In the coming days, The Hockey News mothership will be running stories based on a poll of team site editors. How those editors responded to one significant question - and the key word they referenced - won't be appreciated by Seattle Kraken fans.

According to a THN poll, five of 34 writers believe last year's season, in which Seattle qualified for the playoffs and then upset the defending champion Colorado Avalanche in the first round, may have been an aberration.

Agree or disagree?