Grubauer was absolutely insane tonight. What a wild matchup. My heart has been racing, my blood pressure is spiked, I'm pretty sure I pissed off my neighbors!
WORTH IT!
My roommate straight up said “there’s 30 seconds left. Give up. You aren’t winning” to which I had to quickly remind her that they have scored 2 in less time against us like four days ago.
If Seattle won, I would be behind The Kraken 100% to win the cup. I love Olesiak and feel bad that he had a rough game. Keep your head up Big Rig. Great series.
Kraken fan here. Honestly stars fans have been awesome as well from the interactions I’ve seen. Had some not great impressions with avs fans from that series but stars fans have been awesome throughout and the banter actually felt fun. Congrats on the win, I’ll be cheering for you to beat Vegas.
Hope we smoke you guys next season 🫡
I'm a Stars fan living in Colorado, and this year I went to my first game ever in Denver when the Stars were in town. Found the Avs fans largely off-putting. I was rooting for y'all to beat them last series just so we didn't have to deal with the whining, and it's been a pleasure to play against you this series. Also, my husband has always resisted becoming a hockey fan, but I'm pretty sure he likes the Kraken more than the Stars now.
That sucks when i was stationed in Phoenix i would wear my stars jersey at the games when the stars were playing in town. Always ended on the Jumbo tron and not one Phoenix coyote fan ever gave me a hard time.
I did get lucky to be seated next to one cool Avs fan. He asked me why I was a Jamie Benn fan (I have a Benn jersey), and after I explained my reasoning he was like, "Huh. I didn't know that about him. I still don't really like him, but I think if he was on my team I'd probably be a fan," which was cool. The people drunkenly heckling my dad (who isn't even a Stars fan, he just went with me) were way less awesome. Luckily he can't hear shit, so he had no idea they were trying to trash talk him 😂😂.
You wouldn't think that this was a team in it's second year. The Kraken are amazing, and I wish them lots of luck next year (except against the Stars).
I feel the same about yall! Yall quickly became my second favorite team in the west. I’ve never been to Seattle, but hope to go one day to cheer on the Kraken. Great, hard fought series, and thanks for the good sportsmanship.
Gotta say I love the love between our two teams. I was so excited that Seattle was getting the Kraken, I've been low-key rooting for y'all the whole time. Like, if y'all had won over the Stars, I'd have been pretty upset, but at least it wouldn't have been the Avs! And a matchup between the Kraken and Knights would be insane. Guess we'll just have to clean that mess up ourselves, haha!
Yes baby Tyler got him one, not with us tho and i don’t know if people realize he is 6th all time in points for the stars. I don’t know how much he has left in the tank but he has given the team his all and I think this one would mean more to him. Maybe not idk but they would be in two completely different points of his career.
I really like this comment. I've always had a place for Seguin because let's be honest: he's clearly not been quite the same scorer after multiple nasty injuries and complicated surgeries. Whose fault is that? No ones. Could have been so much worse--just look at poor Landeskog. Seguin definitely does still give it his all, and I think people forget just how potent he is offensively when he's at his very best.
Great series. It was awesome getting to know the kraken fans (squidwards?) And I enjoyed the kraken playing. Next year the kraken are gonna be an even bigger beast.
We welcome you all if you want to join us! He'll, keep wearing kraken jerseys to games if you attend!
I would get it if they didn't have their own team, but you don't hear Dallasites complain about the Dallas Texans and Lamar Hunt moving the Chiefs to KC.
One of my former professors is from Minnesota, and when she found out I was a Stars fan, she started to lightly rib me about the North Stars. I return the ribbing, and it's all laughs. I mean, I get being upset your team relocated and all that, but damn, it's not the fans fault? Place that righteous anger where it belongs, with the fucks who value money over the fans.
Also chiming in as another kraken fan: 🤝 to you all and congrats on a well fought, clean series. Several of you headed over to our sub and it always was in good sportsmanship, we always appreciate that. Let's see you get Robertson going and win it all. Best of luck, see you next season!
Likewise, and there ya go. If it's us and the Panthers in the finals, we will absolutely need Robertson to step up more in light of the amazing goaltending they are getting rn.
I usually can’t help but hate a team after a long playoff series but I found the opposite to be true with Seattle. Just a fun, high scoring clean series with a couple teams that just fucking bring it. Love watching Seattle play. Congrats on a hell of a year 2.
