Former Penguins, Sabres Coach Introduced At Kraken Press Conference
At his introductory news conference Tuesday, new Seattle Kraken coach Dan Bylsma summed up his coaching style in two words: "High energy."
Those words from "Disco Dan" are music to the ears of Kraken fans, who saw defense-first Seattle fall to 29th in league scoring last season.
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- Details of the coaching hire here.
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The coach didn't have the luxury of lingering around his new practice home at Kraken Community Iceplex. Bylsma caught a flight back to Palm Springs to finish his current job - leading the Coachella Valley Firebirds against the Milwaukee Admirals in the AHL Western Conference Finals, which begin Wednesday at Acrisure Arena.
I asked the new Kraken bench boss about his coaching philosophy, and about the radical climate difference between the Pacific Northwest & California desert
We began this Kraken Reaction by discussing his 429-game NHL career as a checking winger.
