The Seattle Kraken have fired coach Dan Bylsma after just one season. The Kraken regressed after Bylsma took over for Dave Hakstol, who coached them for their first four seasons of existence and got ...

Botterill has a huge plus in Seattle that he didn't have in Buffalo: As an assistant general manager and original member of ...

Seattle, Wash — April 22, 2025 — The Seattle Kraken today announced key leadership changes within the organization’s hockey operations department. Ron Francis elevates to President of Hockey ...

Ron Francis, the Kraken's first general manager, is being replaced by assistant Jason Botterill, who is a former GM for the ...

The Seattle Kraken hope a former Buffalo Sabres GM will help them reach perennial playoff status. This week, the Kraken fired coach Dan Bylsma, promoted executive Ron Francis to president of ...

PuckPedia indicates Utah HC has a projected $22.3 million in salary-cap space with 19 active roster players under contract ...

Jason Botterill's time as general manager of the Buffalo Sabres came to an unexpected ... president and general manager of the NHL's Seattle Kraken. Ron Francis was elevated from that role to ...

However, the Kraken need to start progressing in the right direction, or else they could fall into Buffalo Sabres territory. A team like Seattle can’t get stuck in rebuild mode with Utah inching ...

Bylsma has been fired by the Seattle Kraken after only one season ... who spent a season on Bylsma’s staff with the Buffalo Sabres. Bylsma had not been a head coach in the NHL since spending ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. — The Buffalo Sabres have been eliminated from the ... In that time, every NHL franchise, including the expansion Seattle Kraken, has played at least 14 playoff games.

Bylsma, 54, went 35-41-6 in his lone season in Seattle. It was his first NHL head coaching job since 2017. He won a Stanley Cup with the Pittsburgh Penguins in 2009 and had 355 regular-season wins ...