The Seattle Kraken enter their fifth season of existence looking to get back to the Stanley Cup Playoffs. The Kraken have missed the playoffs in back-to-back seasons after making it in their second season. The Kraken will drop the puck on the 2025-26 season in 34 days when they face the Anaheim Ducks at home.
They will face all but two teams in their division four times, and the two teams they will face three times are the Calgary Flames and the San Jose Sharks. The Kraken will face all the Central Division teams three times and each Eastern Conference team twice, once at home and once on the road. They finished last season 35-41-6 with 76 points. The Kraken finished 12-12-2 with 26 points against the Pacific Division in 2024-25. The Kraken have a new coach this season in Lane Lambert. They hope that with the new coach and the few pieces added, it’s what’s needed to be a playoff team in 2025-26.
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Offseason Moves
Additions:
F – Mason Marchment – Trade/Dallas Stars
D – Ryan Lindgren – Free Agency/4-years
G – Matt Murray – Free Agency/1-year
Re-Signings:
F – Jake O’Brien – Free Agency/3-years
F – Tye Kartye – Free Agency/2-years
F – Kaapo Kakko – Free Agency/3-years
Subtractions:
F – Mikey Eyssimont – Free Agency/Boston Bruins
F – Brandon Biro – Free Agency/AK Bars Kazan
D – Niklas Brouillard – Free Agency/San Diego Gulls
D – Gustav Olofsson – Free Agency/Coachella Valley Firebirds
Roster
Forwards
Jaden Schwartz – Matty Beniers – Kaapo Kakko
Jared McCann – Chandler Stephenson – Jordan Eberle
Mason Marchment – Shane Wright – Eeli Tolvanen
Tye Kartye – Frederick Gaudreau – Jani Nyman
The Kraken top line combined for 122 points. They acquired Kaapo Kakko during the season last year, and he fit right in, recording 30 points in 49 games. They have their top five point scorers from last season back, along with a new youngster in Jani Nyman. Nyman, in 12 games, had six points for Seattle, and in the AHL, he had 44 points in 58 games.
Defense
Vince Dunn – Adam Larsson
Jamie Oleksiak – Brandon Montour
Ryan Lindgren – Ryker Evans
The Kraken’s biggest offseason acquisition was brought in Ryan Lindgren. He had 22 points last season in 72 games and finished with 128 blocked shots along with 80 hits. The top two pairings will look similar this season, but the blue line will be a key to this team if they want to compete in the Pacific Division.
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Power Play
Jaden Schwartz – Matty Beniers – Jordan Eberle – Vince Dunn – Jared McCann
Chandler Stephenson – Shane Wright – Kaapo Kakko – Brandon Montour – Eeli Tolvanen
The power play last season for the Kraken finished 23rd in the league with an 18.9%. The top unit combined for 18 goals last season. Wright led the team in power-play goals with seven, followed by Schwartz with seven, and Beniers and Montour adding five apiece.
Goalie
Joey Daccord – Philipp Grubauer
The Kraken will rely on Joey Daccord this season. Last season, he appeared in 57 games, going 27-23-5 with a .906 save percentage, a 2.75 goals-against average, and two shutouts. Grubauer will be the backup to start the season as he looks to rebound from a rough season. In 26 games, he went 8-17-1 with a .875 save percentage and a 3.49 goals-against average. Grubauer is just five seasons removed from when he finished third in Vezina Trophy voting.
Wrap Up:
The Kraken entering this season have the third-worst odds in the Western Conference to make the Finals as they are +10000. They are +10000 to win the Pacific Division, sitting ahead of the San Jose Sharks. Seattle is +550 to make the playoffs and -900 to miss. They didn’t add much this offseason to a team that struggled last season, so the odds speak for themselves. It may be a rough season in Seattle this season unless all things go right for the majority of this season.
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