The 2024 NHL offseason flew by, hey? Don’t look now, but the Seattle Kraken are scheduled to kick off the 2024-25 season with an opening-night matchup against the St. Louis Blues on Tuesday, October 8th.
A lot went wrong for the Kraken during the 2023-24 season, which leaves a great deal of room for improvement for the team’s newcomers, including a new-look coaching staff headlined by head coach Dan Bylsma and up-and-coming assistant Jessica Campbell.
The Kraken also made a splash in free agency, signing forward Chandler Stephenson (seven years, $6.25 million average annual value/AAV) and defenseman Brandon Montour (seven years, $7.14 million AAV) to hefty – and collar-tug-inducing – contracts.
Seattle waved goodbye
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