound up scalding their bystander opponents big-time Tuesday night with pent-up steam let loose early and often.

Had they bottled up the first 24 seconds of Monday night’s game and gone home, it would have been a perfect outing for a Kraken team in desperate need of one.

With a month to go in the Seattle Kraken’s NHL season and playoffs now looking like a wild dream more than a wild-card dream, here are a few thoughts on a season that wasn’t from Kraken writers Geoff Baker and Kate Shefte.

SEATTLE – Some line shuffling by the Kraken failed to jumpstart an offense missing in action much of this homestand, including Saturday night in a fourth consecutive loss.

SEATTLE – Trying desperately to hang around the playoff fringes, the Kraken once again found themselves playing catch-up hockey Thursday night in the final period for the third straight home game.

SEATTLE – The Seattle Kraken trailed the Vegas Golden Knights after Tuesday’s second period. That really wouldn’t do against the team holding the second wild-card playoff spot in the West, a position the Kraken want badly but had only have 18 games left to secure.