In the NFL, a lot of times you are drafting a player that is playing right away and they have to be an immediate contributor to your team in some role, Nandakumar said. He was a life-long hockey fan who grew up in Vancouver. Ocal: 4-3 OT Bruins. People counted them out, and they are following up their huge Year 1-to-Year 2 regular-season Yet all five of them have still never been in the same physical space at once. The Kraken's first win came in their second game on October 14, when they defeated the Nashville Predators 43.[16]. Essentially, they are responsible for building the programming the Kraken will use to track players and prospects leading up to the drafts. All content 2000-2023 RealGM, L.L.C. Dave Baseggio joins the Kraken supremely qualified for the pivotal Director of Professional Scouting role for an expansion team. This is a list of the seasons completed by the Kraken. Some of Seattle Kraken key employees are Victor de Bonis Where is Locker Room Personnel | Seattle Kraken - NHL There will be no ego in developing this organization, just coming up with the best ideas on how to put our team together.". The team plays home games at Climate Pledge Arena. Played for Team Russia in the CHL Canada/Russia Challenge juniors hockey tournament in 2004 and 2005 in five different Canadian provinces. The application of analytics has existed for several years. He and his brother, Rob, played three seasons together with the Bulldogs with 29 goals and 79 assists from 1985 to 1989. TAMPA, Fla. The 22nd Amendment to the U.S. Constitution says no person can serve as president more than twice. We have to do a lot of research from the scouting side and the R&D side to even decide who our first-ever roster is going to be. All Rights Reserved. Fun Facts: He assisted on New York Islanders teammate Bob Nystrom's famed May 24, 1980 goal that won the first of four straight Stanley Cups for the Islanders dynasty of the 1980s. View all Seattle Kraken Opportunities. Jeff Camelio will serve as the head equipment manager. Enter Search Term. Played two seasons with Ron Francis as a teammate, worked closely with Kraken GM on 2014 to 2017 NHL Drafts. He was previously the assistant equipment manager for the Nashville Predators for 15 years. Clark: 5-4 OT Panthers. He will work closely with hockey operations staff, including scouts and coaches, to provide insight and prepare video analysis of Kraken players and opponents. Let's go with Gourde as the game-winning goal scorer, as he's no stranger to Game 7 heroics. The complete Second Round schedule, including start times and broadcast information, will be announced on Monday, May 1. He's done some good line shuffling, including for Game 6. In the NHL, it is a lot more future-minded where the vast majority of players do not play right away. I'd be delighted to be proved wrong here, though. As a player at Yale, he was selected 86th overall by the Buffalo Sabres in the 1986 NHL Draft, playing nine pro seasons in the AHL, IHL and Europe. He coached two AHL teams over four seasons and served as an AHL assistant coach for five more seasons. All Rights Reserved. Seattle Hockey Partners, LLC are proud to be an equal opportunity workplace. Mandrycky was charged with building a staff that would be instrumental in creating the first roster in the clubs history. It means having the necessary tools to create a central housing system to store that data while making it accessible to people like GM Ron Francis, his assistant GMs and their scouts. Played three seasons in the USHL, then four seasons at Division l Univ. What to Know: Played 21 NHL seasons for six teams, including two with GM Ron Francis in Carolina. Chus NBA experience along with the fact he is a devout basketball aficionado proved useful when he went on a scouting assignment with Francis. Cardinals broadcaster, World Series champ Mike Shannon dies He works with a wide range of NHL stars and prospects. NHL.com/kraken is the official web site of the Seattle Hockey Partners, LLC d/b/a Seattle Kraken, and cannot be used or reproduced without the prior written consent of Seattle Kraken. Fun facts: Hunter was born in Glasgow, Scotland, but he was raised in the hockey hotbed of St. Catharines, Ont., where he played junior hockey.