Kraken 2024 Offseason chatter

[Kevinsane]

Hey just curious what was everyone's team before the Kraken? Whose refugees are these?

Canucks until I’d had it with their mob family ownership.
I’ve been all in as a Kraken fan since their inception.

 

[Fistfullofbeer]

Hey just curious what was everyone's team before the Kraken? Whose refugees are these?

Sharks.

 

[PocketNines]

Sharks.

To be clear as a Blues fan I don't "like" the Sharks I like that you responded

Regular season I did pretty well, but my luck seeing playoff games in the shark tank was brutal. 0-4. The first two games of the 2004 series, Game 3 in 2016 and Game 1 in 2019. In 1995 I was just out of college and covering the Sharks locker room postgame for KFRC which was then the flagship station. Kevin Constantine was the coach. Big time gum chomper. Shortened year. You know who was awesome on that team, as a pro taking questions? Ulf Dahlen. also I will never forget Pavel Bure absolutely wrecking them one night

 

[The Marquis]

Hey just curious what was everyone's team before the Kraken? Whose refugees are these?

North Stars until the move to Dallas, then Devils until the Kraken started.

 

[sigma six]

Hey just curious what was everyone's team before the Kraken? Whose refugees are these?

Philly.

 

[majormajor]

I was and still am a Jackets fan. I live in Olympia but I didn't become a Kraken fan until the Jackets traded my favorite player here. Watching Bjorkstrand and the rest of the guys in the two playoff rounds in 2023 was definitely a thrill for me.

I'm not thrilled with where either franchise is at right now, but that's fine, I love hockey anyways.

 

[Kevinsane]

I was and still am a Jackets fan. I live in Olympia but I didn't become a Kraken fan until the Jackets traded my favorite player here. Watching Bjorkstrand and the rest of the guys in the two playoff rounds in 2023 was definitely a thrill for me.

I'm not thrilled with where either franchise is at right now, but that's fine, I love hockey anyways.

I’d really like to see the Jackets ascend. There’s so much young talent there.
The fans deserve a stable front office and a logo and jersey overhaul. Not much good has happened in those unis.

 

[PocketNines]

North Stars until the move to Dallas, then Devils until the Kraken started.

Willie Plett and Dino Cicarelli, then the Stevens era. I have feelings about your Stevens era lol

 

[The Marquis]

Willie Plett and Dino Cicarelli, then the Stevens era. I have feelings about your Stevens era lol

Stevens is still my all time favorite player. Most people have feelings about the Devils Steven’s era, and they should.

 

[PocketNines]

Stevens is still my all time favorite player. Most people have feelings about the Devils Steven’s era, and they should.

Mine relate to the NHL taking him off the Blues and giving him to the Devils. One of the most outrageous chapters in NHL history. I have a real hatred of Lamoreillo and anything he touches

 

[kihei]

Hey just curious what was everyone's team before the Kraken? Whose refugees are these?

Leafs, started rooting for them centuries ago. Saw, like, two of their regular season games last year. Like Satchel Paige said, "Don't look back. Something might be gaining on you."

 

[PocketNines]

Leafs, started rooting for them centuries ago. Saw, like, two of their regular season games last year. Like Satchel Paige said, "Don't look back. Something might be gaining on you."

You and the Flyers refugee sigma six are in the same boat of "have actual Cup history, just not in forever"

By the way, the story told by Buck O'Neil in the Ken Burns series (at the end of inning 5 IIRC) about Satchel Paige facing Josh Gibson is one of the most deliciously told and incredible stories I have ever heard in sports

 

[sigma six]

You and the Flyers refugee sigma six are in the same boat of "have actual Cup history, just not in forever"

By the way, the story told by Buck O'Neil in the Ken Burns series (at the end of inning 5 IIRC) about Satchel Paige facing Josh Gibson is one of the most deliciously told and incredible stories I have ever heard in sports

It's painful. I started watched them in like 1996, and no cup!
They've been so poorly run for years now.