3 things the Seattle Kraken need for a deep playoff run

The Seattle Kraken were a very bad team in 2021-22. It was their first year in the league, and they were terrible, like expansion teams should be (looking at you, Vegas Golden Knights). Seattle finished in last place in the Pacific Division with 60 standings points.

Coming into year number two, people didn’t think they’d be much better, but why should they have? It is a team with some really good players, but climbing out of being a 60-point team is usually really hard.

The problem is that it wasn’t hard for the Seattle Kraken in 2022-23. Hockey fans, perhaps including some Kraken fans, spent a lot of the first half waiting to see when they’d finally fall off. By New Year’s Eve, however, it became pretty clear that they weren’t going to.

They really haven’t pushed for the Pacific Division title as much in the second half, but they have still been a really good team and there are a lot of reasons why.

The Seattle Kraken have a very bright future ahead of them if they are smart.

Well, on Thursday, they clinched a postseason berth for the first time in franchise history with a win over the Arizona Coyotes. That is obviously a very special moment in their franchise’s history. Now, you can’t help but wonder if they are capable of making a run in the postseason.

Making a run doesn’t even mean winning the Stanley Cup or even the Western Conference. A really good run for them would be a round victory or two. If they are going to pull something like that off this spring, these three things need to happen: