After just one season under head coach Dan Bylsma, the Seattle Kraken are making a change. The team announced that Bylsma was relieved of his duties on Monday after the Kraken finished the 2024-25 season with a 35-41-6 record and failed to make the playoffs.

The Kraken regressed after Bylsma took over for Dave Hakstol, who coached them for their first four seasons of existence and got them to the playoffs in 2023.

The Seattle Kraken fired coach Dan Bylsma on Monday, ending his tenure after one season that concluded far out of playoff contention.The Kraken regressed after Bylsma took over for Dave Hakstol, who coached them for their first four seasons of existence and got them to the playoffs in 2023.