On July 22nd, 2021, five years ago today, the Seattle Kraken drafted their inaugural roster, selecting 30 players from every NHL club except the Vegas Golden Knights.
The Kraken ended up with the following 30 players:
| Selected From | Player |
|---|---|
| BOS | Jeremy Lauzon |
| BUF | William Borgen |
| DET | Dennis Cholowski |
| FLA | Chris Driedger |
| MTL | Cale Fleury |
| OTT | Joey Daccord |
| TBL | Yanni Gourde |
| TOR | Jared McCann |
| CAR | Morgan Geekie |
| CBJ | Gavin Bayreuther |
| NJD | Nathan Bastian |
| NYI | Jordan Eberle |
| NYR | Colin Blackwell |
| PHI | Carsen Twarynski |
| PIT | Brandon Tanev |
| WSH | Vitek Vanecek |
| ARI | Tyler Pitlick |
| CHI | John Quenneville |
| COL | Joonas Donskoi |
| DAL | Jamie Oleksiak |
| MIN | Carson Soucy |
| NSH | Calle Järnkrok |
| STL | Vince Dunn |
| WPG | Mason Appleton |
| ANA | Haydn Fleury |
| CGY | Mark Giordano |
| VAN | Kole Lind |
| SJS | Alexander True |
| LAK | Kurtis MacDermid |
| EDM | Adam Larsson |
Of those players, six remain on the roster in 2025-26.
The Kraken struggled in their first few seasons in the NHL.
In the 2021-22 season, the team went 27-49-6 and earned 60 points.
In 2022-23, they improved to 46-28-8 and tallied 100 points. In 2023-24, they went 34-35-13, and in 2024-25 they went 35-41-6.
Last season, the team went 34-37-11 and tallied 79 points.
The team made the playoffs once since the draft, in 2022-23. They went 7-7 in 14 playoff games.
As the Kraken continue to develop their team, it is a good time to reflect on the history that was made five years ago today.