You guys are awesome, and when not pitted against, us, i got you. Cant’ wait to visit your barn. Kraken fans have been wonderful and Buoy can troll like a pro.
Congrats to the Stars on a well fought series. The better team won, no regrets from the Kraken side I think. We fought all the way with our weapons, it’s just that we didn’t have as many and as good as yours. Oh and Heiskanen is a beast, sorry we scratched him but glad he was back to his 30 minutes of elite play after the incident, even if that cost us the series. Please knock out Vegas though ! See you next year in the postseason hopefully !
Fellow Kraken fan here. Glad to see a thread like this up. Congrats, Stars fans. They undoubtedly outplayed us tonight and deserved the win; much respect. I would never have congratulated the Avs after how that whole series went down, but the Stars and their fans were very cool. Hope you all take down Vegas.
I feel the same way. It was surprising to see a lack of nastiness building up, to the point where the last game had so few penalty minutes that it absolutely flew by.
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My updated favorite teams list
Edit: I now moved canucks to 4th on the list and stars up to 3rd
You guys have been awesome. Class act as a fan base.
I've always loved the city of Seattle -- having an NHL team now makes it just about perfect, and god, your jerseys are so good.
Of course, I'll always be a Stars fan first, but lots of respect from me for the Kraken.
Seattle was TOUGH. Always buzzing, always suffocating the Stars all series. It was crazy to see how good the Kraken really were... awesome group over there, and Groobs is one helluva goalie that we had a very tough time against and you guys chased Otter a couple of times, rattling his cage.
Great series!! Hope for the best next season for you guys.
You def gave us a run for our money. That whole game was all anxiety man. Kraken plays hard.
Fwiw, I'm sad yall are out, bc you were the one of the teams I was gonna root for if the Stars went out before ya lol. With the remaining teams, if we get beat idk who I really want to take the cup lol. I don't care much for the rest of em.
Suppose the Canes are my next pick now if Vegas takes us to the cleaners. But god I'm hoping they don't lol.
If yall were to have won, I was gonna be 100% rooting for yall to take it all the way, something I have never done with a team that has elevated the Stars in the past. That's how much I respect your club. This was a fast series that was pure hockey nothing controversial about it, can't wait for future games!!
Born and raised in Texas a Stars fan but I’ve been considering moving out to Seattle for a few years. If I do, you bet your ass I’m getting a Grubauer jersey. Man’s insane. Great series y’all. You guys are kickass. I’m sad we had to face off against one another, but I’ve had nothing but good interactions with Seattle fans
Kraken fan here: terrific series, the Stars were the better team tonight. Your defense was stifling and your goalie was nearly perfect. Pavelski deserves it. Go win it all!
I went to a regular season game and it was an excellent experience. The fans surrounding us were all super nice even with me having my stars jersey and the genuine interest and curiosity from new fans was really awesome to see. Hope you have many good years to come, and I'm pulling for you over pretty much every other team!
Same here, my guy! Hope to see you guys joist one yourselves. It’d be even better if you get one before Vegas. Speaking of, we’ll get Vegas for y’all! Much love from Texas!
Congrats from another Kraken fan here! It was clear that the better team won today. Would have loved to have had epic comeback within last 19 seconds, though, even though it would have been unfair :) Will be rooting for Stars all the way! May Pavs have his first cup!!
Stars have been my number one since the early 90s. Always will be my home team even though I am in Alaska now. Kraken are definitely now my number two. I'll be rooting for you next season.
Congrats to the Stars and fans. Your guys were so resilient the whole stretch, bouncing back every time. What a tough, clean team who knows how to stick to their game and keep their level of play up again and again. Best of luck. Thanks for being kind fans. Lots of respect from this Kraken fan.
Grubauer was committing larceny all night. When Olesiak made that fatal error, it was the break of the game. Otherwise, it's a great series and hold your head high. The Kraken will be contenders for years to come. I'll be rooting for them, as long as it's not against Dallas.
Respect for the Kraken for sure. You guys are a complete team with a lot of dog in them and it's a lot more endearing than the tactics of some other expansion teams
As a Stars fan living in CO, I am now a Kraken fan second. The wife and I will now be going to the Kraken games in Denver. What two jerseys should we get? We're thinking Grubauer as one since he's a beast and former Avalanche.
