Seattle Kraken Development Camp Roster (June 30 - July 2) Invites to 18 year-old forward Brody Gillespie (Spokane, WHL), 18 year-old goalie Maks Corovic (Collingwood Blues, OJHL), and 22 year-old goalie Lawton Zacher (Northeastern, NCAA).

Li'l Jani doing Li'l Jani things for the Coachella Valley Firebirds. His 11th goal in 17 AHL games this season.

These battles are no joke 😉

Seattle Kraken on-ice 5-on-5 performance data on the left. Situational difficulty context on the right. Data for 2025-26 season through Jan. 14, 2026.

Here's one example from the post looking at difficulty of on-ice assignments. Chart shows information on quality of opposing players faced (using @evolving-hockey.com QOC metrics) and defensive zone starts.

Kraken prospects Saarinen and Fiddler are already in action in Game 1 of the Tournament, pitting Team USA White against Team Finland. Saarinen has given up two goals through two periods but has been playing well under heavy pressure from the US early.

That said, if Taylor can bring over just a *bit* of the New Jersey Devils power play magic (3rd in the league in PP% in 2024-25) to an admittedly more limited personnel grouping in Seattle, it would be a welcome development.

Deadlines spur action. The Seattle Kraken announced that Kaden Hammell agreed to an entry-level contract with the team today, June 1, just as Seattle's exclusive negotiating rights were set to expire.

Matty Beniers, when asked what the Seattle Kraken need to do to become a playoff contender, focuses on the need to build a durable team identity and talks about the team faltering in that regard this season.

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My Seattle Kraken player cards are handling Will Borgen's departure much like the rest of us. 😢

Seattle Kraken center Shane Wright has 6 goals in his last 8 games. He's going to need to shoot more to keep the production up, but the offensive instincts are a factor right now. Already an important power play piece, can he start dictating 5-on-5 play for his line? That's the challenge ahead.

Eeli Tolvanen's season has been a mixed bag. He's been quite valuable finishing his chances, particularly 5 on 5, and is on pace for his first 20 goal season. On the other hand, his point pace is down again, his play driving metrics are mediocre, and he hasn't done a ton with his PP time overall.

Tye Kartye is a really interesting one. I thought he had a chance to take a step up with his scoring as the designated shooter on his line. That hasn't really materialized yet, but his play driving has been quite strong since just before his benching in COL. Low TOI; maybe should get a PK look.

Seattle Kraken forward Ryan Winterton had his first NHL point in the game against Carolina last night—an assist on Brandon Tanev's third period insurance goal. Celebrating with his @soundofhockey.com Kraken player card. (Happy to share a few others too if there is interest. Let me know.)

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