2022-23 Kraken Report Card: Jared McCann

The 2022-23 season was a major success for not only the Seattle Kraken franchise but for Jared McCann. He’d been trending in this direction over the past several years, and some could argue that his 27-goal, 50-point campaign in the Kraken’s inaugural season is still considered his breakout season. I could ...

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5 Takeaways From The Kraken’s First Ever Home Playoff Win

For the first time in NHL history, the Seattle Kraken won a home playoff game defeating the Colorado Avalanche 3-2 in overtime of Game 4. The heroics were provided by none other than Jordan Eberle, who scored three minutes into overtime on the power play. H...

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#SeattleKraken #CaleMakar #JadenSchwartz #JaredMcCann #JordanEberle
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Kraken Need More From Top Line to Keep Series in Reach

As the Seattle Kraken prepare for Game 4 of their series against the Colorado Avalanche, they'll need to start digging a little deeper to try and even this series back up. Through three games, the Kraken trail 2-1 and have lost two straight after opening with a win.

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#SeattleKraken #JaredMcCann #JordanEberle #MattyBeniers
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5 Teams Flames Fans Should Cheer on in 2023 Playoffs

Calgary Flames fans never imagined they would be in this spot. The 2023 Stanley Cup Playoffs are set to begin on Monday, and their team will not be playing. Though they were right in...

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#CalgaryFlames #FloridaPanthers #LosAngelesKings #SeattleKraken #TorontoMapleLeafs #WinnipegJets #AustonMatthews #JaredMcCann #MatthewTkachuk
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Kraken’s McCann, Dunn Growing Into Elite Players

The Seattle Kraken don’t have any elite superstars on their team. At least, that’s how it appears from the outside looking in. I genuinely wonder, would most hockey fans outside the realm of Seattle know that Jared McCann is a 40-goal scorer? Let alone the first one in franchise h...

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Kraken Inching Closer to Playoff Goal

The Seattle Kraken opened the 2022-23 season with a 5-4 overtime loss to the Anaheim Ducks. The next night, they beat the Los Angeles Kings 4-1 and then went on a three-game losing skid with losses to the Vegas Golden Knights, Carolina Hu...

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#KrakenGoaltending #KrakenHistory #SeattleKraken #DanielSprong #DaveHakstol #JaredMcCann #MattyBeniers
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5 Most-Improved Teams From the 2021-22 Season

Every season, a handful of teams make a big leap from the bottom of the standings to the top. While it's hard to go from worst to first, a few teams have made that drastic turnaround and now look like Stanley Cup contenders.

The New Jersey Devils finished ...

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#Column #Commentary #JackHughes #JaredMcCann #MatthewBeniers #TageThompson
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Kraken’s Tough Final Stretch of the Season Is Underway

There are two types of schedule watchers (minus the fans) at this time of the year in the NHL. One is the bottom-feeders in the league - the Columbus Blue Jackets, Chicago Blackhawks, San Jose Sharks and Anaheim Ducks, who are count...

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#SeattleKraken #JadenSchwartz #JaredMcCann #MartinJones #PhilippGrubauer
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Kraken 3 Up, 3 Down: McCann, Dunn, Defensive Scoring & More

Welcome to this edition of our Seattle Kraken 3 Up, 3 Down column. In this series, we look at some of the highs and lows of Seattle's recent play. From the play of prospects to storylines surrounding the NHL franchise, The Hockey Wri...

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Kraken’s Beniers, Dunn and McCann Are Team MVP Favorites

The trade deadline is in the dust, and the Seattle Kraken are entering the home stretch of the 2022-23 regular season. This is a team that doesn’t necessarily have one player you can look at for their success; they’ve been winning by committee. 16 p...

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5 Takeaways From Kraken Losses to the Bruins and Leafs

After a stretch that saw the Seattle Kraken win two of three, they fell twice to two of the best teams from the Eastern Conference. On Feb. 23, they lost to the league-best Boston Bruins in a barn-burning 6-5 game that saw the Bruins take...

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#SeattleKraken #JaredMcCann #MartinJones #PhillipGrubauer #VinceDunn
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NHL Drops Ball As No Kraken are Named to All-Star Game

After much speculation over Matty Beniers' availability for the 2023 NHL All-Star Game, it was confirmed on Jan. 30 that he would not be attending. His status was already clouded after missing the final two games before the ...

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#All-StarWeekend #SeattleKraken #2023NHLAll-StarGame #AndreBurakovsky #JaredMcCann #MattyBeniers
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3 Potential Replacements for Beniers at the NHL All-Star Game

Leading the NHL's rookie scoring race, Matty Beniers looked prime to contend at his first NHL All-Star Game. Unfortunately, his first appearance is now in doubt after a highly-questionable hit by Vancouver Canuc...

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Penguins’ Best & Worst Moves Under GM Ron Hextall

On Feb. 9, 2021, the Pittsburgh Penguins announced Ron Hextall as their new general manager (GM), along with Brian Burke as their president of hockey operations. As the former GM for the Philadelphia Flyers, Hextall was often criticized for a number of reason...

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#PittsburghPenguins #JaredMcCann #KrisLetang #RickardRakell #RonHextall
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5 Players Likely to Cool Off In Second Half of 2022-23 NHL Season

As each of the NHL's 32 teams has played in 40 or more games this season, it's an appropriate time to take stock of the league and its players at the...

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#AdvancedStats #MontrealCanadiens #PhiladelphiaFlyers #SeattleKraken #TampaBayLightning #VancouverCanucks #BoHorvat #JaredMcCann #NickSuzuki #TravisKonecny
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Seattle Kraken 2022 Year End Stat Leaders

2022 had plenty of special moments for the Seattle Kraken. Matty Beniers made his NHL debut; Buoy was introduced as Seattle's first official mascot, and Jordan Eberle became the first player ever to represent the Kraken at an All-Star Game. The year also featured plenty of mi...

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#SeattleKraken #AdamLarsson #JaredMcCann #MattyBeniers #VinceDunn
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