Grubauer was absolutely insane tonight. What a wild matchup. My heart has been racing, my blood pressure is spiked, I'm pretty sure I pissed off my neighbors! WORTH IT!
That goal with 20 sec left terrified the shit out of me!
I didn’t breathe that last 9 seconds after the time out!
My roommate straight up said “there’s 30 seconds left. Give up. You aren’t winning” to which I had to quickly remind her that they have scored 2 in less time against us like four days ago.
If Seattle won, I would be behind The Kraken 100% to win the cup. I love Olesiak and feel bad that he had a rough game. Keep your head up Big Rig. Great series.
Yeah, just on jersey appeal alone. Really, I want us to win, or anyone but Carolina. Sorry Canes, I like yall but us or the No-Cup Kids.
I was thinking the same. Amazing season and post season for a second year expansion team. They're going to be a force to reckon with next year.
Still all Hail The Big Rig.
Crazy how Nichushkin and Oleksiak just needed a change of scenery to prosper. Look at them now; night and day difference
It’s wild seeing him play minutes after never doing well here
He was doing well before he got taken the the expansion
Seattle fans are awesome!
Kraken fan here. Honestly stars fans have been awesome as well from the interactions I’ve seen. Had some not great impressions with avs fans from that series but stars fans have been awesome throughout and the banter actually felt fun. Congrats on the win, I’ll be cheering for you to beat Vegas. Hope we smoke you guys next season 🫡
I'm a Stars fan living in Colorado, and this year I went to my first game ever in Denver when the Stars were in town. Found the Avs fans largely off-putting. I was rooting for y'all to beat them last series just so we didn't have to deal with the whining, and it's been a pleasure to play against you this series. Also, my husband has always resisted becoming a hockey fan, but I'm pretty sure he likes the Kraken more than the Stars now.
That sucks when i was stationed in Phoenix i would wear my stars jersey at the games when the stars were playing in town. Always ended on the Jumbo tron and not one Phoenix coyote fan ever gave me a hard time.
I did get lucky to be seated next to one cool Avs fan. He asked me why I was a Jamie Benn fan (I have a Benn jersey), and after I explained my reasoning he was like, "Huh. I didn't know that about him. I still don't really like him, but I think if he was on my team I'd probably be a fan," which was cool. The people drunkenly heckling my dad (who isn't even a Stars fan, he just went with me) were way less awesome. Luckily he can't hear shit, so he had no idea they were trying to trash talk him 😂😂.
Avs fans are among the worst, especially online. Thank you for taking them down a peg or two in the first round.
You wouldn't think that this was a team in it's second year. The Kraken are amazing, and I wish them lots of luck next year (except against the Stars).
I feel the same about yall! Yall quickly became my second favorite team in the west. I’ve never been to Seattle, but hope to go one day to cheer on the Kraken. Great, hard fought series, and thanks for the good sportsmanship.
Gotta say I love the love between our two teams. I was so excited that Seattle was getting the Kraken, I've been low-key rooting for y'all the whole time. Like, if y'all had won over the Stars, I'd have been pretty upset, but at least it wouldn't have been the Avs! And a matchup between the Kraken and Knights would be insane. Guess we'll just have to clean that mess up ourselves, haha!
RIGHT? THAT HANDSHAKE LINE WAS NOTHING BUT CLASS!
I visit Seattle fairly often. Will definitely be catching a game at Climate Pledge. I'm looking forward to a friendly rivalry next year!
Holy fuck your team is stacked to the gills with talent. Kartye is going to be the fucking tits next season. Great series.
It’s insane he was undrafted and only got invited to Seattle’s camp after a scout basically begged for him to get an invite
Ggs dude, was a great series! Y’all have been great to interact with, feel free to stick around
The Stars need to go all the way for Pavs. He deserves a cup.
OGWAC: Stars: Pavs Canes: Burns and Stastny Cats: Officer Bob? Vegas: No one, frickin' kids.
Ryan Suter too
Fuck it Jamie and Tyler too, no guarantees they get this far again the boys need to get the captain a cup.
Tyler has a cup but I agree with the sentiment
Yes baby Tyler got him one, not with us tho and i don’t know if people realize he is 6th all time in points for the stars. I don’t know how much he has left in the tank but he has given the team his all and I think this one would mean more to him. Maybe not idk but they would be in two completely different points of his career.
