Contrary to the Vegas Golden Knights’ Cinderella run in their first season as an NHL franchise, the Seattle Kraken’s debut season has been much closer to what you’d traditionally expect out of a first-year expansion team. The Kraken aren’t totally inept (certainly not Montreal Canadiens bad), but they’ve only mustered a 16-28-4 record that has them firmly in the basement of the Pacific Division.
Above all, goaltending has been the most surprising downfall for the Kraken this season. While their overall output as a team both offensively and defensively is about where you might have expected it to be (bottom five), their tandem of Chris Driedger and Philipp Grubauer has performed way below expectations.