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 Vancouver Canucks, fresh off their 4–1 stomping of the Chicago Blackhawks Thursday night.
⚓ Maybe one of the most important pieces of news, the home opener will only be streaming on ESPN+ and Hulu. There will be no cable broadcast. It was a league decision to not make it available locally on ROOT Sports Northwest, not an organizational decision. Feel free to tweet and email your anger toward the league.
⚓ Alex Barre-Boulet was placed on waivers yesterday and was re-claimed by the Tampa Bay Lightning.
⚓ The latest injury report is as follows:
Morgan Geekie – Practiced with the team
Colin Blackwell – Still no timetable, but was on the ice today
Calle Jarnkrok – Activated off COVID-19 protocol and back at practice, as of Thursday.
⚓ Today’s practice lines:
Jaden Schwartz — Yanni Gourde — Calle Jarnkrok
Jared McCann — Alexander Wennberg — Jordan Eberle
Brandon Tanev — Morgan Geekie — Joonas Donskoi
Mason Appleton — Riley Sheahan — Nathan Bastian/Ryan Donato
Mark Giordano — Jamie Oleksiak
Jeremy Lauzon — Adam Larsson
Carson Soucy — Vince Dunn
Haydn Fleury — William Borgen
⚓ Kyle Pereira and I sat down to talk about the results of the first five Kraken games, the goalie issues and the prospects in the system. Give it a listen or a watch:
Kraken Hostile Seattle Rinkcast – Season 1 Episode 6 – Kraken Hatchlings featuring Kyle Pereira
⚓ As I mentioned earlier, the Kraken host the Vancouver Canucks Saturday night at Climate Pledge Arena (has a nice ring to it, doesn’t it?). Puck drop is scheduled for 7 p.m. PDT. Follow us on Twitter: @TheRinkOfficial, @TheRinkSeattle, @KrakenHostile and @PuckinHostile