Seattle Kraken

# seasons – 2021-22 NHL DEBUT

Team Captains: Mark Giordano 2021-

First player: Luke Henman C signed as free agent 5/12/2021

First-ever Draft Selection: Matthew Beniers 2021, 2nd overall

Highest Draft selection: Matthew Beniers 2021, 2nd overall

2021 Expansion Draft selections

Mason Appleton WPG

Nathan Bastian NJD

Gavin Bayreuther CBJ

Colin Blackwell NYR

Will Borgen BUF

Dennis Cholowski DET

Joey Daccord OTT

Joonas Donskoi COL

Chris Driedger FLA

Vince Dunn STL

Jordan Eberle NYI

Cale Fleury MTL

Haydn Fleury ANA

Morgan Geekie CAR

Mark Giordano CGY

Yanni Gourde TBL

Calle Jarnkrok NSH

Adam Larsson EDM

Jeremy Lauzon BOS

Kole Lind VAN

Kurtis MacDermid LAK

Jared McCann TOR

Jamie Oleksiak DAL

Tyler Pitlick ARI

John Quennville CHI

Carson Soucy MIN

Brandon Tanev PIT

Alexander True SJS

Carsen Twarynski PHI

Vitek Vanacek WSH

Did you know…
… Brothers Cale and Haydn Fleury are the first set of brothers taken together in an expansion draft.
… Expansion draftee Gavin Bayreuther is the cousin of former NHL D Ben Lovejoy. … Expansion draftee Jamie Oleksiak’s selection was announced from 10,000 feet up Mount Rainier.
… Expansion draftee Alexander True is the cousin of Winnipeg Jets LW Nicolaj Ehlers.
… Expansion draftee Alexander True was just the 15th player in NHL history from Denmark.
… Expansion draftee Jamie Oleksiak was the NHL’s heaviest player at the time of the expansion draft.
… The Seattle Kraken selected 30 players from 6 different countries in the 2021 expansion draft (CAN-19, USA-6, SWE-2, CZE-1, DEN-1, FIN-1).
… Hall of Famer Ron Francis was named 1st GM in Kraken history.
… Dave Hakstol, former Flyers head coach and former Maple Leafs assistant coach, was named Kraken inaugural head coach.
… Seattle Kraken play-by-play announcer Everett Fitzhugh is the 1st African-American play-by-play announcer in NHL history.
… Ryan Donato scored the 1st goal in Kraken history (10/12/21 vs VGK).
… Jamie Oleksiak had the 1st penalty in Kraken history (tripping minor 10/12/21 vs VGK).      

 

Quotables…

“I think any time you play your first NHL game, you remember that.” – Ron Francis