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@SeattleKraken
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#SeaKraken
practice getting underway soon. Goalies taking turns acting as the netfront screener. In this case, Philipp Grubauer trying to peek around Magnus Hellberg
Most consecutive strikes thrown to start an MLB game (since 1988):
GEORGE KIRBY - 24 - Today vs Nationals
Joe Musgrove - 21 - 8/30/18 vs STL
Ervin Santana - 20 - 4/9/14 vs NYM
Kyle Wright - 18 - 7/9 vs Nationals
Roy Halladay - 18 - 4/30/11 vs NYM
via
@StatsBySTATS
#Mariners
Since people seemed to like the first one...
Thread on new
#SeaKraken
signee Kailer Yamamoto.
Resume: Spokane native, former Spokane Chief, 1st round pick (22nd overall) by Edmonton in 2017, 1 NHL season with 20+ goals (2021-22).
Contract: 1 year, $1.5M AAV
Why I like it:
A thread on new
#SeaKraken
signee Brian Dumoulin.
You know his resume (2x Stanley Cup Champion, alternate captain in PIT for 4 seasons, key part of Penguins' long-time top D-pair alongside Kris Letang).
You know the contract (2 years, $3.15M AAV).
Let's go beyond that.
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.
@Firebirds
Joey Daccord finished one of the biggest workloads we’ve seen in a
#CalderCup
Playoff run:
+ Played all 26 CV playoff games. Never replaced
+ New
@TheAHL
record: most minutes played in a playoff
+ Faced (& stopped) more shots than any goalie since at least 2005*
The NHL season is about to begin.
Consider this a friendly reminder that you will see a wide range of video, stats & info used on
#SEAKraken
broadcasts on
@ROOTSPORTS_NW
.
Some of it may be new to you or from places you're not familiar with. That's ok! We're here to help.
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Despite what appears to be a death glare into the crowd (and Alison seemingly trying to mentally will me into saying nice things):
We’re honored to win this award for a 2nd straight
#SeaKraken
season. We couldn’t do what we do without a tremendous group of dozens of coworkers.
With Yanni Gourde's goal tonight,
@SeattleKraken
now have 13 different players with 12+ goals this season.
Most in the
@NHL
this season, & most in more than 30 years (the 1991-'92 Washington Capitals).
#SeaKraken
trying to chase down all-time record of 14 (h/t
@OptaStats
)
Quick note on the
#SEAKraken
"kid line" of Kartye-Morrison-Winterton tonight vs
#Ducks
:
At 5v5 they were the best SEA line combo by:
- Shot attempts (+10)
- Unblocked shot attempts (+7)
- Shots on goal (+4)
- Share of shot quality (86.9%)
Quite an impression
(via
@NatStatTrick
)
Before Matty Beniers' 1st
#SeaKraken
game, we showed you on
@ROOTSPORTS_NW
how the "average" Top-5 draft pick performed in their first 10 NHL games (FWDs only, since 2011 draft).
With Matty's first 10 NHL games now done, here's a side-by-side comparison (info via
@StatsBySTATS
):
The
@SeattleKraken
:
+ Team record 9 straight wins
+ First NHL team to win first 5 games to start a calendar year in 2 straight years
+ 4th game w/ 7 goals, tied for most in the NHL this season
+ Joey Daccord: 12-game point streak, 8-game win streak both best by
#SEAKraken
goalie
.
@NHL
will start revealing finalists for this year's major awards tomorrow, with the Selke & Lady Byng trophies.
Of particular note for
@SeattleKraken
fans: finalists for the Calder Memorial Trophy (aka NHL Rookie of The Year) will be announced on Wednesday.
#SeaKraken
#SeaKraken
Tye Kartye scored his 3rd goal during the
#StanleyCupPlayoffs
. He's 5th skater to make their NHL debut in the playoffs & score 3+ goals before skating in a regular-season game. Others: Chris Kreider (5), Eddie Mazur (4), George McPhee (3) & Ray Cote (3) (via
#NHLStats
)
Vince Dunn was credited with a secondary assist on the goal by Jaden Schwartz.
@SeattleKraken
blue liner is now 1 of 8 defensemen with 100+ points since the start of 2022-23.
In that same timespan:
#SEAKraken
Dunn is 4th among all D-men in even strength pts (71)
(via
#NHLStats
)
One of the questions entering
#SeaKraken
vs
#GoAvsGo
was how Seattle's goaltending would perform in the
#StanleyCupPlayoffs
.
