The Kraken must trade their pending free agents at the NHL trade deadline, including Brandon Tanev and Yanni Gourde.
The Seattle Kraken are expected to be big sellers before Friday's NHL trade deadline. Here's a look at what three insiders are saying about them.
The Seattle Kraken is reportedly open to trading Brandon Tanev before the 2025 NHL trade deadline. He will be a free agent after this season and the Kraken are not in a playoff spot.
Besides dealing Alex Wennberg in 2024, the Kraken kept their players at the NHL trade deadline the past two years. That tradition is expected to end this week.
Kevin Kurz of The Athletic: The Philadelphia Flyers have two pending UFAs in forward Andrei Kuzmenko and defenseman Erik Johnson. A team or two might have an interest in Kuzmenko, who is two years removed from a 39-goal season. Kuzmenko is feeling the pressure of a ‘new’ team and being a pending UFA.
Michael Eyssimont and Jacob Melanson are set to make their Seattle Kraken debuts tonight against the Nashville Predators.
The Seattle Kraken are running out of time to string wins together, and could be selling hard at the March 7 NHL Trade Deadline.