The first-ever regular-season opponent will be the last franchise to join the league before Seattle, the Vegas Golden Knights. Thursday's schedule announcement answers the question of when and where the Kraken open their historic NHL season. Let's section off the rest of the Kraken's schedule. Tanev, imagining all 41 regular-season home games, could just as specifically been talking about that home opener against an instant rival. 'It's going to be special to play here,' said Tanev, exiting the arena site. New Seattle Kraken forward Brandon Tanev toured the nearly completed, brand-new Climate Pledge Arena Thursday morning with five other new teammates.

Surely, a date and milestone event to celebrate.īut those cheers were more throaty and higher-decibel because of the opponent coming to town that glorious-night-in-the-making: The Vancouver Canucks. During Wednesday's NHL Expansion Draft at Gas Works Park, the cheers from the 4,000-plus fans were loud and clear and long when the league and ESPN broke the news the Kraken home opener is Saturday, Oct.

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