Facing Off With First Ever Seattle Kraken All-Star Jordan Eberle
He stood on the first team stage at the expansion draft in July. He scored the first franchise hat-trick in November. And he was selected as the first and only Seattle Kraken All-Star in January. Jordan Eberle met with our Jonathan West in Las Vegas over the weekend for the return of the mid-season classic.
2022 in Las Vegas counts as my 5th #NHLAllStar Weekend, the last being six years ago in Nashville. That’s about half as long as Jordan Eberle‘s last visit to an ASG- playing for Zdeno Chara’s team in Ottawa a decade ago. The Seattle Kraken assistant captain is a first-line right winger from the biggest city in the smallest non-maritime province. Drafted by Edmonton and expansion drafted from the Islanders is how it started. Jordan met with me at the Waldorf Astoria on Friday to talk about how it’s going.
W: Jordan, thank you for your time. First I have some questions from the fans. Stephanie in Seattle wants to know your go-to snack?
E: Ha that’s a great question. I always say my guilty snack pleasure is chips. Ketchup chips. All dressed chips. Or Canadian ruffles- a little dressed.
W: That definitely makes sense where you’re from. Dennis in downtown wonders if you feel the team is starting to gel better after playing pretty well lately?
E: Yeah, I think we’ve started to create a little bit of an identity. I think we’re starting to realize how we need to play to win hockey games. Obviously, there’s no history in the past so we don’t really have something to feed off of.
I think we’re starting to play a little bit more defensive-minded. Playing towards the way that we need to win games with the team that we have. And we’re getting consistently guys that are playing better each night and we’re getting good goaltending. So all that’s contributing to more wins.
? Jonathan West