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2024–25 Seattle Kraken season

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2024–25 Seattle Kraken
DivisionPacific
ConferenceWestern
2024–25 record34–35–13
Home record0–0–0
Road record0–0–0
Goals for0
Goals against0
Team information
General managerRon Francis
CoachDan Bylsma
CaptainTBD
Alternate captainsJordan Eberle
Yanni Gourde
Adam Larsson
Jaden Schwartz
ArenaClimate Pledge Arena
Minor league affiliate(s)Coachella Valley Firebirds (AHL)
Kansas City Mavericks (ECHL)
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The 2024–25 Seattle Kraken season is the fourth season for the National Hockey League (NHL) franchise. They play their home games at Climate Pledge Arena. This will is the first season of Dan Bylsma being the Kraken's head coach.

Off-season[edit]

On April 29, 2024, following the end of the 2023–24 season, Seattle Kraken head coach Dave Hakstol was fired.[1] The previous season, the Kraken were mediocre, scoring only 217 goals, getting eliminated from playoff contention on April 3, and finishing their season with a 34–35–13 record and 81 points.[2][3] The Kraken organization made the decision to replace him with Coachella Valley Firebirds head coach Dan Bylsma on May 28.[4]

Standings[edit]

Schedule and results[edit]

Preseason[edit]

The preseason schedule was released on June 26, 2024.[5]

Regular season[edit]

The Seattle Kraken regular season schedule has not yet been announced.

2024–25 regular season game log: 0–0–0 (home: 0–0–0; road: 0–0–0)

Legend:   Win (2 points)   Loss (0 points)   Overtime/shootout loss (1 point)

Player statistics[edit]

Skaters[edit]

Regular season
Player GP G A Pts +/− PIM

Goaltenders[edit]

Regular season
Player GP GS TOI W L OT GA GAA SA SV% SO G A PIM

Roster[edit]

Updated April 25, 2024[6][7]

No. Nat Player Pos S/G Age Acquired Birthplace
41 France Pierre-Edouard Bellemare C L 39 2023 Le Blanc-Mesnil, France
10 United States Matty Beniers C L 21 2021 Hingham, Massachusetts
22 Denmark Oliver Bjorkstrand RW R 29 2022 Herning, Denmark
3 United States Will Borgen D R 27 2021 Moorhead, Minnesota
95 Sweden Andre Burakovsky LW L 29 2022 Klagenfurt, Austria
35 United States Joey Daccord G L 27 2021 Boston, Massachusetts
8 United States Brian Dumoulin D L 29 2023 Biddeford, Maine
29 Canada Vince Dunn D L 27 2021 Mississauga, Ontario
7 Canada Jordan Eberle (A) RW R 34 2021 Regina, Saskatchewan
37 Canada Yanni Gourde (A) C L 32 2021 Saint-Narcisse, Quebec
31 Germany Philipp Grubauer G L 32 2021 Rosenheim, Germany
52 Canada Tye Kartye LW L 23 2022 Kingston, Ontario
6 Sweden Adam Larsson (A) D R 31 2021 Skellefteå, Sweden
19 Canada Jared McCann C L 28 2021 Stratford, Ontario
24 Canada Jamie Oleksiak D L 31 2021 Toronto, Ontario
17 Canada Jaden Schwartz (A) LW L 32 2021 Melfort, Saskatchewan
4 Canada Justin Schultz D R 33 2022 Kelowna, British Columbia
13 Canada Brandon Tanev LW L 32 2021 Toronto, Ontario
90 Slovakia Tomas Tatar LW L 33 2023 Ilava, Czechoslovakia
20 Finland Eeli Tolvanen RW L 25 2022 Vihti, Finland
56 United States Kailer Yamamoto RW R 25 2023 Spokane, Washington


Transactions[edit]

The Kraken have been involved in the following transactions during the 2024–25 season.

Key:

 †  Contract is entry-level.
 ‡  Contract initially takes effect in the 2025–26 season.

Trades[edit]

Date Details Ref

Free agents acquired[edit]

Date Player Former team Term Via Ref

Players lost[edit]

Date Player New team Term Via Ref

Player signings[edit]

Date Player Term Ref

Draft picks[edit]

Below will be the Seattle Krakens' selections at the 2024 NHL Entry Draft, which will be held on June 28 and 29, 2024, in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Round # Player Pos Nationality College/Junior/Club (League)
1 8
2 40
63[A]
3 73
88[B]
4 105
5 141[C]
7 202[D]

Notes

  1. ^ The New York Rangers' second-round pick will go to the Seattle Kraken as the result of a trade on March 6, 2024, that sent Alexander Wennberg to New York in exchange for a conditional fourth-round pick in 2025 and this pick.[8]
  2. ^ The Toronto Maple Leafs' third-round pick will go to the Seattle Kraken as the result of a trade on March 20, 2022, that sent Mark Giordano and Colin Blackwell to Toronto in exchange for a second-round pick in both 2022 and 2023 and this pick.[9]
  3. ^ The Florida Panthers' fifth round pick will go to the Seattle Kraken as the result of a trade that sent the Kraken's sixth round and seventh round picks to Florida in exchange for this pick.[10]
  4. ^ The Calgary Flames' seventh-round pick will go to the Seattle Kraken as the result of a trade on March 16, 2022, that sent Calle Jarnkrok to Calgary in exchange for Florida's second-round pick in 2022, a third-round pick in 2023 and this pick.[11]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Kraken Fire Head Coach Dave Hakstol". Pro Hockey Rumors. April 29, 2024. Retrieved April 29, 2024.
  2. ^ "2023–24 Seattle Kraken season on Hockey-Reference.com". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved June 27, 2024.
  3. ^ Greenspan, Dan (April 3, 2024). "Moore scores hat trick, Kings defeat Kraken to gain in wild card". NHL.com. Retrieved April 19, 2024.
  4. ^ "Bylsma hired as coach of Kraken, replaces Hakstol". NHL.com. May 28, 2024. Retrieved May 28, 2024.
  5. ^ "Seattle Kraken Announce Pre-Season Schedule And More Ticket Options Than Ever Before". NHL.com. June 26, 2024. Retrieved June 27, 2024.
  6. ^ "Seattle Kraken Roster". National Hockey League. Retrieved April 25, 2024.
  7. ^ "Seattle Kraken Hockey Transactions". The Sports Network. Retrieved April 25, 2024.
  8. ^ "Rangers Acquire Alex Wennberg". NHL.com. New York Rangers. March 6, 2024. Retrieved March 6, 2024.
  9. ^ "Maple Leafs acquire veteran D Giordano from Kraken". TSN.ca. March 20, 2022. Retrieved July 2, 2022.
  10. ^ "Trade Alert". Seattle Kraken on Twitter. June 29, 2024. Retrieved June 29, 2024.
  11. ^ "Jarnkrok traded to Flames by Kraken". NHL.com. March 16, 2022. Retrieved July 2, 2022.