Oct 12: Johansson has been cleared and can play tonight, but Hakstol told reporters including Clark that Jarnkrok, McCann, Oleksiak and Donskoi are all still unavailable. The lineup is a “work in progress” for the Kraken.
Oct 11: Just after the Vegas Golden Knights announced that Mattias Janmark is in the COVID protocol, their opponent for tomorrow night had some even worse news. Seattle Kraken head coach Dave Hakstol told reporters including Ryan S. Clark of The Athletic that Calle Jarnkrok, Marcus Johansson, Jared McCann, Jamie Oleksiak and Joonas Donskoi are all in the COVID protocol.
Just like with Janmark, it is important to remember that inclusion in the protocol does not mean that a player has tested positive for Coronavirus or even that they have been confirmed as a close contact to another positive person. Included in the NHL’s list of possible reasons for someone being on the COVID Protocol Related Absences list–which actually won’t be released for the first time until tomorrow–are the following:
(1) an initial positive test which remains unconfirmed until confirmatory testing is completed pursuant to the Positive Test Protocol; (2) mandated isolation for symptomatic individuals pursuant to the Positive Test Protocol; (3) required quarantine as a high-risk close contact in accordance with the Positive Test Protocol; (4) isolation based on a confirmed positive test result and/or; (5) quarantine for travel or other reasons as outlined in the COVID-19 Protocol.
Still, this is troubling news for a Kraken team that is expected to play the first game in franchise history tomorrow. Clark notes that the team is trying to get Alex Barre-Boulet, claimed off waivers today from the Tampa Bay Lightning to Vegas in time to play tomorrow night for the Kraken. Losing Jarnkrok, Johansson, McCann and Donskoi from the forward group is taking a huge chunk of the team’s offensive potential off the ice, though it is not confirmed yet if all of them will miss tomorrow’s game.
The team will have to make some adjustments to the roster before today’s deadline, not exactly the start that GM Ron Francis was likely hoping for as the Kraken get ready to take the ice for the first time.
When people say “release the Kraken”, this is not what that should mean.
so they draft bad and now dont even have their better players for opening night. yikes.
Everybody says they had a bad draft yet nobody says what they did wrong. Where do you think they messed up their picks?
to much emphasis on trying to keep as much cap space as possible and then using it on old players or nothing at all. no side deals. very little taking guys and then trading them. no usage if the cap space to offer sheet players in year where many teams were vulnerable to it and you had more cap space than anyone.
They drafted a middling team that’s neither good enough to win the cup nor bad enough to get a high draft pick. This team is set up for a decade of first round exits.
In addition, despite having $0 salary on the books they were somehow unable or unwilling to weaponize that cap space to gain assets for the future… Just look at the moves the coyotes made for a blue print on what they should have done.
Dark side is pretty neg about most things. You don’t know if a team drafts bad for a few years. You also don’t know part or all of the direction the GM is taking the team.
They left players like JVR on the table to “weaponize cap space” and then spent the money on guys like Alex Wennberg. No disrespect to Carson Twarnksyelkrlskjdfodijsidski.
They left a lot of good players on the table.
They cut no side deals.
They were weak when being bold would have been rewarded.
Good D and nice uniforms, though.
can you repeat that name , not sure if got it right! lol Whatever he might be playing tomorrow , hope they can get all that on his new jersey
The only thing I hold against their draft was not working out trades, but I’m sure most other teams smartened up after watching every team that made a deal with Vegas end up regretting it. Otherwise, I really can’t fault them for taking worse players over ones on bad contracts, even if they are NHL caliber. There’s no reason for them to lock themselves into something like that right off the bat.
@riverrat55 – I believe his name is “Carson”, named in honor of the late comedian… :)
Mac, was noting Twarnksyelkrlskjdfodijsidski, lol , alright back to cleaning stringer full of channel catfish , Stay Safe
@riverrat55 – It’s been a long time since I had a stringer full of trout, my friend! Enjoy!
Shakespearean.
“Alas, poor Matthias Janmark! I knew him well, Horatio”.
And folks thought this season would finally be back to normal, LOL!
Its all those stupid boomers from facebook! Its their fault we cant get back to nOrMaL!
yes, nothing so funny as people getting sick. something is wrong with you dude.
As usual, itsmeheyhi completely misses the point of the comment.
as usual, you are a terrible person.
Has darkside ever been positive about something?
His Birth
Vaccinate the Kraken!
Funny thing is, the Kraken has been vaccinated. ;)
First Seattle goal?
I’ll go with Tanev (despite thinking it could also be an Eberle PP goal).
Cue the Adam Larsson pinball seeing eye shot.
I’ll play, Kraken first goal, Mark Giordano.