There is no such thing as a relaxation for the weary. Lower than a day after getting stumped at dwelling 5-2 by the Anaheim Geese, the Seattle Kraken are buying reinforcements from their American Hockey League affiliate, the Coachella Valley Firebirds. Pleased Thanksgiving, Ryan Winterton, the Kraken want you.
Seattle In Want of a Spark
As of Nov. 28, Seattle’s 2024-25 season can go both method. At 11-11-1, the membership is actually remaining afloat. 9 Western Convention groups have accrued extra factors, and the St. Louis Blues have tallied the identical quantity (23).
Associated: Geese Defeat Kraken 5-2
However inconsistency has plagued the group for the reason that begin of the season. A latest, spectacular homestand that lasted six matches, for which head coach Dan Bylsma’s ensemble went 5-1-0, was adopted by two defeats in three video games. The most recent stain was the defeat to the Geese at dwelling on Nov. 27, simply two days after besting Anaheim because the street group.
Moderately than take the U.S. vacation off, administration stayed at work and opted so as to add some youth and spunk to the lineup. Winterton is a 2021, third-round draft choice by the Kraken. He lastly put his skating blades onto NHL ice final season for 9 video games. Throughout that point he registered no factors and was a minus-1 ranking.
He has performed in a single match this season. It was on Nov. 5 away to the Colorado Avalanche, a conflict that led to a 6-3 loss. The ahead was a minus-3 that evening.
That mentioned, his AHL statistics are strong. He totaled 35 factors in 58 video games in 2023-24 (22 targets, 13 assists) and has already notched 15 factors in 16 contests this season (seven targets, eight assists).
How Bylsma plans to make use of him is unknown on the time of writing, though together with him on the identical line as former Firebird teammate Shane Wright would make sense.
The Kraken are subsequent in motion away to the San Jose Sharks on Friday (Nov. 29).
