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\n What they\u2019re saying<\/p>\n\u201cMentally, it’s getting your mindset back. And saying, ‘Look, we’re in a good spot here and we’ve got to keep winning games.’\u201d<\/p>\n
\u2014 Jared McCann, Forward (nhl.com)<\/p>\n
\u201cYou want to play for something. That’s why we do it.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u2014 Jared McCann, Forward (nhl.com)<\/p>\n
\u201cOnce we start, it’s six weeks right to the end. So, it is a sprint. We’re in a time now where it’s got to be a playoff mentality right to the end.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u2014 Brandon Montour, Defenseman (nhl.com)<\/p>\n
\u201cIt is a sprint. Because before you know it, you’re all of a sudden going to have under 20 games left and then after that, you’re going to be down in the 10 range. And so, it’s an important stretch of practice and then the sprint is on.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u2014 Lane Lambert, Head Coach (nhl.com)<\/p>\n
What\u2019s next<\/p>\n
The Kraken will fly to Dallas on February 20 and resume their season against the Stars on February 22, kicking off a stretch of 26 games in 6 weeks as they push for a playoff spot.<\/p>\n
The takeaway<\/p>\n
The Kraken have put themselves in a strong position to make the playoffs for the second time in franchise history, but they know they have a short window to secure that spot. With a ‘playoff mentality’ and a focus on maintaining the pace they set before the Olympic break, the team is determined to take advantage of this opportunity and give their fans a chance to experience postseason hockey.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Published on Feb. 20, 2026 Got story updates? Submit your updates here. \u203a The Seattle Kraken have returned…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":462658,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5130],"tags":[5,4188,4,2686,234,5318],"class_list":{"0":"post-465157","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-seattle-kraken","8":"tag-hockey","9":"tag-kraken","10":"tag-nhl","11":"tag-seattle","12":"tag-seattle-kraken","13":"tag-seattlekraken"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/465157","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=465157"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/465157\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/462658"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=465157"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=465157"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=465157"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}