2024–25 Seattle Kraken season

2024–25 Seattle Kraken
DivisionPacific
ConferenceWestern
2024–25 record0–0–0
Home record0–0–0
Road record0–0–0
Goals for0
Goals against0
Team information
General managerRon Francis
CoachDan Bylsma
Assistant coachBob Woods
Jessica Campbell
Dave Lowry
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 is the first season of Dan Bylsma being the Kraken's head coach, as he replaced Dave Hakstol at the position on May 28, 2024.

Background[edit]

Main article: 2023–24 Seattle Kraken season
Dan Bylsma was named the Seattle Kraken's head coach on May 28, 2024.

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]

On June 28, the day of the first round of the 2024 NHL entry draft, the Kraken selected Berkly Catton of the Western Hockey League (WHL)'s Spokane Chiefs with their eighth overall pick.[5]

On June 30, the Kraken would prepare for the upcoming free agency by re-signing players John Hayden,[6] Luke Henman,[7] Ales Stezka,[8] and Max McCormick.[9]

Off-season[edit]

Brandon Montour
Chandler Stephenson
Brandon Montour and Chandler Stephenson were signed to 7-year contracts by the Kraken on July 1.

July 1, the first day of the new season—and free agency—was impactful for the Kraken. They made news in the morning when they signed Florida Panthers defenseman Brandon Montour to a 7-year contract, the maximum allowable during free agency. Later, they would sign Vegas Golden Knights center Chandler Stephenson to a 7-year contract.[10] In the afternoon, the Kraken would sign five other players from various teams.[11] The Kraken would lose six players, who had spent much of their time during the 2023–24 season with the Kraken's American Hockey League (AHL) affiliate the Coachella Valley Firebirds—Devin Shore, Connor Carrick, Kole Lind, Cameron Hughes, Jimmy Schuldt, and Chris Driedger. In the evening, the Kraken would release the roster for their annual development camp from July 2–5.


Standings[edit]

Schedule and results[edit]

Preseason[edit]

The Seattle Kraken's preseason schedule was released on June 26, 2024.[12]

Regular season[edit]

The Seattle Kraken's regular season schedule was announced on July 2.[13] The schedule includes a break from February 10-21, as the NHL will hold their 4 Nations Face-Off.[14]

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 July 10, 2024[15][16]

No. Nat Player Pos S/G Age Acquired Birthplace
41 France Pierre-Edouard Bellemare (UFA) C L 39 2023 LeSt. Blanc-Mesnil, France
10 United States Matty Beniers (RFA) 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
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
– Canada Maxime Lajoie D L 26 2024 Quebec City, Quebec
6 Sweden Adam Larsson (A) D R 31 2021 Skellefteå, Sweden
– Canada Josh Mahura D L 26 2024 St. Albert, Alberta
19 Canada Jared McCann C L 28 2021 Stratford, Ontario
– United States Ben Meyers C L 25 2024 Delano, Minnesota
62 Canada Brandon Montour D R 30 2024 Ohsweken, Ontario
24 Canada Jamie Oleksiak D L 31 2021 Toronto, Ontario
4 Canada Justin Schultz (UFA) D R 34 2022 Kelowna, British Columbia
17 Canada Jaden Schwartz (A) LW L 32 2021 Melfort, Saskatchewan
9 Canada Chandler Stephenson C L 30 2024 Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
13 Canada Brandon Tanev LW L 32 2021 Toronto, Ontario
20 Finland Eeli Tolvanen RW L 25 2022 Vihti, Finland
56 United States Kailer Yamamoto (UFA) RW R 25 2023 Spokane, Washington


Awards and honors[edit]

Awards[edit]

Regular season
Player Award Awarded

Milestones[edit]

Regular season
Player Milestone Reached

Records[edit]

Regular season
Player Record Reached

Transactions[edit]

See also: 2024–25 NHL transactions

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
July 2, 2024 (2024-07-02) To Anaheim Ducks
Brian Dumoulin 		To Seattle Kraken
4th-round pick in 2026 		[17]

Draft picks[edit]

See also: List of Seattle Kraken draft picks

The 2024 NHL entry draft was held on June 28 and 29, 2024, at the Sphere in Las Vegas, Nevada.[33]

The Kraken's first round selection, the eighth overall pick, was center Berkly Catton, selected from the Washington-based Spokane Chiefs of the Western Hockey League (WHL). Catton was placed eighth in the final NHL North American skater rankings for the draft, mainly due to his career-best 54 goals and 62 assists for 116 points in the 2023–24 season.[34][35]

The Kraken spent their second-round 40th overall pick on Julius Miettinen of the WHL's Everett Silvertips. Prior to the draft, Miettinen had a feeling that the Kraken had interest in drafting him. Also in the second round, the Kraken selected Nathan Villeneuve 63rd overall. Villeneuve played with the Ontario Hockey League (OHL)'s Sudbury Wolves, captained by fellow Kraken prospect David Goyette. With their third-round 73rd overall pick, the Kraken selected their first defenseman of the draft Alexis Bernier, of the Baie-Comeau Drakkar of the Quebec Maritimes Junior Hockey League (QMJHL). Bernier's father, David, was drafted into the NHL twice, and played as a forward. The Kraken used another third-round selection to select their first goaltender of the draft, Kim Saarinen, 88th overall. Saarinen's 6'4" stature as well as his ability to track the puck are some of the reasons he was selected. The Kraken used their 105th overall fourth-round slection to select Ollie Josephson, who at some point was a member of Team Canada at the Hlinka Gretzky Cup, along with Berkly Catton.

Before the fifth round, the Kraken would trade their 169th overall (sixth round) and 201st overall (seventh round) picks to the Florida Panthers, in exchange for their 141st overall fifth-round pick. The Kraken would use this pick to select Clarke Caswell, a childhood friend of Berkly Catton. The Kraken would use their last pick, 202nd overall in the seventh round, to select Jakub Fibigr.[36]

Round # Player Pos Nationality College/Junior/Club (League)
1 8 Berkly Catton C  Canada Spokane Chiefs (WHL)
2 40 Julius Miettinen C  Finland Everett Silvertips (WHL)
63[A] Nathan Villeneuve C  Canada Sudbury Wolves (OHL)
3 73 Alexis Bernier D  Canada Baie-Comeau Drakkar (QMJHL)
88[B] Kim Saarinen G  Finland HPK (J20 Nationell)
4 105 Ollie Jospehson C  Canada Red Deer Rebels (WHL)
5 141[C] Clarke Caswell LW  Canada Swift Current Broncos (WHL)
7 202[D] Jakub Fibigr D  Czechia Mississauga Steelheads (OHL)

Notes

  1. ^ The New York Rangers' second-round pick went 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.[37]
  2. ^ The Toronto Maple Leafs' third-round pick went to the 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.[38]
  3. ^ The Florida Panthers' fifth-round pick went to the 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.[39]
  4. ^ The Calgary Flames' seventh-round pick went to the 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.[40]

References[edit]

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  7. ^ "Seattle Kraken Sign Forward Luke Henman to One-Year Contract". NHL.com. June 30, 2024. Retrieved June 30, 2024.
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