https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6634534/2025/09/22/seattle-kraken-2025-26-season-preview/

"Seattle is four players short of a decent lineup. Unfortunately for the Kraken, it’s the four most important players that are missing."

Can't say I disagree.

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  1. Kraken are projected to be 4th worst in the NHL, behind only the Hawks, Sharks, and Pens and just ahead of the Preds.

    I agree with pretty much everything in the article, especially this about Beneirs

    > That lack of production, period, is why Beniers found himself outside the top 150. A player with his Defensive Rating (3.7 projected, fourth among forwards behind only Sam Reinhart, Aleksander Barkov and Seth Jarvis) has to be pretty rough offensively to ultimately miss the cut — but Beniers managed. He scored 1.68 all-situations points per 60, the same as bottom-six centers such as Jake Evans and Calle Järnkrok. Neither of those guys saw meaningful power-play time; Beniers played more than 190 minutes with the man advantage. Neither had top-six quality linemates; Beniers’ most frequent was Jaden Schwartz, a player who can be counted on to score at (at least) a 20-goal pace.

    I was also surprised that Wright’s defensive rating was so low at -2.6, closer to Stephenson’s -2.9 than Kartye’s -1.7.

    That defensive liability could really hamper Wright’s ability to move up the lineup and be trusted by the coaches to handle top matchups.

    Beneirs and Wright continuing to improve is the minimum requirement for the Kraken to be competitive for the playoffs this season. It’s unfortunate so much relies on players who are still very young but that’s the state of this roster.

  8. Dang. I was hoping they gave us the 0% chance of making the playoffs like they did before the 2022-23 season.

  9. All I’m seeing is a >0% chance which translates in my brain to THIS IS OUR YEAR!!! WE’RE GOING ALL THE WAY, BABYYYYY

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