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Pierre-Edouard Bellemare Announces Retirement

The second-highest scoring French-born player in NHL history has hung up his skates. According to an announcement from the NHL, forward Pierre-Édouard Bellemare has retired from professional hockey.

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Free Agent Focus: Seattle Kraken

Free agency is now less than a month away, and teams are looking ahead to when it opens. Even with the UFA crop being thinned out in recent months, there will be some quality veterans set to hit the open market in July, while many teams also have key restricted free agents to re-sign.

Carolina Hurricanes News / Yardbarker Quizzes

The 'Conn Smythe Trophy winners' quiz

The NHL began awarding the Conn Smythe Trophy to the most valuable player of the postseason beginning in the 1965 season. How many of the past winners can you name in six minutes?

The 'NHL Hart Trophy winners' quiz

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NHL News / Sound of Hockey / June 16

What the Kraken can learn from the Stanley Cup Champion Carolina Hurricanes

The Seattle Kraken can learn some major lessons from the Carolina Hurricanes, who completed a historic run through the playoffs and lifted Lord Stanley’s Cup as the NHL’s best team on Sunday.

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The 25 greatest rookie seasons in NHL history

There have been successful rookie seasons in NHL history, and there have been superior efforts worth celebrating time and time again. Here's our list of the 25 notable seasons from those with official rookie status, as deemed by the NHL, in reverse chronological order.

Jordan Eberle News / The Hockey Writers / June 16

Seattle Kraken’s 2025-26 Report Cards: Jordan Eberle

The 2025-26 season was a roller coaster for the Seattle Kraken. They had their best start ever and won their first home opener in their five seasons in the league.

NHL News / NHL on ClutchPoints / June 11

Kraken adding recently fired Canucks executive to front office

Patrick Allvin was a nominee for the 2024 Jim Gregory General Manager of the Year award. After a horrible 2025-26 season, the Vancouver Canucks fired Allvin.

Max McCormick News / Pro Hockey Rumors / June 10

Max McCormick Announces Retirement

According to an announcement from the AHL’s Coachella Valley Firebirds, captain Max McCormick has retired from professional hockey. McCormick lost the entire 2025-26 campaign due to a hip injury, and that likely influenced him to hang up his skates.

Julius Miettinen News / Sound of Hockey / June 5

Down on the Farm – Miettinen falls one win short, prospect seasons end

Welcome to “Down on the Farm,” your weekly Seattle Kraken prospects update. We are at the finish line, folks. No drafted or signed Kraken player remains active in this 2025-26 hockey season.

Seattle Kraken News / Sound of Hockey / June 2

Five Seattle Kraken offseason objectives

As Darren Brown explained in our introduction to the offseason, the Seattle Kraken face weighty questions this offseason. What are the goals for on-ice competitiveness?

Julius Miettinen News / Sound of Hockey / May 23

Down on the Farm – Firebirds season ends, most valuable Miettinen

Welcome to “Down on the Farm,” your weekly Seattle Kraken prospects update. In this quick holiday weekend edition, we’ll get you up to date on a couple

Adam Larsson News / The Hockey Writers / May 20

Seattle Kraken’s 2025-26 Report Cards: Adam Larsson

The 2025-26 season was a roller coaster for the Seattle Kraken. They had their best start ever and won their first home opener ever in their five seasons in the league.

Alexis Bernier News / Daily Faceoff / May 19

Kraken sign Alexis Bernier to three-year, entry-level contract

The Seattle Kraken are bringing in one of the talents bound for the 2026 Memorial Cup, signing right-handed defenseman Alexis Bernier to a three-year,

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Alexis Bernier News / Pro Hockey Rumors / May 19

Kraken Sign Defenseman Alexis Bernier To Entry-Level Contract

The Seattle Kraken have locked up one of their promising young blue-line prospects, signing defenseman Alexis Bernier to a three-year, entry-level contract.

Seattle Kraken News / Sound of Hockey / May 19

Seattle Kraken 2026 offseason priorities

After much hemming and hawing and retrospection, both from the Kraken and from our team here at Sound Of Hockey, we’re ready to put the 2025-26 team’s late-season downfall behind us and begin looking ahead at how Seattle can avoid such a collapse in the future.

Julius Miettinen News / Sound of Hockey / May 15

Down on the Farm – Julius Miettinen dominates WHL playoffs, Jake O’Brien makes his pro debut

Welcome to “Down on the Farm,” your weekly Seattle Kraken prospects update. In this week’s column, we’ll bring you on the ice in Coachella Valley, where Jake O’Brien made his professional debut this week.

Seattle Kraken News / Daily Faceoff / May 15

Kraken need (but still won’t commit to) a proper rebuild

One of the youngest franchises in the NHL is trying to get ahead of the pack, but is failing mightily. The Seattle Kraken have missed the Stanley Cup Playoffs in four of the team’s first five years of existence, including three straight early exits since their surprising run to the second round in 2023.

Seattle Kraken News / Daily Faceoff / May 12

Report: Seattle Kraken hire outside firm to perform audit of hockey operations

We knew the Seattle Kraken were in for an organizational reset this offseason with the departure of Ron Francis as their President of Hockey Operations, but it appears the team’s overhaul will be more profound than initially thought.

Seattle Kraken News / Sound of Hockey / May 12

Seattle Kraken season review: What the data says about an up-and-down year

Earlier in the season, we compared Seattle Kraken data from the team’s winning streaks and losing streaks. Now that the season is over, I wanted to revisit that analysis and break the season into three buckets.

Seattle Kraken News / Pro Hockey Rumors / May 7

Offseason Checklist: Seattle Kraken

The offseason has arrived for half of the league’s teams that aren’t taking part in the playoffs. Accordingly, it’s now time to examine what they will need to accomplish over the coming months. Next up is a look at Seattle.

Seattle Kraken News / NHL on ClutchPoints / May 7

2 early Kraken trade targets after missing 2026 Stanley Cup Playoffs

The Seattle Kraken entered the National Hockey League in 2021-22 as the 32nd club. While they missed the Stanley Cup Playoffs in their first season, they

Seattle Kraken News / Sound of Hockey / May 5

2026 NHL Mock Draft, post-Lottery edition

Following the 2026 NHL Draft Lottery, the Kraken will pick seventh when the 2026 NHL Draft begins on June 26. (How did Seattle end up here, and how does the Lottery even work?

Seattle Kraken News / Field Level Media / April 30

Assistant coach Jessica Campbell leaving Kraken

Assistant coach Jessica Campbell will not return to the Seattle Kraken next season, the team announced on Thursday. Campbell, 33, made history in 2024 when Seattle made her the first woman ever to hold a full-time role on an NHL bench.

Seattle Kraken News / Daily Faceoff / April 30

Kraken’s Jessica Campbell to explore other coaching opportunities

A notable member of the Seattle Kraken coaching staff is moving on. On Thursday, general manager Jason Botterill announced that assistant coach Jessica Campbell will be moving on from the organization, allowing her to seek out a new coaching opportunity elsewhere in the NHL.

Seattle Kraken News / NHL on ClutchPoints / April 30