Philipp Grubauer answered it - and elevated his play while facing a harder workload on a nightly basis than during the season (via
@EvolvingHockey
)
@DownGoesBrown
NHL, continued: "So we'll just swap AHL 4th liners or defensemen who are the same handedness and play the same position to send a message."
#BREAKING
: Washington State just approved King Co. to move to Phase 2 in the state's reopening plan.
Island, Lewis, and Mason counties were just cleared to move to Phase 3.
#komonews
#SEAKraken
lines look like this after final cuts:
McCann-Beniers-Eberle
Schwartz-Wennberg-Burakovsky
Tolvanen-Gourde-Bjorkstrand
Kartye-Bellemare-Tanev
Dunn-Larsson
Oleksiak-Borgen
Dumoulin-Schultz
Megna
Grubauer / Daccord
Most important Q&A from
#SeaKraken
practice involved Morgan Geekie. Rough exchange below:
@ryan_s_clark
: So have you out pizza’d the hut yet?
MG: No. It’s impossible. Ask them.
RC: What if they approached you about being a pitch-man?
MG: I AM a pitch-man. I have a gold card
File this under "things I'm not sure anyone anticipated":
#SeaKraken
Philipp Grubauer has been as good or better than
#TexasHockey
Jake Oettinger during the
#StanleyCupPlayoffs
-- despite facing a higher workload in terms of both shot volume, & shot quality.
(via
@EvolvingWild
)
Quick perspective on Joey Daccord of late:
Yes, he has the longest shutout streak in
#SEAKraken
franchise history (158:34).
He also owns the longest shutout streak in the NHL this season.
Tonight vs
#Sens
he edged out Cam Talbot (156:14) & Karel Vejmelka (156:55)
Another
#SeaKraken
NHL-level signing means another thread. This time our focus is Pierre-Édouard Bellemare.
Resume: veteran center, 660 NHL games of experience, spent past 6 seasons with 3 of NHL's best (VGK/COL/TBL).
Contract: 1-year, $775K
Let's dive in...
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As seen on
@ROOTSPORTS_NW
Postgame show:
#SeaKraken
are a playoff team on Thanksgiving Day (US). How big of a deal is that?
In 82-game seasons during cap era, 76.34% of those teams made the playoffs. 75.89% have done it since current playoff format was adopted
Via
@OptaSTATS
Julio Rodríguez now 3rd player in
#Mariners
franchise history to record 100 hits in an MLB career before turning 22 (Julio: 21 years, 226 days).
Others who did it (and at what age):
+ Ken Griffey Jr. (19 years, 282 days)
+ Alex Rodriguez (20 years, 313 days)
via
@StatsBySTATS
In light of
#SEAKraken
Jordan Eberle's 17th goal of the season:
Ebs is one of 4 active skaters with 16+ goals in 14 straight seasons. His company:
Alex Ovechkin (19)
John Tavares (15)
*Eberle* (14)
Brad Marchand (14)
It’s game day
@ClimateArena
. Morning skate for the
#SeaKraken
is beginning in less than one hour.
Spotted Chris Driedger out on the ice early this morning. The Kraken placed Driedger on IR one week ago. We have not seen him practice with the team since.
#SEAKraken
Adam Larsson with some strong praise of young defenseman Ryker Evans. The two are expected to be paired up again tonight vs EDM.
Asked about Evans, Larsson told reporters:
"Ryker is a player that's going to play in this league for a long, long time."
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#SeaKraken
lines look like this at AM skate before first
#StanleyCupPlayoffs
game vs
#GoAvsGo
(via
@PiperShawTV
):
McCann-Beniers-Eberle
Schwartz-Wennberg-Geekie
Tolvanen-Gourde-Bjorkstrand
Tanev-Donato-Sprong
(Froden)
Dunn-Larsson
Oleksiak-Borgen
Soucy-Schultz
(Megna-Fleury)
Not sure why on earth this happened.
Marisa is a great person & reporter. Thoroughly have enjoyed her hockey writing this season and in years past. She should be covering a team. No “ifs or buts” about it.
On Jan. 28, I was fired by The Seattle Times without warning. I’m shocked and disappointed and wish I had more answers. I have much more to say and hopefully will be back writing soon.
Looks like a shakeup in
#SEAKraken
forward lines may be in the works for tonight.
Combos at morning skate (per the
@ROOTSPORTS_NW
travel team in Dallas):
Tatar-Beniers-Eberle
McCann-Wennberg-Tanev
Tolvanen-Gourde-Bjorkstrand
Kartye-Bellemare-Yamamoto
D-pairs unchanged
As seen on
@ROOTSPORTS_NW
,
#SeaKraken
GM Ron Francis on evaluating a potential move:
"We don't have anyone in the top-9 whose contract is expiring. Quite honestly, I like our top-9 when we're healthy & Burky is in there. I think that group has been really good all season long."
