Maybe one of the most important pieces of news, the home opener will only be streaming on ESPN+ and Hulu. There will be no cable broadcast. It was a league decision to not make it available locally on ROOT Sports Northwest, not an organizational decision. Feel free to tweet and email your anger toward the league.

  Alex Barre-Boulet was placed on waivers yesterday and was re-claimed by the Tampa Bay Lightning.

  The latest injury report is as follows:

Morgan Geekie – Practiced with the team
Colin Blackwell – Still no timetable, but was on the ice today
Calle Jarnkrok – Activated off COVID-19 protocol and back at practice, as of Thursday.

  Today’s practice lines:

Jaden Schwartz — Yanni Gourde — Calle Jarnkrok
Jared McCann — Alexander Wennberg — Jordan Eberle
Brandon Tanev — Morgan Geekie — Joonas Donskoi
Mason Appleton — Riley Sheahan — Nathan Bastian/Ryan Donato

Mark Giordano — Jamie Oleksiak
Jeremy Lauzon — Adam Larsson
Carson Soucy — Vince Dunn
Haydn Fleury — William Borgen

 Kyle Pereira and I sat down to talk about the results of the first five Kraken games, the goalie issues and the prospects in the system. Give it a listen or a watch:

Kraken Hostile Seattle Rinkcast – Season 1 Episode 6 – Kraken Hatchlings featuring Kyle Pereira

  As I mentioned earlier, the Kraken host the Vancouver Canucks Saturday night at Climate Pledge Arena (has a nice ring to it, doesn’t it?). Puck drop is scheduled for 7 p.m. PDT. Follow us on Twitter: @TheRinkOfficial, @TheRinkSeattle, @KrakenHostile and @PuckinHostile

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Coach Dave Hakstol told reporters that newly claimed Alex Barre-Boulet will make his debut tonight in Nashville.

Defenseman Dennis Cholowski was claimed off waivers by the Washington Capitals.

#SeaKraken lose Dennis Cholowski to the #ALLCAPS https://t.co/9cGbjZ8pbI

— The Rink – Seattle (@TheRinkSeattle) October 14, 2021

Those of you who partake in wagering on NHL games, keep your eye out for our newest feature, “Tommy’s Puckline Picks“. Rink staffer Thomas Gibbons gives you all the info you should need to make your nightly NHL picks, EVERY DAY!

Stay tuned for a recap of tonight’s game first thing in the morning and follow us on Twitter: @TheRinkOfficial, @TheRinkSeattle, @KrakenHostile, and @PuckinHostile

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According to head coach Dave Hakstol, Joonas Donskoi, Calle Jarnkrok, Marcus Johansson, Jared McCann and Jamie Oleksiak are all on the COVID-19 protocol list. They will need negative COVID-19 tests to return to team activities as opposed to 14-day quarantines that unvaccinated players would need.

In what was supposed to be the big announcement of the day, Mark Giordano was named the first team captain in Kraken history. Jordan Eberle, Yanni Gourde, Adam Larsson and Jaden Schwartz were named as Kraken alternate captains for the inaugural 2021–22 season.

Mark Giordano was named first captain of the Seattle Kraken on Monday. He will be Seattle’s on-ice leader when it begins its inaugural season against the Vegas Golden Knights at T-Mobile Arena on Tuesday (10 p.m. ET; ESPN, ESPN+, SN, TVAS) https://t.co/CGUdQjVniJ via @NHLdotcom

— NHL.com (@NHLdotcom) October 11, 2021

As the news rolls in of more players in COVID-19 protocol, the Kraken claimed Tampa Bay Lightning forward Alex Barre-Boulet off waivers. Barre-Boulet played 15 games for a stacked Lightning team last season scoring three goals. The 5-foot-10, 181-pound, 24-year-old forward has shown he can put the puck in the net at the AHL level (69 goals, 67 assists, 0.94 points per game) and has been looking for a spot to take his shot in the NHL. This will be a great opportunity for him.

Alex Barré-Boulet, placed on waivers by TB, played 15 whole games that looked pretty good. Why not eh? pic.twitter.com/am6lQHwKJx

— JFresh (@JFreshHockey) October 10, 2021

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