The Stanley Cup has been awarded and Free Agency is on the horizon!

The BTW Crew spends this week's show taking a look back at the Seattle Kraken's history with Free Agent Frenzy and unpack how it all played out. To close things out, we have a quick round-up of the news including the Stanley Cup Finals, NHL Award winners, the Kraken's new coaching staff, and the first players named to 2026 Olympic rosters.

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0:00 - Intro

1:20 - 2021: Schwartz, Wennberg, Grubauer

6:25 - 2022: Burakovsky, Jones, Schultz, Hayden

12:20 - 2023: Dumoulin, Yamamoto, Bellemare

16:53 - DRAFT KINGS DEAL FOR LISTENERS!

18:16 - 2024: Montour, Stephenson, Mahura

26:14 - News Update (Stanley Cup Finals, NHL Awards)

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They are finally here! The first 12 players of the PWHL Seattle were announced this week through the PWHL Expansion Draft!

Heather opens the show with an amazing breakdown of this wave of players for the inaugural roster before Matt, Derek and Alex give their thoughts! Matt then walks us through the Kraken Press Conference where GM Jason Botterill officially introduced Lane Lambert as the new Head Coach! And in our last piece of news we discuss the report that Phillip Grubauer will NOT be bought out this off-season. To close things out, we have a quick round-up of the news including the Stanley Cup Finals and some NHL Award winners.

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0:00 - Intro

2:30 - The First Five: PWHL Seattle's Exclusive Signing Window

11:28 - PWHL Seattle Expansion Draft Picks

16:10 - PWHL Seattle Roster Reactions

24:06 - DraftKings DEAL FOR LISTENERS!

25:28 - Head Coach Lane Lambert Press Conference

33:58 - Phillip Grubauer Will NOT Be Bought Out

39:44 - News Update (Stanley Cup Finals, NHL Awards)

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Free Agent Frenzy is one of the most exciting times on the NHL Calendar and it will be here before we know it!

Heather, Matt, Derek and Alex take a look at the pending Free Agents on the Seattle Kraken roster and discuss what we feel should happen with each of them! News also dropped this week of the franchise's third Head Coach, Lane Lambert. To close things out, we have a quick round-up of the news including PWHL Expansion Draft Protected Players, Stanley Cup Playoffs updates, the Kraken's Draft picks, and a new Kraken signing!

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0:00 - Intro

1:05 - NEW Seattle Kraken Head Coach Lane Lambert

8:28 - RFA vs UFA: What's the difference?

10:46 - Ryker Evans

15:14 - Kaapo Kakko

20:12 - Tye Kartye

26:34 - DraftKings DEAL FOR LISTENERS!

27:56 - CV Firebirds RFAs

32:48 - CV Firebirds UFAs

38:38 - Josh Mahura

41:59 - Mikey Eyssimont

46:06 - News Update (PWHL Protection, Stanley Cup Preview, Kraken Draft, Kraken Signing)

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We are getting closer and closer to the PWHL Seattle team every day and Heather is bringing you another update to get you caught up! She recaps the Walter Cup Finals, lays out all the important dates ahead of the Expansion Draft and gives some insight on the first-ever General Manager, Meghan Turner!

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0:00 - Walter Cup

3:22 - PWHL Expansion Draft Rules and Dates!

8:16 - Meghan Turner Named General Manager!

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It's time for the BTW Performance Reviews for the 2024-25 Seattle Kraken!

Heather, Matt, Derek and Alex take a deep dive on all the Kraken Defensemen and Goalies this season and let you know what we think! We also do a quick round-up of the news including some Kraken signings, Stanley Cup Playoffs updates, and a wrap-up on the IIHF Men's World Championship!

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0:00 - Intro

1:40 - Vince Dunn

6:33 - Ryker Evans

10:28 - Adam Larsson

14:57 - Josh Mahura

19:50 - Brandon Montour

26:42 - Jamie Oleksiak

30:46 - DraftKings DEAL FOR LISTENERS!