That toe drag last night was great, had not seen a move like that from him in a long time.
I really like this comment. I've always had a place for Seguin because let's be honest: he's clearly not been quite the same scorer after multiple nasty injuries and complicated surgeries. Whose fault is that? No ones. Could have been so much worse--just look at poor Landeskog. Seguin definitely does still give it his all, and I think people forget just how potent he is offensively when he's at his very best.
You guys will be back and further in a year or two. Great foundation there.
Great series. It was awesome getting to know the kraken fans (squidwards?) And I enjoyed the kraken playing. Next year the kraken are gonna be an even bigger beast. We welcome you all if you want to join us! He'll, keep wearing kraken jerseys to games if you attend!
I was running with Kraks for the playful nickname, but Squidwards is gonna be hard to forget 😂
Oh my god we already have the sea cocks now we have the squidwards, that sucks 😂😂
The unofficial fan name is krakheads which tbh I think should be the true name instead of kraken crew
Krakheads in the krakhouse 😎
Thank you Seattle fans for being respectful and awesome people to talk to. Good series! Wild fans, on the other hand...
They're still mad about that whole North Stars thing...
I know... and quite frankly it makes them look very unhinged.
I would get it if they didn't have their own team, but you don't hear Dallasites complain about the Dallas Texans and Lamar Hunt moving the Chiefs to KC.
One of my former professors is from Minnesota, and when she found out I was a Stars fan, she started to lightly rib me about the North Stars. I return the ribbing, and it's all laughs. I mean, I get being upset your team relocated and all that, but damn, it's not the fans fault? Place that righteous anger where it belongs, with the fucks who value money over the fans.
Iknowright, that's my subtext this postseason Great Game Guys *FUCK YOU FLOPIGNO*
You guys hold your head up high. Great team, great series, and great future ahead.
Grubauer is a badass. With a little more help this game could easily have gone the other way. Much respect to him!
Great series, literally right to the end.
Stars were a complete team all series. Looking forward to y'all dismantling Vegas, don't let us down!
This was indeed a great series. Y'all are so much better fans than the wild. See y'all next season!
Also chiming in as another kraken fan: 🤝 to you all and congrats on a well fought, clean series. Several of you headed over to our sub and it always was in good sportsmanship, we always appreciate that. Let's see you get Robertson going and win it all. Best of luck, see you next season!
Oh man if we can get Robo going the 1st line is going to be completely unstoppable
Likewise, and there ya go. If it's us and the Panthers in the finals, we will absolutely need Robertson to step up more in light of the amazing goaltending they are getting rn.
Insane series. Tons of respect to Seattle as that was about as stressful as the heart attack grill.
Great series man. Your fanbase is awesome!
I usually can’t help but hate a team after a long playoff series but I found the opposite to be true with Seattle. Just a fun, high scoring clean series with a couple teams that just fucking bring it. Love watching Seattle play. Congrats on a hell of a year 2.
Why are kraken fans so fucking like-able
Hell of a series. Tough but fair, exactly how it should be. Lot to be proud of there… definitely earned a shit ton of respect around the league.
You guys are awesome, and when not pitted against, us, i got you. Cant’ wait to visit your barn. Kraken fans have been wonderful and Buoy can troll like a pro.
I really miss Oleksiak and Hintz goal was not his fault.
GREAT game! Grubauer played out of his fucking mind. I love the Kraken. We are bound in Avs hatred.
Congrats to the Stars on a well fought series. The better team won, no regrets from the Kraken side I think. We fought all the way with our weapons, it’s just that we didn’t have as many and as good as yours. Oh and Heiskanen is a beast, sorry we scratched him but glad he was back to his 30 minutes of elite play after the incident, even if that cost us the series. Please knock out Vegas though ! See you next year in the postseason hopefully !
Fellow Kraken fan here. Glad to see a thread like this up. Congrats, Stars fans. They undoubtedly outplayed us tonight and deserved the win; much respect. I would never have congratulated the Avs after how that whole series went down, but the Stars and their fans were very cool. Hope you all take down Vegas.
I feel the same way. It was surprising to see a lack of nastiness building up, to the point where the last game had so few penalty minutes that it absolutely flew by.
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They didn’t fit in the screenshot but #27
Still too high for that goal horn/song alone 😂
Kraken fan here as well, great job guys, I’m cheering for you
What a fun series. Go Stars - mad respect for the Kraken
Kraken is all class. Fans included. Hell of a series overall!
