Seattle Kraken name replacement for Dave Hakstol

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TJ Tucker
May 27, 2024  (6:06 PM)

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The Seattle Kraken have named their replacement for former head coach Dave Hakstol, who was fired after missing the 2024 Stanley Cup Playoffs

The Seattle Kraken aren't waiting for the official offseason before naming a new boss behind the bench. Sportsnet insider Elliott Friedman says the announcement is expected tomorrow.

According to Friedman, a deal has been struck with former NHL player and head coach Dan Bylsma.

Bylsma's first NHL head coaching positions was with the Pittsburgh Penguins from 2008 to 2014. He won a Stanley Cup in his first season, but was fired after losing to the New York Rangers in the second round of the 2014 Stanley Cup Playoffs. That move was made by General Manager Jim Rutherford, who had just been hired a few days earlier.

Bylsma returned as an NHL head coach in 2015, this time with the Buffalo Sabres. He missed the playoffs two seasons in a row, and was fired from there in 2017.

Bylsma's NHL coaching record for the regular season is an impressive 320-190-55 in 565 games. Since 2021, he served as an assistant, and then head coach with the Kraken's AHL affiliate, the Coachella Valley Thunderbirds.

Bylsma will be the second head coach in the history of the Seattle Kraken franchise. Hakstol was the first, after spending several seasons as head coach of the Philadelphia Flyers.
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