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The Seattle Kraken have their first permanent emergency backup goalie (EBUG). Dolan Gilbert, a 25-year-old recent graduate of Michigan State University, will become the first player in franchise history to serve in the role after a change to the NHL’s collective bargaining agreement required every team to begin carrying a netminder they can plug into the lineup in a pinch.

It’s getting to be that time of year. September is right around the corner. Junior teams in North America and Europe are reassembling for camp and preseason contests. The first draft showcase event, the Hlinka Gretzky Cup, is already in the books.

For prospect watchers, it means we’re officially on to the 2027 NHL Draft. A few analysts have already put out

Aside from a shooting‑percentage bender in 2022–23, the Seattle Kraken haven’t exactly been known as a high‑scoring team. But last season’s offensive output felt particularly challenging.

Welcome to Friday Film Room, our offseason Seattle Kraken prospects series here at Sound Of Hockey. Today, we’ll look at gameplay video, data, and analysis of defenseman Rylan Singh, Seattle’s first of two seventh-round picks in the 2026 NHL Draft, and forward Julius Miettinen, the team’s 2024 second-round pick.

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Last month we hit the five-year anniversary of the Seattle Kraken Expansion Draft. Since that momentous day in 2021, media and hockey fans have engaged in countless hours of debate over the Kraken’s strategy and success procuring talent in that process.

Did the Kraken overplay their hand or miss other opportunities to profit? Were NHL general managers “smarter” aft...