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Kraken Hire Lane Lambert As Head Coach

May 29, 2025 at 7:20 pm CDT | by Brian La Rose 13 Comments

After a long search, the Kraken have found their new bench boss.  The team announced that Lane Lambert has been hired as the third head coach in franchise history.  GM Jason Botterill released the following statement:

After conducting an extensive search, we’re thrilled to announce Lane as our new head coach. We cast a wide net for suitable candidates. What impressed us throughout the interview process was Lane’s strategy and vision for this team. He was an integral part of the Capitals winning the Cup and the Islanders advancing to two straight Eastern Conference finals. We have full confidence in Lane to lead this team behind the bench.

Lambert will be taking over behind the bench from Dan Bylsma who was let go after just one year.  He had previously replaced Dave Hakstol who served as the head coach for the franchise’s first three seasons.  The hire shouldn’t come as too much surprise as earlier this week, Sportsnet’s Elliotte Friedman reported that Lambert had emerged as the frontrunner for the position.

This will be Lambert’s second stint leading a team.  The 60-year-old spent 127 games in charge of the Islanders but was let go partway through the 2023-24 season and replaced by Patrick Roy.  Over that time, the Isles put up a 61-46-20 record while making the playoffs in 2022-23 where they lost in the first round.

The playoff success Botterill alludes to in his statement came when Lambert wasn’t in the top job.  He spent four years with Washington as an assistant including 2018 when the Capitals won the Stanley Cup.  Lambert followed Barry Trotz to the Islanders the following year while receiving a promotion to associate coach; their two Eastern Conference Final appearances came while he was in that role.  This past season, Lambert was an associate coach with Toronto who now has an opening to fill on their staff.

Lambert will now be tasked with turning around a Kraken team that impressed considerably in its sophomore season when they amassed 100 points in the regular season but has struggled since, putting up 81 and 76 over the last two.  One area of focus will undoubtedly be on the back end as they went from allowing the eighth-fewest goals in 2023-24 to 24th in that category this season while their possession game took a big hit as well.

With this hiring, there are now just two head coach vacancies remaining across the NHL: Pittsburgh and Boston.  The belief is that the Penguins are looking to finalize a hire before the end of the month while the Bruins have been whittling down their shortlist in recent days as well so it may not be much longer before all 32 spots are spoken for.

Photo courtesy of Matt Kartozian-USA TODAY Sports.

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  1. brucenewton

    2 months ago

    Love is the correct hire I think.

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    • 'Tang It

      2 months ago

      For Pittsburgh haha

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  2. SamIam 3

    2 months ago

    So I assume Seattle will retain the token female assistant coach?!!?

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    • hereallnight

      2 months ago

      If the Kraken brought on board a male assistant coach with equivalent professional experience to that which Jessica Campbell holds, I’m sure you’d be just as quick to question their hiring decision.

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    • Gbear

      2 months ago

      I would certainly hope not.

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    • aka.nda

      2 months ago

      If they were as bad at coaching the power play as she was last season, it would be suspicious not to

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    • aka.nda

      2 months ago

      Though one does have to wonder if she had less than full autonomy as the commitment to Matty Beniers on the top unit seemed much counterproductive to professional achievement

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    • yeasties

      2 months ago

      @hereallnight people usually do question why an assistant is retained whenever the head coach is replaced, regardless of gender

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    • deepseamonster32

      2 months ago

      Was that a big deal in Edmonton, where 2 of their 3 assistants pre-date Knoblauch?

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    • JNB

      2 months ago

      Depends…did they only hire a coach willing to keep those 2 or did he get the choice to keep them?

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    • Fargo Chipper

      2 months ago

      Woods coached the power play and was responsible for it, Campbell assisted him on it.

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    • MortDingle

      2 months ago

      We like her and we are forming an opinion on your skills.

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  3. alstott40

    2 months ago

    still trying to figure out how botterill get’s another job after the wreckage he left behind in buffalo

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