Seattle Kraken’s 2024-25 Report Cards: Tye Kartye

The 2024-25 season has been over for the Seattle Kraken for a while. While they did not have a great season, failing to make the postseason for the second straight year, they ended the 2024-25 season with a final record of 35-41-6. Each player on the team contributed in different ways, with some players performing better than others. Let’s take a look at Tye Kartye’s performance this past season.

Kartye’s 2024-25 Season with Seattle

Kartye started the season with a new number. After Andrew Poturalski signed with the San Jose Sharks as a free agent during the 2024 offseason, Kartye swooped in and took his number. Instead of donning No. 52, he changed his jersey number to 12. 

If Kartye hoped the number switch would bring him more luck heading into the 2024-25 season, that’s not quite what happened. He played 63 games and recorded a total of 13 points via six goals and seven assists. On Oct. 12, he scored his first goal in just his second game of the season. Kartye then went 13 games before recording another point, an assist on Nov. 8. In his next game, Kartye recorded a goal on Nov. 12. Two games after that, he recorded another assist. 

Kartye went on another drought, but scored another goal on Dec. 5, after nine games without a point. On Dec. 8, he recorded another assist just two games after his goal. Another drought struck, and he went 15 games without a point. His drought finally ended on Jan. 28 when he recorded an assist. 

Kartye did not play a game from Feb. 8 to March 8. During this time, he played three games with Seattle’s American Hockey League (AHL) affiliate, the Coachella Valley Firebirds, on a conditioning stint. In these three games, Kartye recorded four points via two goals and two assists. After a month off NHL ice, he scored a goal in his first game back. Perhaps the AHL conditioning helped.

There is no denying that Kartye had a streaky performance. He ended the season with a minus-14. Despite his 13 points, he was not able to come away with a positive plus/minus for the season. Kartye spent an average of 9:41 on the ice, which is two minutes less than the 2023-24 season. He took a total of 56 shots and earned a shooting percentage (S%) of 10.7%. His penalty minutes also went up, spending a total of 43 minutes in the sin bin for the 2024-25 season.

Kartye’s Past Seasons with Seattle 

Kartye joined the Seattle organization on March 1, 2022, when they signed him as a free agent. He spent the regular season of the 2022-23 season playing with the Firebirds. He played 72 games and recorded a total of 57 points via 28 goals and 29 assists. The Firebirds also made the playoffs that season, and Kartye played 18 postseason games, recording eight points. However, this wasn’t the only postseason Kartye played in. He got his first taste of NHL ice when the Kraken made the postseason in 2022-23. He suited up for ten games, recording five points via three goals and two assists.