Last Word On Hockey’s Puck Drop Previews are back for the 2022-23 season! As the regular season approaches, Last Word will preview each team’s current outlook and stories to watch for the upcoming year. We’ll also do our best to project how things will go for each team over the course of the campaign. Today, we’re previewing the 2022-23 Seattle Kraken. 2022-23 Seattle … [Read more...] about Puck Drop Preview: 2022-23 Seattle Kraken
Filling Every Vacant Captaincy in the NHL
With Nick Suzuki recently being named captain of the Montreal Canadiens and the youngest to don the captaincy in franchise history at just 23 years old, it leaves six franchises with a vacant captaincy across the NHL. Here are some players that could step into the role of NHL captains. Filling the NHL Captains Anaheim Ducks: Cam Fowler With former longtime captain Ryan Getzlaf, … [Read more...] about Filling Every Vacant Captaincy in the NHL
Seattle Kraken Best and Worst Free Agent Signings
Welcome to Last Word on Hockey’s 2022 summer series, exploring the best and worst free agent signings for each NHL team of the post-lockout, salary cap era. With this past offseason seeing some big splashes (and potential gambles) like Johnny Gaudreau, Claude Giroux, John Klingberg, and others, it’s time to take a look at how teams have boosted and stunted their progress in … [Read more...] about Seattle Kraken Best and Worst Free Agent Signings
Seattle Kraken Improving Roster in 2022-23 Offseason
After a lukewarm expansion draft last summer, Seattle Kraken General Manager Ron Francis received some criticism for his selections. Ultimately, he justified the process by stating their goal to “weaponize cap space”. Basically, the proven talent available to Seattle, for the most part, came with higher price tags. And many of those prices also had longer contract lengths tied … [Read more...] about Seattle Kraken Improving Roster in 2022-23 Offseason
RFA Off the Board – Ryan Donato Signs Contract
The Seattle Kraken restricted free agent centre Ryan Donato signs a one-year contract worth $ 1.2 million. This contract carries him through the 2022-23 season. RETURN OF THE DON! We’ve re-signed @DonatoRyan to a one-year deal with a 1.2M AAV → https://t.co/FypNUE6Kzg pic.twitter.com/pKOBD6wUVT — Seattle Kraken (@SeattleKraken) July 27, 2022 RFA Ryan Donato Signs … [Read more...] about RFA Off the Board – Ryan Donato Signs Contract