Oliver Bjorkstrand is officially in special company.
The
@SeattleKraken
winger is now 1 of 5
@NHL
players to post 20+ goals and 55+ takeaways in each of the last 3 seasons.
His peers (as seen on
@ROOTSPORTS_NW
#SEAKraken
Postgame Show -- with help from our friends
@OptaSTATS
):
How good was Chris Driedger for
#SEAKraken
tonight?
Factor in
#Flames
shot locations & quality, Calgary "should" have scored 4+ goals (4.2). Only one of the 53 unblocked pucks fired by the Flames beat him.
The 3.2 "extra" goals saved are a new career-high (via
@EvolvingHockey
)
Philipp Grubauer made a statement in Game 1 for
#SeaKraken
. Factor in where
#GoAvsGo
shot from (& quality of those shots), Colorado "should" have scored 3+ goals. They beat Grubauer 1 time. The 2.66 goals saved: most in his
#StanleyCupPlayoffs
career.
(via
@EvolvingHockey
)
#Preds
fired 51 unblocked shot attempts at Philipp Grubauer.
Factor in shot locations & quality, NSH "should" have scored ~4 goals or more (4.09). Only 2 pucks got past him.
Grubi's +2.09 Goals Saved vs NSH: 7th-best of his 110 total starts with
#SEAKraken
via
@EvolvingHockey
One year ago tonight: Morgan Geekie scored a goal less than 1:00 into the 3rd period of the first
#SeaKraken
preseason home game.
Tonight: Morgan Geekie scored a goal less than 1:00 into the 3rd period of the first
#SeaKraken
preseason home game.
Hope you were watching
#SEAKraken
from puck drop...
Fastest goals from start of a game in
@SeattleKraken
history:
1. Alex Wennberg - 0:14 - 3/28/22 at LAK
2. Jordan Eberle - 0:15 - 11/6/21 at ARI
3. Jordan Eberle - 0:24 - March 18th vs BUF
4. Matty Beniers - 0:29 *TONIGHT*
This was the first time in any of the 229 total
#SEAKraken
games where an offside challenge (by either team) did not result in a goal coming off the board.
The Seattle coaching staff is a 7/7 all-time in successful offside challenges.
Opposing coaching staffs were 10/10
So fun times all around, the goal is now scored to Beniers from Tatar and Dunn.
Really nice movement low to high and then D to D to set up Tatar's shot
#SeaKraken
#SeaKraken
have a chance to make NHL history tonight.
SEA shutout MTL 4-0 last night for their 3rd straight road win by 4+ goals.
Per
@OptaStats
, no NHL team has EVER won 4 straight road games by 4+ goals
Jordan Eberle now the 3rd
#SeaKraken
skater to crack 60 points this season. Most Eberle has had in nearly a decade (63, 2014-15 with EDM).
Next assist of any kind for Eberle will match his career-high (42, set in his 2nd NHL season back in 2011-12)
Joey Daccord tonight for
@SeattleKraken
:
+ Saw 55 unblocked shot attempts
+ BOS should have scored more than 4 goals based on shot locations & quality
+ Only 1 puck got thru
+ 3.26 goals saved: new career-high. 2nd-most by a
#SEAKraken
goalie this season
(via
@EvolvingHockey
)
If you want to start learning about advanced hockey stats (or just need a refresher), there's quite a few great explainers out there.
First a pair of broader overviews:
From
@AlisonL
:
From
@hayyyshayyy
&
@charlieo_conn
:
#SEAKraken
have officially placed Andre Burakovsky on Injured Reserve (per the team roster).
Doing so gives the team a 2nd open spot on the 23-player roster (with Brandon Tanev still listed on I.R.).
Since 1963: 1,686 people went undrafted and played in 1+ NHL game.
Just ~2% of them (36) had this resume:
- 500+ Games
- 300+ Points
- 2+ Stanley Cups
#SEAKraken
Yanni Gourde is now the 37th member of that club (via
@OptaSTATS
)
#NHLSeattle
expansion draft is June 2021. Bettman confirms what
@reporterchris
previously had: Vegas will not be participating in the expansion draft. Bettman reiterates Seattle will have the same rules as Vegas. Will also create a shuffle in Western Divisions (below)
#komonews
#SEAKraken
have now scored six unanswered goals dating back to when Vince Dunn pulled them even with the
#Flyers
on Dec. 29.
