Squid Words: Game time

Wecome to Squid Words, the place you can find all the links and tweets about the latest goings-on surrounding your favorite hockey team, the Seattle Kraken.

What’s Kraken

• The keys have officially been turned over from construction crew to arena staff at Climate Pledge Arena

• Seattle notched their first win in a very physical game in Nashville on Thursday [DJLR]
• They did it with a third period in which their only shot on goal was Brandon Tanev’s empty netter

• Seattle made a handful of roster moves, most notably putting forward Marcus Johansson on injured reserve [DJLR]
• The Kraken released (no pun intended) a new mobile app that will be the home of all your digital tickets, access to free transportation, and more [Seattle Kraken]
• DirecTv struck a deal with ROOT Sports NW just in time for Thursday’s broadcast [Awful Announcing]
• Climate Pledge Arena made Impossible Food the official burger of the arena [Daily Record]
• A couple of Kraken prospects scored this week in their respective junior leagues, including fifth-round pick Jacob Melanson:

• And first-round pick Matty Beniers also got on the board twice:

Around the NHL

• Red Wings captain Dylan Larkin was suspended one game for a retaliatory punch on Tampa Bay’s Mathieu Joseph [WIIM]
• Avalanche captain Gabriel Landeskog was suspended two games for boarding Chicago’s Kirby Dach [MHH]
• Jack Hughes staked a claim for goal of the year and celly of the year with an overtime winner against Chicago

• Aaron Ekblad, on the other hand, is the early frontrunner for funniest goal of the year

• The Boston Bruins named Jeremy Swayman their first opening night starter not named Tuukka Rask since 2011 [NBC Sports]
• The Buffalo Sabres won a game. By four goals, to boot [DBTB]
• Alex Ovechkin moved past Marcel Dionne into 5th place in career NHL goals when he scored twice in the Capitals’ season opener [RMNB]
• And last but not least, the Philadelphia Flyers