A quick search of VividSeats.com by way of the Seattle Kraken official website shows that tickets for the team’s home opener Oct. 23 at Climate Pledge Arena will not be cheap.
The lowest ticket price to be found there for the game against the Vancouver Canucks is $595, but other seats are available for more money all the way up to about $2,300.
That’s for one ticket.
Yes sir and yes ma’am, Seattle and the NHL world is certainly hungry for more hockey.
The puck is in the net. In this screenshot, Riley Sheahan scores the first
goal in Seattle Kraken history on Sunday in a 5-3 preseason victory
over the Vancouver Canucks in Spokane, Wash.
So, if you want to save money and see the Kraken before that home opener in a preseason or regular season game, there are plenty of options if you want to travel outside of the Seattle area.
Of note is the drop in price of tickets for home games after the opener.
Here’s a list of upcoming games and the lowest VividSeats.com ticket prices:
Preseason
>> Tuesday, at Edmonton Oilers … $9
>> Wednesday, at Calgary Flames … $5
>> Friday, vs. Edmonton Oilers, at Everett, Wash. … $68
>> Saturday, vs. Calgary Flames, at Kent, Wash. … $134
>> Oct. 5, at Vancouver Canucks … $40
Regular season
>> Oct. 12, at Vegas Golden Knights … $175
>> Oct. 14, at Nashville Predators … $76
>> Oct. 16, at Columbus Blue Jackets … $27
>> Oct. 18, at Philadelphia Flyers … $39
>> Oct. 19, at New Jersey Devils … $27
>> Oct. 23, vs. Vancouver Canucks, at Climate Pledge Arena, $595
>> Oct. 26, vs. Montreal Canadiens, at Climate Pledge Arena, $191
>> Oct. 28, vs. Minnesota Wild, at Climate Pledge Arena, $154
>> Oct. 31, vs. New York Rangers, at Climate Pledge Arena, $187
The Kraken got off to a great start, winning their first NHL preseason game 5-3 vs. Vancouver on Sunday.
Fans will get a great look at the team this week, with four games — two each against Edmonton and Calgary.
On Sunday, all parts of the Kraken’s game were solid.
“We came out of the first period down by two, but we had a decent start,” coach Dave Hakstol said in his postgame interview Sunday. “It’s the first game. Both teams are trying to find their game and their pace. A lot of good effort up and down the lineup, but obviously a ton of things to clean up.
“Tonight was a good step and a positive step with lots of learning opportunities.”
Hakstol, the former Philadelphia Flyers head coach, added some words about the job ahead for the team in preparation for the regular season opener at Vegas on Oct. 12:
“Structurally, there was a lot of pieces that we saw tonight, and I’ll use our defensive zone coverage as an example,” he said. “We saw good pieces of it, but there’s still missing pieces so we have to add that over the next two weeks and become more complete, and that’s the case with every part of our game.”
And while it might be easy to credit Seattle’s defense for keeping Vancouver out of its zone for most of the night, there wasn’t a real opportunity for Hakstol to see how his defenseman d0 against intense pressure.
“We didn’t spend a ton of time in our D-zone,” he said. “There were two or three extended shifts in the third period where we were able to keep it to the outside but we spent a lot of time in there. We have to clean those up. It’s too much time spent in the defensive zone on those two or three occasions.”
As with any team getting ready for a new season, the Seattle brain trust is looking at the best ways to put the four lines and three defensive pairings together.
“We have a day off (Monday) and then we’ll go back and reevaluate that and look at the changes we want to make and the new combinations that we want to look at,” Hakstol said. “There are things there that we liked. If we do go away from them to look at something different, we can always come back. That’s something we have to look at closely.”
When asked about the rare chance to be part of a professional team starting from scratch, Hakstol did not hesitate to highlight the great effort he’s seen so far:
“What I’ve seen is a bunch of guys who are excited to dig in and be part of that challenge to come together quickly.”
Hakstol, if you’re wondering, probably has a long leash as far as job security goes, according to Adam Gretz at Yahoo.com, simply because the Kraken are so new.
“Whether or not you like the decision to go with Hakstol (as the Seattle coach) is irrelevant,” Gretz wrote recently. He is a first-year coach for a first-year expansion team. Expectations for this season are low and that makes him probably the safest coach in the league.”
Kraken Open A Beer
One way to celebrate Seattle Kraken victories is to Kraken open a beer.
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Author’s note: I hereby take credit for writing down the above “Kraken Open A Bear” saying for the first time on Monday, Sept. 27, at 11:06 a.m., Hawaii time. I also hereby claim it as my intellectual property and expect to collect royalties from anyone else who uses it. Eh, but I know for sure that someone will try to pawn it off as their own. After the team’s preseason opening victory, I Kraken opened a Rolling Rock (or two).
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And if you are going to go the traditional route, then you will go with either Coors Light or Hop Valley Kraken Stash, the official beers of the Seattle Kraken.
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