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The Kraken held Beniers back from the NHL one year longer than expected, and he has rewarded them with a fantastic rookie season. The Hawks would love if their ultra-slow path for Lukas Reichel leads to the same payoff.

Jordan Eberle and his Kraken teammates came in here looking to continue their red-hot ways for the hometown fans in similar fashion to how they’ve largely steamrolled opponents on the road.

DENVER — There were moments throughout this hard-fought contest against the defending Stanley Cup champions when the Seattle Kraken showed signs of “lapses” that coach Dave Hakstol warned had cost his team a couple of nights before.

SEATTLE — Among numerous changes to the gameday presentation at Climate Pledge Arena before Saturday night’s Seattle Kraken home opener was a team pledge that fans attending would be treated to a fresh array of off-ice giveaways.

LOS ANGELES — Still scratching their heads over blowing a winnable season opener, a determined Kraken group notched their first victory Thursday night by cleaning up some of the mistakes that had previously derailed them.

Seeing new Kraken defenseman Justin Schultz out running the power play in the team's preseason opener shouldn't really have surprised.

SEATTLE — For the Seattle Kraken, their inaugural season was all about the wonderment of having an actual NHL team in town, playing in a brand-spanking-new arena.

One of the more interesting things about last season’s Kraken coaching staff was the limited NHL playing experience within its ranks.

SEATTLE — It's 2:19. Do you know where your goalie is?

PHILADELPHIA — Claude Giroux had begun to acknowledge the inevitability of his situation years ago. It was the summer of 2018, just before the Flyers’ first day of training camp. Dave Hakstol had helped him revitalize his career the season before, moving him from center to left wing. With the…

WINNIPEG, Manitoba — It was 132 years ago and about an equal number of miles west of this rain-soaked city that a player who’d eventually bring Stanley Cup glory to Seattle was born.