playoffs or no

Équipe: 2023-24 Kraken de Seattle

Date de création initiale: 22 août 2023

Publié: 22 août 2023

Mode - plafond salarial: Basique

I think their top 9 is pretty set and unless they move Wennberg (who is on an expiring contract), I don't see Wright starting the season with the Kraken unless there are injuries. The loss of Sprong and Geekie are going to hurt. Yamamoto could have the potential to have a season like Sprong. They don't really have an elite producer, but they could roll for lines and all 4 lines have at least one player that could score 20 goals and that can be hard to stop. There is one notable change on the blueline. Carson Soucy is gone and Brian Dumoulin has signed a 2 year deal. Dumoulin has been bad for the past 2 seasons, but he shouldn't be playing Top 4 minutes and ex-Penguins players tend to play better with their new team than how they played with the Penguins. Goaltending will be interesting to watch. Grubauer had another rough regular season, but he looked solid in the playoffs particularly against Colorado, some bad games against Dallas brought down his overall numbers in the playoffs. Daccord looks to be the backup. I do think the Kraken will finish as the #1 WC again. Look who they'll likely compete with for a playoff spot. Nashville? St Louis? Maybe even LA? The Kraken should finish ahead of Nashville and St Louis. Even if LA finishes ahead of Seattle they will very likely make the playoffs since there is a big separation between Dallas/Colorado (maybe the Wild to a lesser extent) and the rest of the Central teams.