Post-Mortem: The Seattle Kraken Once Again Fall Short On Playoff Aspirations
The Stanley Cup playoff hopes of the Seattle Kraken ended Saturday. There’s already been a management shake-up for the Kraken – and their roster’s high-end competitive issues suggest more long-term pain is ahead for Seattle.
In their short history, the Seattle Kraken have had an uneven existence. Over the first four seasons of operation, the Kraken made the Stanley Cup playoffs only once. In this current campaign, Seattle won’t make the post-season, falling woefully short in the second half of the year before they were officially eliminated from playoff competition on Saturday when the Los Angeles Kings beat the Edmonton Oilers .
What Went Wrong For The Kraken? The Kraken flirted briefly with a playoff spot this season, to the point that GM Jason Botterill was an active buyer at the trade deadline, picking up winger Bobby McMann from the Toronto Maple Leafs . However, the fact is, from the return of the Olympics through Saturday’s game against the Calgary Flames , the Kraken went an atrocious 7-14-2 to put their season in a death spiral.
In other words, they absolutely earned the abysmal spot they’re in right now. It’s no wonder that we’ve already seen a major management shakeup in Seattle. Kraken president of hockey operations Ron Francis is stepping down at the end of this season .
Francis took on the Kraken’s GM role in the summer of 2019, so he’s had a longer kick at the can than many hockey management people get. Seattle Kraken President Ron Francis To Step Down Ron Francis, the first GM of the Seattle Kraken, is stepping down from his position as president of hockey operations at the end of the regular season. The truth is, there isn’t something in the Seattle system right now that makes you think things with the Kraken are going to change for the better anytime soon.
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