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Our “The Other 31” summer series is chugging along at full steam right now and on today’s DLLS Stars Podcast, we focus on the Seattle Kraken, with special guests Alison Lukan, Kraken TV Studio Analyst, and Everett Fitzhugh, Kraken Radio Play-by-Play Announcer. After losing to the Stars in seven games in the second round of the 2023 Stanley Cup Playoffs, Seattle hasn’t qualified for post season play in the two years since. That has prompted the Kraken to make some major moves in the last few months, moving general manager Ron Francis to president of hockey operations, elevating Jason Botterill to the GM role, firing head coach Dan Bylsma after just one season at the helm and bringing in Lane Lambert as the new bench boss. Obviously, we also have to talk about the Mason Marchment trade to Seattle and how that will affect the Stars and the Kraken lineups – and perhaps even mascots being chased by wild grizzly bears.
00:00 Intro
01:00 Alison Lukan Joins the Show
7:00 Kraken offseason changes
17:15 Mason Marchment
24:00 Alison’s definition of scoring chances
27:00 Matty Beniers
29:00 Alison’s thoughts on Stars
37:00 Everett Fitzhugh joins the show
38:00 Culture of the Kraken
44:00 Kraken defensive core
49:30 Shane Wright
55:00 Everett thoughts on Stars
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It does not really matter what was lost when they traded Marchment. What is done is done now. Did the Stars lose a little physicality, of course. We also lost some dumb penalties that Marchment seems to always be drawn towards himself. We definitely needed that cap space freed up, so it had to be done unfortunately. Hopefully we have others that will step up the physicality for this next season.
Liam Bischel is the perfect replacement for Mush. What's important is the new coach will help Dallas win the Stanley Cup