Shane Wright scored on the power play and Kaapo Kakko added a pair of assists for the Seattle Kraken, but they couldn't dig out of a three-goal deficit in a 4-3 loss to the Minnesota Wild on Tuesday night.
Yanni Gourde returned to the lineup for the Kraken on Tuesday after missing two months with an injury. Will it be the last time he puts on a Seattle sweater?
Wright scored a power-play goal on two shots in Tuesday's 4-3 loss to the Wild. Wright has two goals and four assists over five contests since the 4 Nations Face-Off break. This was his second power-play point in that span.
Gourde records an assist in first game back from a two-month injury absence in team’s final home game ahead of Friday’s trade deadline
Wright logged two assists in Saturday's 6-3 win over the Canucks. This was Wright's fourth multi-point effort over his last 12 games. He's gotten on the scoresheet in 10 of those contests, earning five goals on 14 shots and nine assists.
The Kraken can sell tickets. We saw that right away. Ten thousand of them went off the board 12 minutes after they were available in 2018.
Kraken GM Ron Francis on Wednesday vowed to “move this team forward” near-term after acquiring two first-round picks and a second-round selection by sending winger Oliver Bjorkstrand and center Yanni
The Seattle Kraken have traded center Yanni Gourde and winger Oliver Bjorkstrand to the Tampa Bay Lightning for two future first-round picks, a second-round selection, and forward Michael Eyssimont.
Draft capital? The Kraken have it. Young talent? That's there, too. A title-contending NHL product? Boy...it's hard to envision at the moment.