"Clearly Not Good Enough": Kraken Pummeled by Canes in Finland
"Clearly not good enough." Lane Lambert's budding frustration was evident as the Canes utterly outmatched the Kraken in Helsinki. Is the early run ripping apart in the face of reality?
The rhetorical question for this year's Seattle Kraken has been the same as nearly every time the young franchise has been somewhere above average: is it real?
After losing 4-1 to the Carolina Hurricanes in Helsinki, the Kraken could be said to be in a rut. Over their past four games, the team has been outscored 15-7 in regulation, with their weakness on power plays and connection problems abundantly clear.
Two of those games were against the Calgary Flames, who came into the year with abysmally low expectations. A late comeback attempt made their loss to the New York Rangers at least a little respectable on Saturday, but on Thursday against the championship-defending Hurricanes, they were simply out of their depth.
"I thought we had we had a a plan coming in, I don't know that we stuck to it very well," said Kraken head coach Lane Lambert, though he qualified his judgment. "At the end of the day, they played well, you've got to give them credit."
Begrudging respect aside, the 'Canes have something big to teach the Kraken; unfortunately for Seattle's chances on Thursday, their instructional style was nasty, brutish, and short.
