The expansion-year Seattle Kraken (4-12-1 for nine points through their first 17 contests) don’t look great. The same cannot be said for their second and third leading scorers, former Penguins Brandon Tanev (7-2—9) and Jared McCann (6-4—10). They trail only former Islander Jordan Eberle for the team lead in goals.
The Penguins dealt McCann to the Maple Leafs just prior to Seattle’s start, then lost Tanev in the expansion draft itself. In return for McCann, they received left winger Filip Hallander (who has recorded 2-2—4 and a minus-4 rating in 13 games with the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins) and a seventh-round 2023 draft pick.