32:09 - Ales Stezka

35:33 - Nikke Kokko

39:15 - Joey Daccord

44:57 - Phillip Grubauer

50:26 - News Update (Playoffs, Coaching, Men's World Championship)

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It's time for the BTW Performance Reviews for the 2024-25 Seattle Kraken!

Heather, Matt, Derek and Alex take a deep dive on all the Kraken Forwards this season and let you know what we think! We also do a quick round-up of the news including Playoffs updates across the various leagues, coaching shuffles around the NHL, and an update on the IIHF Men's World Championship!

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0:00 - Intro

1:30 - Part-Timers (Hayden, Melanson, Meyers, Stephens, Winterton

8:20 - Matty Beniers

14:18 - Andre Burakovsky

18:28 - Jordan Eberle

22:42 - Mikey Eyssimont

25:58 - Kaapo Kakko

30:26 - DraftKings DEAL FOR LISTENERS!

31:48 - Tye Kartye

35:44 - Jared McCann

39:26 - Jani Nyman

43:46 - Jaden Schwartz

47:54 - Chandler Stephenson

54:01 - Eeli Tolvanen

57:40 - Shane Wright

1:05:40 - News Update (Playoffs, Coaching, Men's World Championship)

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It's time for the finale of the BTW Top 10 Storylines of the Season!

Heather, Matt and Derek break down the storylines that we selected as #1-5 in Part Two of this look back. We also do a quick round-up of the news including Playoffs updates across the various leagues, some prospect movement and the results of the 2025 NHL Draft Lottery!

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0:00 - Intro

1:31 - #5: The Trade Deadline

7:46 - #4: HER

14:57 - #3: The Price Is Wright

21:42 - DraftKings DEAL FOR LISTENERS!

23:05 - #2: Goalie Gate

30:07 - #1: The Captain's Comeback

36:00 - News Update (Playoffs, Prospects, NHL Draft Lottery)

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Now that we've had some time to process the end of the 2024-25 Seattle Kraken season, the team sat down to power rank our Top 10 Storylines of the Season!

Heather, Matt and Alex present and break down the storylines that we selected as #6-10 in Part One of this look back. We also do a quick round-up of the news including the announcement of PWHL Seattle, a Playoffs Primer across the various leagues, and some new details on the 2025 NHL Draft Lottery!

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0:00 - Intro

1:37 - #10: Back-To-Back Blunders

5:01 - #9: Disco's Last Dance

8:48 - #8: From Borgy to Kaapo

15:12 - DraftKings DEAL FOR LISTENERS!

16:34 - #7: The Comeback Kings

21:04 - #6: Free Agent Frenzy

28:58 - News Update (PWHL Seattle, Playoffs, IIHF Men's Worlds, NHL Draft Lottery)

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After weeks of leaks and rumors, the news we've been waiting for is finally here! The PWHL is officially coming to Seattle! Heather was in attendance at Climate Pledge Arena for the big announcement and shares her takeaways in this special bonus episode! We can't wait to bring you all the PWHL Seattle content!

She also gets us up-to-date on the Coachella Valley Firebirds Calder Cup Playoffs status.

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0:00 - PWHL Seattle Announcement!

8:14 - Coachella Valley Firebirds Playoffs Update

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The Seattle Kraken season may be over, but there was no shortage of news this week!

Heather and Matt break down a chaotic weekend of Seattle Kraken news including the firing of Dan Bylsma, the promotion of Ron Francis, the potential of the PWHL coming to Seattle, and highlights from the Kraken's Locker Clean-Out Day. We also dive into a recap of the final game and season as a whole, before checking in with Coachella Valley ahead of the Calder Cup Playoffs!

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0:00 - Intro

1:06 - 2024-25 Season Reflection

9:47 - Kraken News (Locker Clean-Out, Tod Leiweke comments, Dan Bylsma fired, PWHL to Seattle)

42:32 - DraftKings DEAL FOR LISTENERS!

43:55 - Game Recap (Kings)

50:15 - Desert Dialogues (Firebirds Check-In)

53:36 - The Sound Table (Hockey News)

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