Kraken Anchor Points — Friday follies
The day is almost here for the Seattle Kraken and their fans. Tomorrow, they have their first-ever game at Climate Pledge Arena (exhibition or regular season) when they face the… Read more »
Category Archives: Jeff Osborn
Kraken Hostile Seattle Rinkcast – Season 1 Episode 6 – Kraken Hatchlings featuring Kyle Pereira
The-Rink.com host Jeff Osborn is joined by prospect guru Kyle Pereira, from Last Word on Puck, to discuss the prospects in the Kraken system and their 1–3–1 start to the… Read more »
RECAP: Devils deal Kraken third straight loss
The woes continued for the Seattle Kraken Tuesday night, as they faced the New Jersey Devils in Newark, New Jersey. In what has become the norm for the Kraken, they… Read more »
RECAP: Kraken humbled in loss to Flyers
Monday afternoon might have been just a bit too early for the Seattle Kraken, as they visited the Philadelphia Flyers for the first time. The Kraken never quite got their… Read more »
Kraken Anchor Points — Bring on the cheesesteaks
After a Sunday off, the Seattle Kraken are back in action tonight against the Philadelphia Flyers in Philly. Here are a few notes on the game: ⚓ Defenseman Vince Dunn… Read more »
RECAP: Kraken lose first-ever OT game to Blue Jackets
The Seattle Kraken made a stop in Columbus, Ohio Saturday night, to face the Blue Jackets. Seattle was coming off a big 4–3 win in Nashville Thursday, while the Blue… Read more »
RECAP: Kraken earn first ever regular season win in Nashville
The Seattle Kraken headed to Nashville, Tennessee to face the Predators, Thursday night. This was the second game of their season-opening six-game road trip. After a rough start against Las… Read more »
Kraken Anchor Points — Cholowski gone and more
As the Seattle Kraken prepared for their second game of the season, against the Nashville Predators, some news hit the wire. ⚓ Coach Dave Hakstol told reporters that newly claimed… Read more »
Kraken Anchor Points — Opening night postmortem
The Seattle Kraken fought back last night, only to be dispersed by a questionable game-winning Vegas Golden Knights goal. The season will, shockingly, continue though. As a result, there are… Read more »
RECAP: Kraken fall in franchise opener 4–3 to Golden Knights
After two years of waiting, the Seattle Kraken finally played their first official NHL game in Las Vegas on Tuesday night. The results were not as Kraken faithful wished for,… Read more »
Kraken Anchor Points — Team captains, COVID-19 protocol, waivers
As the Seattle Kraken staff and front office re-arrange the furniture on the SS Kraken in preparation for game one, COVID-19 has had other ideas. ⚓ According to head coach… Read more »
Kraken Anchor Points — Jarnkrok in COVID protocol
Seattle Kraken head coach Dave Hakstol announced today that forward Calle Jarnkrok has been placed in COVID-19 protocol and out indefinitely. As reported by Geoff Baker of the Seattle Times,… Read more »
Kraken Hostile Seattle Rinkcast, Season 1 Episode 5 – Regular season ready
The-Rink.com host Jeff Osborn is joined by The Rink staffer Sean Fitzgerald to discuss the wrap-up of training camp and pending regular season opener. ⚓ Kraken go 4-2 in the preseason…. Read more »
Kraken Anchor Points — Post camp notes (10/6)
With the preseason complete, the Kraken got rolling with roster assignments, putting Kole Lind and Max McCormick on waivers. If both clear, they will be assigned to Charlotte. Kole Lind… Read more »
RECAP: Kraken wrap up preseason with 4–0 shutout over Canucks
The Seattle Kraken wrapped up a pretty successful 4–2 preseason against the Vancouver Canucks Tuesday on a high note. Goalie Philipp Grubauer had a 38-save shutout and defenseman Vince Dunn… Read more »
Kraken Anchor Points — Camp News
With training camp coming to a close, soon, the Kraken need to trim down their roster to the NHL limit of 23 players. ⚓ Alexander True and Carsen Twarynski were… Read more »
RECAP: Kraken take their lumps from Calgary Flames, lose 4–1
The Seattle Kraken played as the home team against the Calgary Flames, at accesso ShoWare Center in Kent, Washington, on Saturday, but there was no home cooking. Calgary went up… Read more »
RECAP: Kraken get revenge, beat Oilers 2–1 in overtime
The Seattle Kraken returned to Washington on Friday to wrap up the back end of their home-and-home series with the Calgary Flames and Edmonton Oilers. After beating the Flames on… Read more »
Blackhawks Rinkcast – Season 5, Episode 2 – Band(wagon) Camp
New Rinkcast host Andy Campbell and co-host Eric Andrews are joined by Rink staffers Jeff Osborn from the Rink Seattle, Sean Fitzgerald, and new guy Andrew Bard get the season rolling… Read more »
RECAP: Kraken beat Calgary 4–3 in shootout, Giordano bites his former team
Fresh off their humbling 6–0 loss to the Edmonton Oilers on Tuesday, the Seattle Kraken headed south on Wednesday to face the Calgary Flames. One player, in particular, had this… Read more »
RECAP: Kraken overmatched in Edmonton, lose 6–0
After winning their first game Sunday night, the Seattle Kraken traveled to Alberta to face Connor McDavid and the Edmonton Oilers in the team’s first-ever road game. Unfortunately for the… Read more »
RECAP: Kraken get first goal and win against rival Canucks
Everything led up to last night for the Seattle Kraken, as they suited up for their first-ever preseason game in Spokane, Washington. The Kraken hosted the neighboring Vancouver Canucks, and… Read more »
Kraken Hostile Seattle Rinkcast, Season 1 Episode 4 – 32 Krew’s Brandon Seeley
The-Rink.com host Jeff Osborn and co-host Brian “Burkie” Burke are joined by return guest, Brandon Seeley, the founder of 32 Krew (formerly Kraken Krew) to talk about his plight with… Read more »
Kraken Anchor Points — Training Camp — Day 1
The final countdown to the first Seattle Kraken training camp has expired and the first official Kraken practice went, as scheduled, this morning. Here are some news and notes: Kraken… Read more »
Kraken Anchor Points — Sept. 18
As the hype starts to grow for the first training camp, beginning Sept. 23, their first preseason game, on Sept. 28 and their eventual first regular season game, on Oct…. Read more »