Ushering in a new era of Kraken hockey under coach Lane Lambert, intensity has been taken up a few notches on the ice. What has stood out so far with the regular season set to begin on October 9?

The Seattle Kraken fell 2-1 in a shootout to the Calgary Flames at Climate Pledge Arena on Monday, but one of their top young players continued to impress in his second training camp.

Bouncing on and off the Kraken’s roster over the past couple of seasons on two-way contracts, John Hayden has sights on sticking around permanently this time around. What are his biggest goals with camp and the preseason now underway?

Several Kraken players managed to raise their stock regarding their chances of making the roster or moving up the organizational depth chart in the preseason opener against the Canucks, while others did the opposite.

It was only the first day of training camp on Thursday, but it appears the Kraken will be granting two of their top young prospects every opportunity to earn a spot on the opening night roster for the 2025-26 season.

The Seattle Kraken kicked off their first day of training camp at Kraken Community Iceplex on Thursday, bringing the official start of the Jason Botterill-Lane Lambert regime with intensity in the air.

With a new coach taking over for the second straight season and camp soon to kick off, the Kraken hope a young nucleus can gel with several newcomers to steer the team back towards playoff contention.

Heading into the 2025-26 season with a new coaching staff, the Kraken will be counting on big steps forward from Matty Beniers and recently re-signed Kaapo Kakko to elevate the play of an otherwise aging forwards group.

Despite all the offseason changes to the Seattle Kraken roster, the organization will rely on the returning top line to pick up where it left off last season to lead the charge in 2025-26.

The Seattle Kraken acquired more center help on Thursday for a cheap price as their busy offseason continues.

Missing the playoffs for a second straight year, the Kraken didn’t meet their own expectations in year one under coach Dan Blysma. But there’s reason for optimism looking towards 2025-26.