3 things the Seattle Kraken need for a deep playoff run

3. Vince Dunn leads the defense

Vince Dunn and the defense need to step up big for the Seattle Kraken this year.

All season long, Vince Dunn has had one of the most underrated seasons for a defenseman ever. On Thursday night, in the win over the Arizona Coyotes, Vince Dunn scored an unassisted goal for his 14th of the season. That is a very nice number for a defenseman.

This team defends and scores by committee, but there is no doubt that Vince Dunn plays a big role in everything. In addition to those 14 goals, the man has 50 assists which leads the team by a fair amount. Those 64 points from the blue line are not bad at all. He is second on the team in that department.

The next closest defenseman on the team is Adam Larsson who has about half the points that Dunn has. It is pretty clear that Dunn runs the show but he needs help from everyone on defense once the playoffs begin. In all three zones, it will become a true team effort if they want to win.

There are a lot of players on this team that have won big in their careers, and Vince Dunn is one of them. Now that he is in his age 26 season, he has career highs in everything and can use that past Stanley Cup-winning experience to take him a long way.

There are going to be a lot of people that doubt the Kraken. They believe in themselves, but they do need all of these things and then some to go right in order to make a run. A lot of folks will be rooting for them.