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Hours after another rough outing in net, the Seattle Kraken waived playoff hero and former top-paid player Philipp Grubauer, with the purpose of assigning him to the minors.

In his seventh straight start, Joey Daccord made 27 saves Monday night, but the Kraken fell behind the Edmonton Oilers for good midway through a 4-2 loss in Edmonton.

SEATTLE – Timeouts in hockey usually come in one of two situations: In the first half of a game when a team is underperforming and needs a few resetting words of “encouragement” from the bench, or in the closing moments usually while trailing to draw up a specific play for the situation.

For all the times this season where the Kraken have done a poor job of handling bad bounces, a soft goal or a defensive breakdown, it’s notable when they provide an immediate response.

SEATTLE – It’s time to say the scariest word in sports.

The Kraken managed to keep pace Thursday night against the best in the West, the Winnipeg Jets. Seattle watched the clock tick down, almost assured of at least one standings point.

There would be no unlikely comeback Sunday afternoon as the Kraken plunged too far, too fast.

Prone to weak starts, the Kraken haven’t figured out how to eliminate them. But they can occasionally win in spite of them.

The Kraken began the second half of the season on Thursday night in Columbus with a performance that looked unsurprisingly similar to plenty of other games over the past few weeks.

SEATTLE – The 17-21-3 Kraken hit the halfway point of the 2024-25 season with a 3-2 loss to the New Jersey Devils on Monday night. It would be a modern-day NHL marvel if the Kraken rallied out of their current situation, went on a tear and made the playoffs.

SEATTLE – Kaapo Kakko is earning his keep.

SEATTLE – Ten seconds after the puck was dropped Saturday night at Climate Pledge Arena, the ice went dark. An inexplicable, likely accidental button push killed the illumination and caused an unexpected stoppage of play.

A hockey player's number is part of their identity at the rink, nearly synonymous with names, even though they're only semi-permanent. Want to roll the dice? Jersey numbers in the teens and 20s are harder to come by while moving from team to team. The higher you go, the more likely you are to carry it with you through the years. 

SEATTLE – There’s a celebrated but somewhat romanticized Icelandic tradition called Jólabókafló, or “Christmas book flood,” where publishers release new titles in time for the holidays. They make popular gifts in the well-read country. After presents are unwrapped on Christmas Eve, recipients can curl up with their new books and hot chocolate and read into the night.

The Kraken dropped their fifth straight game in regulation 5-2 Sunday night at Ball Arena in Denver. The Colorado Avalanche swept the season series against Seattle.

BOSTON – The Tyler Johnson experiment is over before it ever really got off the ground.

Lightning 5, Kraken 1 at Climate Pledge Arena

Kraken 5, Bruins 1, at Climate Pledge Arena

LOS ANGELES — Getting resettled during their recent homestand was precisely what the Kraken needed to stabilize after teetering toward trouble.