Since the Seattle Kraken Joined the NHL, the questions surrounded the way they built their team and managed their business. From expansion of expansion to offseason, the Kraken were considered a team that could be better, but they decided on a long way of success.
Even with their appearance in the playoffs in 2023, where they reached the second round of the playoffs, the Kraken have always done things differently. Things seemed to go in the right direction, but after consecutive seasons of Miss the playoffsThey decided that more changes were needed.
THE Seattle Kraken announced a change of coach. Less than a year after replacing Dave Hakstol, the Kraken started to And bylsma.
To hear the Seattle Kraken brings a change of coaching.
Dan bylsma will be released … and a complete search will start.
– ELIOTE Friedman (@FrieGEHNIC) April 21, 2025
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In addition to dismissing Bylsma, the team promotes the current managing director Ron Francis within organization and manufacturing Jason BotterillThe Deputy Managing Director, the new Managing Director.
Hear that there will also be a change in the front office of the sea. Jason Botterill New GM, Ron Francis will be president of the team https://t.co/eko68ulrak
– Arthur Staple (@stapeathletic) April 21, 2025
These are interesting movements of a team that should not do the qualifying series this season. Bylsma replaced Hakstol because Francis thought they needed a new voice. Remember, BYSLMA took Coachella Valley Firebirds to the Calder Cup final before its promotion. He brought Jessica Campbell to the NHL. It is retained as an assistant coach. The dismissal another coach a year later shows that the Seattle Kraken Need a new direction in their front office.
“We thank Dan for his commitment and the energy he has brought to our organization in the past four years at the NHL and NHL levels,” said Kraken Director of Kraken Ron Francis in a press release. “After a thorough examination of the season and our expectations for next year and beyond, we made the decision difficult to move in a different direction behind the bench. Dan is a great person and a respected coach. He played an important role in the development of many of our young perspectives and was a large part of our early success in Coachella Valley. We only sincerely wish him his family, nothing else in the future. ”
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Not so sleeping in Seattle… Kraken making coach and front office movements #sakerkaken #nhl pic.twitter.com/ypimsdy51i
– Jim Birger (@bimburger) April 21, 2025
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A team like Seattle should not fire coaches year after year. It's a Buffalo Sabers to do. The two teams wonder why they do not succeed and not in the playoffs. There were speculations that Ron Francis may not obtain the full five years of his contract as Director General. Many thought that GM change would come, especially after the contracts granted to Brandon Montour And Chandler Stephenson.
Bylsma did an excellent job with young players, including the choice of first round recovery in 2022 Shane Wright and in newly acquired KAAPO KAKKO. The Kraken has played well under Bylsma this season; However, when Francis did not qualify Morgan Geekie Or Daniel Sprong After the team made the playoffs in 2023, many wondered what it was doing.
Now the search for a full -time coach will start. It will be an in -depth research. However, the coach is not the only problem in Seattle. The construction of the alignment is another problem, and they must obtain the right gel parts to return to the playoffs. However, the Kraken must start to progress in the right direction, otherwise they could fall into the Buffalo sabers territory.
A team like Seattle cannot be stuck in reconstruction mode with UTAH approaching the playoffs. We all know what the Golden Knights of Vegas did during their first five seasons. It is unfair to compare Seattle in Vegas, but the Kraken must return to the playoffs; Otherwise, they could be stuck near the bottom for a long time.
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