After a week of speculation, Dave Hakstol, the first coach in Seattle Kraken franchise history, was relieved of his duties on Monday, April 29. The news came seven days after club GM Ron Francis gave his end of season exit interview with the media and was curiously cagey about his head coach’s future with the team. In the 24 hours since the news, two main subplots stand out. Let’s dive in. 1. Kraken’s Lack of Consistency According to Francis himself, the decision to relieve Hakstol and assistant coach Paul McFarland of their duties was taken on Sunday morning. That said, both parties were…

On Saturday, the Seattle Kraken emptied their locker rooms and made themselves available to the media. On Monday, it was general manager Ron Francis’ turn to share his thoughts publicly. While some of the answers provided by him could seen from a mile away, others were sufficiently interesting to raise an…