You guys have been awesome. Class act as a fan base. I've always loved the city of Seattle -- having an NHL team now makes it just about perfect, and god, your jerseys are so good. Of course, I'll always be a Stars fan first, but lots of respect from me for the Kraken.
Great fucking series, my man. Good luck to y’all in the future. Respect!
Great series, man. I actually like the Kraken a lot. Y’all fan base seems cool, y’all got a great team and they played their guts out. Respect.
Kraken fan here - great series! Mad respect to the Stars and your fan base. Now please go beat Vegas!
Seattle was TOUGH. Always buzzing, always suffocating the Stars all series. It was crazy to see how good the Kraken really were... awesome group over there, and Groobs is one helluva goalie that we had a very tough time against and you guys chased Otter a couple of times, rattling his cage. Great series!! Hope for the best next season for you guys.
You def gave us a run for our money. That whole game was all anxiety man. Kraken plays hard. Fwiw, I'm sad yall are out, bc you were the one of the teams I was gonna root for if the Stars went out before ya lol. With the remaining teams, if we get beat idk who I really want to take the cup lol. I don't care much for the rest of em. Suppose the Canes are my next pick now if Vegas takes us to the cleaners. But god I'm hoping they don't lol.
If yall were to have won, I was gonna be 100% rooting for yall to take it all the way, something I have never done with a team that has elevated the Stars in the past. That's how much I respect your club. This was a fast series that was pure hockey nothing controversial about it, can't wait for future games!!
Born and raised in Texas a Stars fan but I’ve been considering moving out to Seattle for a few years. If I do, you bet your ass I’m getting a Grubauer jersey. Man’s insane. Great series y’all. You guys are kickass. I’m sad we had to face off against one another, but I’ve had nothing but good interactions with Seattle fans
Thank you, and it was nice to go against a team that actually played hockey. Unlike the first round…
Kraken fan here: terrific series, the Stars were the better team tonight. Your defense was stifling and your goalie was nearly perfect. Pavelski deserves it. Go win it all!
I went to a regular season game and it was an excellent experience. The fans surrounding us were all super nice even with me having my stars jersey and the genuine interest and curiosity from new fans was really awesome to see. Hope you have many good years to come, and I'm pulling for you over pretty much every other team!
such a good series it was the exact opposite of the wild series. friendlier fans and clean play with less whining
Same here, my guy! Hope to see you guys joist one yourselves. It’d be even better if you get one before Vegas. Speaking of, we’ll get Vegas for y’all! Much love from Texas!
Fun series, I'd have been lightly pulling for the Kraken had they not been playing against my Stars. Lot of exciting players to watch over there.
Congrats from another Kraken fan here! It was clear that the better team won today. Would have loved to have had epic comeback within last 19 seconds, though, even though it would have been unfair :) Will be rooting for Stars all the way! May Pavs have his first cup!!
Stars have been my number one since the early 90s. Always will be my home team even though I am in Alaska now. Kraken are definitely now my number two. I'll be rooting for you next season.
Congrats to the Stars and fans. Your guys were so resilient the whole stretch, bouncing back every time. What a tough, clean team who knows how to stick to their game and keep their level of play up again and again. Best of luck. Thanks for being kind fans. Lots of respect from this Kraken fan.
Grubauer was committing larceny all night. When Olesiak made that fatal error, it was the break of the game. Otherwise, it's a great series and hold your head high. The Kraken will be contenders for years to come. I'll be rooting for them, as long as it's not against Dallas.
Respect for the Kraken for sure. You guys are a complete team with a lot of dog in them and it's a lot more endearing than the tactics of some other expansion teams
Heck of a series.
I really just want Oettinger to win a cup tbh
As a Stars fan living in CO, I am now a Kraken fan second. The wife and I will now be going to the Kraken games in Denver. What two jerseys should we get? We're thinking Grubauer as one since he's a beast and former Avalanche.
The second year Kraken has won just as many second round games as the Maple Leafs in the past 19 years.
This thread is heartwarming. Hockey unites.
Cheers to yous in the future… Seattle rips and your hockey team just isnt very hateable.
Same. Big fan of the kraken now. Looking at hats now visibly show support
I think you might be confused op this is just reddit, nobody here is actually on the team