Yanni Gourde has scored the team's last 2 goals. He has goals in consecutive games for the first time this season
With his assist on Jordan Eberle's goal, Oliver Bjorkstrand has now set a new
@SeattleKraken
franchise record for most power play points in a season (18).
Jared McCann set the previous mark (17) in the final game of the first season in
#SEAKraken
history (2021-22)
Per
#SeaKraken
head coach Dave Hakstol:
- Philipp Grubauer gets another start between the pipes tonight. 4th in a row for him.
- Daniel Sprong will make his Kraken debut
- Derrick Pouliot will not, but coaching staff is evaluating things on a game-by-game, day-by-day basis
#SeaKraken
GM Ron Francis spoke with a group of us after practice today. Wide-ranging conversation for ~22 minutes. Some notes/takeaways (thread) to follow:
Eberle has now tied his previous career-high in assists (42) with yet another primary assist (should be no. 31 -- extending a career best).
Up to 61 points this season with
#SeaKraken
, while playing 16:46/game. Last time he scored 60+ points in a season: he saw 19:03/game
#SeaKraken
defeat the
#Avalanche
for the first 3-game winning streak in franchise history.
Additionally... this is just the 3rd time this season the Avs have lost back-to-back games in regulation.
By now you know
#SEAKraken
acquired Tomas Tatar from
#GoAvsGo
in exchange for a 5th rd. pick this summer.
Tatar is 33, and on a 1-year contract with a $1.5M AAV (via
@CapFriendly
). He's a free agent this summer
A thread on what he brings:
#SeaKraken
roster moves appear to be in works:
+ Philipp Grubauer no longer listed on Injured Reserve on official roster
+ Gustav Olofsson returned to Coachella Valley (per AHL transaction wire)
Leaves SEA with 3 healthy goalies & 6 defensemen - and a full 23 player roster
After last night's 6-1
#SeaKraken
win, a quick shoutout to Seattle's team defense.
SEA held
#Canucks
without a shot on goal for 4 different stretches of at least 5 minutes & 27 seconds (6 stretches were 4+ min).
Vancouver SOG droughts:
10:10
6:07
6:04
5:27
4:47
4:08
Goals in 4 straight games for Ryan Donato: new career-best.
@AlisonL
talked in the
@ROOTSPORTS_NW
#SeaKraken
Pregame about how Donato is delivering more in just about every way than he did last year - despite playing fewer minutes per game. The evidence (via
@EvolvingHockey
):
#SeaKraken
lines during AM skate today in Detroit: looked the same as last game (per
@AlisonL
).
McCann-Beniers-Eberle
Schwartz-Wennberg-Bjorkstrand
Tolvanen-Gourde-Donato
Tanev-Geekie-Sprong
Dunn-Larsson
Oleksiak-Borgen
Soucy-Schultz
Dave Hakstol should be speaking soon
Don’t see Andre Burakovsky on the ice for
#SEAKraken
practice today.
Lines:
McCann-Beniers-Eberle
Schwartz-Wennberg-Bjorkstrand
Tolvanen-Gourde-Kartye*
Tatar-Yamamoto-Tanev
Bellemare
Dunn-Larsson
Oleksiak-Borgen
Dumoulin-Schultz
Evans
Daccord & Grubauer
Some context on just how good Philipp Grubauer was in NSH. Thursday was among his busiest workloads in 110 games w/
#SEAKraken
(RS + playoffs). He stepped up:
10th-most unblocked shot attempts against
5th-highest shot quality faced
3rd-most goals saved
(via
@EvolvingHockey
)
Oliver Bjorkstrand is currently in the longest goal scoring drought of his NHL career (16 games).
If you've watched
#SeaKraken
games, you see he's getting chances (and shots) galore - but just not finding the back of the net yet.
A thread on how just how "due" he is...
Not only did Joey Daccord set a
#SEAKraken
franchise record for most saves in a game (42), he did so despite facing a franchise-record 65 unblocked shot attempts.
(via
@NatStatTrick
)
#SEAKraken
have placed Jaden Schwartz on Injured Reserve (per the team roster).
He left Tuesday's game in Chicago early in the 3rd period and did not return due to a lower body injury
Vince Dunn back and skating with the rest of his
#SEAKraken
teammates at practice today. Full attendance of the remaining 22 players after this morning’s cuts.
Joey Daccord has set a new
#SEAKraken
franchise record for the longest shutout streak at 139:21 and counting.
