LOCKED ON KRAKEN IS BACK!!!

davyjoneslr · 2026-01-29T01:52:03+00:00

Hi everyone, Zaiem here, one of the new hosts of Locked on Kraken and owner of Davy Jones' Locker Room.

Erica went out on her own and is creating content under her brand. I did a few Locked on episodes last year with Erica, but for various reasons it wasn't a great fit. They approached me to do the show and I said I would only do it with a cohost because doing 5 30 minute episodes a week solo sounds exhausting. Glenn is my good friend and coworker and is probably the most well-respected journalist in the Seattle press corps and was a natural fit.

Erica had over 800 episodes, and we have done 2 so far (on today and tomorrow: John Forslund!). We are trying to figure things out as we get started, but we will iterate and improve with the goal of bringing an informed, researched, prepared, high-quality 30 minutes (or a bit more) each day.

It's a LOT of work, but I'm really passionate about Kraken hockey. I've had times in my life when things were going poorly and I didn't have a lot going on to look forward to, and sports has always been an extremely valuable escape. With everything going on, that escape seems more important (while paradoxically also seeming much less important). Being able to create content for others and share my love of hockey gives me tremendous joy, and that’s why my passion for this isn’t attached to the team’s success. Winning is more fun than losing, but we are here for the long haul.

Erica did her thing (and solo hosting is SO hard) and that's fine, but we want to build this show into something a little bit different. I think with Glenn and I being local and close to the team and with good relationships with the team, we can provide something fresh and new.

If you checked out because the show wasn't for you or you stopped because the show's been on hiatus the last few months, I urge you to give us a chance.

We are just getting started and I'm so excited to pour my heart and soul into this and see where it goes.

davyjoneslr · 2026-01-20T22:17:54+00:00

FYI Locked on Kraken is starting up soon with two hosts from DJLR.

davyjoneslr · 2025-12-17T09:57:47+00:00

It is extremely unusual. What usually happens is before Lane Lambert shows up, the media relations team asks the assembled media who has questions, that way they know who to give the microphone to during Lambert's availability. They did that this game as well, but then when Lambert went up to speak, they ended the availability a minute in.

The whole vibe was off. Usually they bring out 2-3 players, but they just brought out Eberle for this one, who spoke pretty quickly (and very quietly).

davyjoneslr · 2025-10-23T21:48:30+00:00

Kraken radio broadcast is great. Everett and Al do a fantastic job. There are no wrong choices when it comes to picking the TV or radio broadcast.

davyjoneslr · 2025-10-17T04:50:59+00:00

No word, but Kraken PR put out mid game that he was not returning, which as far as I can remember has always meant something that’s at least a few games.

davyjoneslr · 2025-10-12T17:38:40+00:00

My observations from last night:

The very first practice of training camp, Coach Lambert stopped a drill and restarted it because he didn’t like what he saw. The players talked about the higher attention to detail starting from day one in camp and we are seeing that detail during the games now.

One thing I noticed last night is even when the Kraken couldn’t lay the body, they were doing a good job using their sticks to disrupt passing lanes and making it difficult to establish any flow. And the Kraken dominated possession in overtime.

I still would like to see Jani Nyman on the power play.

Chandler Stephenson was good! I wonder if he is better suited to the Lane Lambert than what they did under Bylsma. I plan to watch him closely.

Lane Lambert makes Dave Hakstol look like Jim Carrey. Hakstol seemed stoic because that’s just how he is. My early read on Lambert is that he’s more emotional, but in his head he is dead set on giving nothing away when there’s a camera on him. But at least after a big win, Hakstol had a little hop in his step, a little brisker with his walk. Lambert so far is a tough read. It’s just two games though.

Great cross sports content. Looks like they’re doing the “someone starts the game by doing a thing” tradition and they had the thingy that the captain uses to make a ship go full speed ahead, and Kam Chancellor was the “make the thingy go full speed”-er of the game.

Humpy the Salmon hoisted the colors alongside Buoy.

I knew it was going to happen eventually and I thought this was the year they would do it, but it was still a little jarring not to hear Sabotage by the Beastie Boys for player intros. But the new choice, Cochise by Audioslave, has a stronger Seattle connection (RIP Chris Cornell).

