For the rest of the season, the attention of the Seattle Kraken will be divided; one eye on the games remaining on the schedule, like Monday's Pacific Division matchup with the Calgary Flames.

The other eye is toward the future. Part of that future will be determined between now and Friday's NHL trade deadline.

A reason to be optimistic about that future is because help for an offensive-challenged Seattle team is currently leaving tire tracks in major junior hockey.

Carson Rehkopf's 50th goal for the OHL's Kitchener Rangers was both a spectacular individual effort, and an overtime game-winner.

Jagger Firkus of the WHL Moose Jaw Warriors just led a Washington State rampage of wins over Everett, Seattle, and his 50th goal in a victory in Wenatchee.