Previous record: 139:20 by Martin Jones from Jan. 7th-14th, 2023 (part of last season's franchise-record 8-game winning streak).
Jones also had a 115:19 streak too.
Optional morning skate for
#SeaKraken
underway
@KrakenIceplex
. Philipp Grubauer, Chris Driedger, Morgan Geekie, John Hayden, Cale Fleury, and Max McCormick on the ice to get some work in
A
#SeaKraken
win tonight can be historic for two reasons:
1) Clinch team's first ever playoff appearance
2) Give Seattle the NHL record for most total wins by an expansion team in their 2nd season (currently tied with Vegas)
Notables on new
#SeaKraken
acquisition Jaycob Megna:
+ Size. 6'6", 220 lbs. Continued trend since expansion draft: SEA likes a big blue line (Oleksiak, Soucy, Larsson, Borgen all 6'3"+ , 204+)
+ Discipline. 8 minor penalties, 1 major in 48 games this season (8/0 in 44 last yr)
Friendly reminder: the NHL’s national TV partners picked each game of the final
#SeaKraken
homestand of 2022. Your upcoming 📺 schedule:
Tonight vs CGY: TNT
Friday vs EDM: ESPN+/Hulu
New Year’s Day vs NYI: ESPN
Jan. 3rd at EDM: back on
@ROOTSPORTS_NW
As for what’s next…
Thrilled to share that I’m joining the team
@ROOTSPORTS_NW
! I’ll mostly be focused on
#SeaKraken
🏒 coverage for them, along with a healthy dose of baseball in the summer months.
To say I’m excited to get started is an understatement. Let’s freaking go.
The
@SeattleKraken
have now earned points in each of Joey Daccord's last 11 games.
That's the 2nd-longest point streak for a goalie in the NHL this season.
#SEAKraken
netminder trails only Connor Hellebuyck's streak of 13 games (which is active).
via
#NHLStats
Oliver Bjorkstrand could soon make
@SeattleKraken
franchise history:
With 2 points on the power play vs
#CBJ
, The Maestro tied Jared McCann for the
#SEAKraken
franchise record for most PP pts in a season (17)
McCann hit that mark in 74 games ('21-22). Bjorkstrand: 49
In the event anyone sees this…
#SeaKraken
GM Ron Francis:
+ Happy with Dumoulin addition
+ Having conversations with Borgen & Dunn
+ Admits arbitration cases of Geekie and Sprong were a big factor in decision making
+ Awaiting eligibility decision on Wright & AHL next season
Hello from
@KrakenIceplex
. Jordan Eberle is on the ice in a normal sweater at this morning’s
#SEAKraken
skate. Was in the non-contact red yesterday. Good sign of progress.
Seattle hosts
#GoAvsGo
tonight.
NEW:
@NFL
Commissioner Goodell on death of
@Seahawks
owner Paul Allen:
"Paul Allen was the driving force behind keeping the NFL in the Pacific Northwest. His vision led to the construction of CenturyLink Field & the building of a team that played in 3 Super Bowls."
#komonews
In the end: SEA gets a defensive blue liner at $$$ that doesn't break the bank (actually came in below
@EvolvingHockey
's projections for a 2-year deal), fills Carson Soucy's spot, and lets them not rush or block prospects long-term.
Solid process. We'll see if the bet pays off!
No roster move announced by
#SeaKraken
at this point, but Tye Kartye is now listed on the team's roster. Kraken travel to Colorado today & face
#GoAvsGo
tomorrow night in Game 1.
Kartye: 3rd on
@Firebirds
in scoring this season (28 goals, 57 points) during his 1st pro season.
Update from the
@ROOTSPORTS_NW
team in Arizona.
#SeaKraken
lines look like this at morning skate today:
Schwartz-Wennberg-Eberle
Donato-Gourde-Kuhlman
McCann-Geekie-Lind
Sprong-Sheahan-Donskoi
Oleksiak-Soucy
Dunn-Larsson
Fleury-Borgen
We talked about this during 2nd int of
#SEAKraken
vs
#Flames
last night:
One reason for Seattle's recent run: improved consistency & results frame to frame, particularly in the 3rd.
30th in 3rd period goal diff. before this streak. On the streak: 1st (now +8)
(h/t
@OptaStats
)
#SeaKraken
morning skate underway in Arizona. No Jaden Schwartz on the ice. Forward line rushes looked like this (per
@PiperShawTV
):
McCann-Beniers-Eberle
Tanev-Wennberg-Bjorkstrand
Tolvanen-Gourde-Froden
Donato-Geekie-Sprong
Quite a bit of rotation among D-pairs