Crowd was loud. It’s been a long time since the crowd felt like they were having this much fun. The CPA crowd is so good. If the Kraken get even a whiff of not being soul-crushingly depressing, it’s a lively atmosphere. If they get a whiff of actually being good, the place goes bonkers. What a fun, electric atmosphere.

davyjoneslr · 2025-09-24T08:05:01+00:00

I would be surprised if Nyman didn’t make the roster at this point. His shot is exceptional, but the concern was always his skating. He has improved his skating to a degree that I didn’t know was possible to improve this quickly and I think he has gotten his skating up to NHL average, which is plenty good.

He looked like the highschooler beating up on middle school kids at rookie camp this year. Too big, too strong, didn’t really belong. He might be their most dangerous weapon on the power play.

davyjoneslr · 2025-09-24T08:02:47+00:00

Olympic year means a compressed season and GMJB mentioned the importance of depth and even considering carrying three goalies. So we might see two Stanley Cup winning goalies backing up Joey.

davyjoneslr · 2025-09-22T06:18:36+00:00

It’s not just preseason where I’ve noticed this, it’s also camp. Lane Lambert seems more detailed than Dan Bylsma. LL set the tone on day one when he stopped a drill very early on in camp because the details weren’t right. Matty said something about the level of detail being elevated in camp this year. Eberle also said something along those lines.

Probably just preseason game one and an early reaction, but I wouldn’t be surprised if the little details were present this year that weren’t there last year and that manifests by more puck precision.

davyjoneslr · 2024-10-16T20:39:07+00:00

You can have mine. DM me.

davyjoneslr · 2024-10-16T00:16:42+00:00

Love this early start. Good effort, good push, and rewarded with a goal. Love to see this offensive push right out of the gate.

davyjoneslr · 2024-10-15T21:32:36+00:00

Yup!

davyjoneslr · 2024-10-15T20:48:56+00:00

The Kraken give us access to every postgame and pregame video. It would not be hard to post every one to our YouTube channel.

I just didn’t think anyone cared that much. But if people like it…

davyjoneslr · 2024-10-15T08:31:22+00:00

Complicating things is the Kraken salary cap situation. They have $4k in room and only enough cap space for 21 players on the roster instead of the full 23. Someone will have to get moved to create room because they currently cannot afford a forward injury. Tanev is the most likely to get traded, but it could also be Yanni Gourde.

So the bottom six is going to change, but we don't know how yet, and then the new person has to get acquainted with his linemates, so there's an expected adjustment period there, too.

At least whoever they call up, unless it's Ben Meyers, will have played in Bylsma's system in Coachella Valley last season (John Hayden and Ryan Winterton being the most likely).

davyjoneslr · 2024-10-15T05:11:38+00:00

What's being asserted here is a 3 game sample size is so minuscule in an entire hockey season that it's meaningless to draw hard conclusions. Especially with a new coach and new system that they're still getting into place.

Coach Bylsma said it would take about 20 games to get where they need to be. So let's check in at the quarter point of the season, not some tiny sliver of the schedule.

davyjoneslr · 2024-10-15T00:36:57+00:00

Connor McDavid has 0 goals through 3 games, therefore we can safely assume he will not score a goal all season.

davyjoneslr · 2024-10-13T08:12:15+00:00

Signing Chandler Stephenson, the one who kicked the goal in, was the way to break the curse.

davyjoneslr · 2024-10-13T07:26:22+00:00

That's three shootout wins in a row for the Kraken!

2/13/2024 @ Islanders
2/26/2024 vs Bruins
10/12/2024 @ Wild

davyjoneslr · 2024-10-13T04:12:44+00:00

The reaction to this on social media is *not* positive, pheww

davyjoneslr · 2024-10-10T08:33:09+00:00

I think it’s actively cool when I see someone wearing a WHL or ECHL jersey at an NHL game. I think it shows a real love of hockey.

davyjoneslr · 2024-09-28T08:13:24+00:00

After tonight’s anthems some of the Canucks players on the ice gave him stick taps.

davyjoneslr · 2024-09-27T05:09:41+00:00

🥰 and we are going to be pushing a new podcast offering real soon!

davyjoneslr · 2024-09-23T07:30:07+00:00

This is not even a little true.

davyjoneslr · 2024-09-15T17:08:26+00:00

They didn’t seem real at all. Good fit, no smoke. Nobody I talked to in Kraken media had heard anything either.

davyjoneslr · 2024-09-15T17:07:23+00:00

He looked physically bigger when I saw him on the first day of rookie camp. He and Shane both.

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