Author: John Botte

By John Botte | Dec 6th 2022 | 3 min read |

The Need to Knows The Time: 7 pm PT / 10 pm ET The Place: Climate Pledge Arena, Seattle, WA Where to Watch: ROOT Sports Northwest or ESPN+ for out-...

By John Botte | Dec 2nd 2022 | 5 min read |

The Need to Knows The Time: 7 pm PT / 10 pm ET The Place: Climate Pledge Arena, Seattle, WA Where to Watch: ROOT Sports Northwest or ESPN+ for out-...

By John Botte | Nov 18th 2022 | 5 min read |

The Kraken hadn’t played hockey since Sunday night. That was three off-days to mull over what had happened in that crushing overtime loss where the ...

By John Botte | Nov 12th 2022 | 1 min read |

It was only 8 calendar days prior that the Kraken had pulled off a 4-0 victory over the Minnesota Wild, and that must have stuck in their minds, becau...

By John Botte | Nov 12th 2022 | 3 min read |

When Shane Wright, the presumptive No. 1 overall pick, fell to the Seattle Kraken at No. 4 in the 2022 NHL draft, it set the franchise up with two blu...

By John Botte | Oct 28th 2022 | 4 min read |

The Need to Knows Time: 10:00 pm PT Where: Climate Pledge Arena, Seattle, WA Place to Watch: ROOT Sports Northwest Place to Listen: KJR 93.3 Know Your...

By John Botte | Oct 22nd 2022 | 4 min read |

The Need to Knows The Time: 11:00 am PT (yes, you read that right) The Place: United Center, Chicago, IL Where to watch: ROOT Northwest (or ESPN+ for ...

By John Botte | Oct 21st 2022 | 2 min read |

The Need to Knows: The Time: 6:00pm PT The Place: Ball Arena, Denver Colorado Place to Watch: ROOT-Northwest Place to Listen: KJR-93.3 and its aff...

By John Botte | Jul 8th 2022 | 1 min read |

As the fourth round chugs along, the Kraken have picked up a 5’10”, right-shot center at pick number 123. Tucker Robertson plays for the Peterboro...

By John Botte | Jul 8th 2022 | 1 min read |

With their third pick of the second round, the Seattle Kraken went for a player in a much-needed position: goaltending. Niklas Kokko is a 6’3” Fin...