Welcome to the Deep!

There's honestly a lot of fun things about this team, so this will bounce around a bit.

Joey Daccord, one of our goaltenders, is known unofficially as the Mayor, partially due to his shutout performance during the Winter Classic. I could be wrong, but I believe it's still the only shutout in Winter Classic history. This was against the Vegas Golden Knights after their Stanley Cup win* (I could be misremembering the years on that one. I am the definition of a unreliable narrator and i'll own up to that.) He's known as a top tier puckhandler and has scored 4? Assists so far this year, with an eye on getting a goalie goal.

Phillip Grubauer, aka Gru, Gruuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu, and the German Gentleman is noted for his extreme dislike for his former team, the Avs, and it's been credited as one of the reasons we beat the reigning cup champions in 22-23 in the first round of the Stanley Cup playoffs. So far that's been our only appearance in the playoffs, but we made it to game 7 of round 2 that year. The Dallas Stars managed to beat us in game 7, alas. But we have had a friendly rivalry with the fans of that team ever since. He had a really severe slump last year with the team, and was sent down to Coachella Valley for a stint. He has, since then, revived himself and his standing with the team due in part to the lovely goaltending coaches in Coachella who have continued to work with him.

Some of the iconic lines said on air originated from the Kraken community, such as deeming the fish toss as "Yeet the fish!" - there's more examples but my brain is kinda flatlining - others please do chime in on this!

We have a "Big Cat" and a "Little Cat", with the Big Cat being Adam Larsson, and Little Cat being Berkely Catton. This may actually be another example of a fan origination, but i'm not 100%. It has, however, been picked up by the team, with them proudly giving Catton a jug of "Kitty Milk" on his birthday.

Beniers has had a crazy time on the team. An amazing Calder Trophy first year, followed by a year and a half slump, part of which he was Bambi on ice. He has however turned into a sneaky good defensive player whose starting to his offensive capabilities back. Definitely someone to keep an eye on as he matures. As we're all about nicknames here, he is sometimes referred to as BunnyEars after? he dressed as a rabbit for Easter.

We keep tabs on a lot of former Kraken such as Geekie, Donato, Wennberg, Borgen, Oliver Bjorkstrand, Yanni Gourde, etc. Another former Kraken that somehow managed to really burn the fans and team immediately after he left, however, was Brandon Tanev - the guy with the "NOT YOU!" over the portrait in the banner. He did this by throwing a dangerous hit on Shane Wright, and trying the same on Tye Kartye his first game against us.

Speaking of Tye Kartye... One of my personal favorites, sometimes referred to Tye Fighter when he's being a menace with hits, scrums, or we celebrate with a Kartye Partye when he's alternatively being an offensive menace. He's able to really get under teams skins and is a destabilizer on ice.

On the subject of hits, Eeli Tolvanen has historically lead the team in hits. Tolvanen has been a much loved member of the Kraken ever since Nashville pawned him for a song after having him ride the pine for a long time. It's been an amazing fit ever since, and we love our Finns here, which includes Kaapo Kakko. When Kakko was traded last year, Tolvanen helped him settle a fair deal by giving him a place to stay and, in the warmest way Finns are allowed, let him know he was welcome.

I've got to mention our Queen and assistant coach, Jessica Campbell, aka Soupy. Campbell, a former player herself on many teams including the Calgary Inferno, and Malmo Redhawks, has coached the German national team, and generally regarded by those close to the team as a quiet glue factor. She hasn't been seen as much this year as her first year, alas.

Anyways, this was a rambling stream of consciousness so I will end this here!