Beniers, who has emerged as a Calder Trophy favourite, leads all rookies with 10 goals and 21 points. 2-overall pick in the 2020 draft, who have impacted the team this year.īurakovsky, who won a Stanley Cup with the Avalanche last season, leads the Kraken with 25 points in 24 games. And while they allowed the team to land a lottery draft pick in the form of Shane Wright, it’s been the additions of free agent forward Andre Burakovsky and Matty Beniers, who was the No. By the time the trade deadline arrived, captain Mark Giordano and five others were gone. A year ago, Jaden Schwartz, Brandon Tanev and goalie Chris Driedger missed chunks of the season with significant injuries. It also helped that the Kraken are healthy. We were able to do some of those events, so that helps.” We ended up having to cancel all the team-building stuff that we had planned. “You try to get everyone to know each other, you try to get everyone to know the system and then you’re dealing with guys testing positive being in isolation. “COVID had a huge impact on last season,” said Francis.

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