Kraken President of Hockey Operations Ron Francis will “step down from his role” at the end of this season with the team set to miss the playoffs for the third straight year. NHLI via Getty Images
Kraken President of Hockey Operations Ron Francis will “step down from his role” at the end of this season with the team set to miss the playoffs for the third straight year. Francis was named the franchise’s first GM in July 2019, and his “job title shifted last summer” to hockey operations boss. Current GM Jason Botterill “will remain in his role and lead hockey operations.” Much of the “growing anger among fans seems to be directed at Francis,” whose squads only made one playoff appearance in 2023. Francis was also “never able to lure a star to Seattle,” and “none of the Kraken’s first-round draft picks at forward have developed into one yet” (SEATTLE TIMES, 4/8).