Eight Teams the Seattle Kraken Need to Own to Make the Playoffs
Vancouver Canucks (0-1-0) with six possible points left
Public enemy number one for Seattle is currently in the hurt locker. Our neighborly rivals always give to the community but are in disarray in their hockey operations, with their GM and head coach on the hot seat. The tide is high to win this series after the Kraken dropped their first matchup to open Climate Pledge Arena. Game 2 is two days after Christmas.
Canucks deserved to win tonight but when you’re playing one of the worst teams in the league at home, and they’re on the second half of a back to back, and you get shut out… it kind of tells you about how good of a team you are.
— Rob Williams (@RobTheHockeyGuy) November 22, 2021
Nashville Predators (1-0-0) with four points left
A win last night and a winning record so far this year for the Bridgestone banner makers, but the days of coach Peter Laviolette and goalie Pekka Rinne are over. The first-ever Kraken victory came on October 14th in Music City, and the Preds make their way to the Emerald City on January 25th.
Chicago Blackhawks (0-1-0) with four points left
Fallout over the Kyle Beach incident continues in Chicagoland, while the on-ice product is a mere shadow of what it was during the Stanley Cup run of 2015. Seattle played good enough to win the first meeting last week, but Hawks goalie Marc-Andre Fleury stood on his head. Coach Dave Hakstol saw it too.
“At one point, I looked up and we were outshooting them 16 to three, and we were losing the period one nothing. Nothing slow about that. We were on top of it but couldn’t get one to go. They had good goaltending. We had more volume and had some real good looks from inside.”
Arizona Coyotes (0-1-0) with four points left
To quote the Minnesota Vikings’ Dennis Green from years ago, they (the Coyotes) are who we thought they were. Have they even named a captain yet in the Valley of the Sun? Is this team moving to Houston or Quebec? After a one-goal loss in Glendale on November 6th, the desert dogs come to The Greenhouse next on December 21st.