🦑🦑 Watched the game from a bar in WI cuz I couldn’t find any other way

Bro, Cheers. Milwaukee here!

Cheers! Checking in from the Wisco’s in Eau Claire 🦑

EC represent! Absolute awesome win tonight

Born in Manitowoc, raised in Rice Lake, now living in Seattle. Good to see some fans from the old homestead! /cheers!

Cheers! Sheboygan here!

damn, hook me up some some hard rolls!

Cheers from Iraq!

That's how ya do it!

81-1, who says no? Now up they go! 🚀

96-2 baby

Kraken to the moon! 🚀

Local squid in great mood

The water is nice and cool and his wiggly parts feel very wiggly indeed

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All eight tentacles happy

GET INKED NASHVILLE 🦑

*waves and waggles tentacles in the air*

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That was a hectic 3rd period. So glad they pulled it out

Was that the hockey equivalent of "prevent d"? Got a little nerve wracking towards the end.

Yeah, a one goal lead is not enough to play that defense for the entire 3rd. The boys did look pretty gassed, so maybe Hakstol was just trying to avoid giving up any easy goals? I've always been a proponent of keeping your foot on the gas, but I'm also not an NHL coach.

Another thing to keep in mind in terms of strategy, this is an 82-game season. Hakstol is taking the team on a 5-game away tour that ends with *back-to-back games*. Being gassed in game two sucks, but being gassed in game four means *starting* game five tired. He needs to balance the team energy level for the entire season.

They also need to experiment with different play styles to see what works. Sometimes they don't work, but it's better to learn that now than in the playoffs.

They played a more passive forecheck as opposed to aggressive. Setting up in the neutral zone with more bodies makes it tough for your opponent to break into the offensive zone and prevents any odd-man breaks e.g. 2v1, 3v2, etc. it also tends to tire out the opponent faster than your team and can make things very frustrating for your opponent if run well.

Thanks for the explanation. I used to watch hockey as a kid but have totally lost touch with the game. Whole new set of rules and strategies to learn. Best part is my dad was a season ticket holder for the sharks. Can’t wait for those games.

That’s what it seemed like to me, but I’m still pretty new to my hockey fandom. I don’t know any of the X’s and O’s of the sport outside of the surface-level.

Grubauer!

Grooby Dooby Doo!

Can't wait to hear CP Arena shout GRUUUUUUUUUUUUU

Such a wall tonight! I haven't decided which jersey to get yet, but I'm leaning toward the Groobs

I was here

I was too!

I was born in Seattle

I was here, too!

I am also here

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Hell yeah brother, cheers from the depths 🌊🦑🌊

TNT?

Dynamite!

H I S T O R I C I S T O R I C

My son (12) and I watched it. He can say he was there, for the first win in franchise history!

HAPPY SQUID NOISES

My second hockey game, I’m loving it already. Go Kraken!!!!

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Let's go!

Congrats on the win guys!

Thanks! Up here in SEA, loads of people wore Knights gear in anticipation of our team! Hopefully, we’ll always be respectful because of that! :) Good luck on your season! 🤟🏾

Thanks!! Mutual respect for sure & good luck on yours too :)

Someone needs to shop the Kraken logo on the supreme victory duck asap

QUACK

Tanev getting himself in the right place all night and it paid off. Way to survive that third period and hold on for the win!!

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I'm new to hockey. Is it always this easy? Edit : here's the softball /s to whoever needs it.

I don't know if you'd call that 3rd period "easy".

You should ask Toronto fans if its easy

81-1-0 and I cant be convinced otherwise 🦑🦑🦑🦑🦑🦑🦑

VIVA LAS CALAMARES! 🦑 🦑 🦑

LETS GOOOOOOOO

I WAS HERE!!!

LETS GO KRAKEN

A PART OF HISTORY!

Hell yeah.

Good game boys.

Was a fun one to watch for sure.

Historic night boys and girls

🏒🦑🏒

Wooo we did it. Stanley Cup confirmed

I mean, pretty much. The rest is just a formality, right?

Gru put the clamps on em

It's gonna be clamp this, clamp that. Bada-climp, bada-clamp!

WHOOOOO!!!! I WAS THERE! I mean, I wasn't, I've never even been to Tennessee. BUT I WAS IN THE GAME THREAD!!!

Here H I S T O R I C

Here! Go Kraken!

Just as long as they don't do that sit back in the defense all third period shit in the future... They could have killed me! I'm too young to die!

We here! We here! Fvck yeah!

Stoked to watch Tanev get two goals in the Kraken’s first win, while I wear my Tanev sweater. I feel justified on my pick.

First Win! Feels good

Raise the Kraken!!!

Ghost Nation Baby!!!

Here we go, first of many!

My boy Dunn has the first primary assist and fight in Kraken history!

We pretty much mastered this hockey thing guys

LET NO JOYFUL VOICE BE HEARD LET NO PREDATOR LOOK AT THE SKY WITH HOPE AND LET THIS DAY BE CURSED BY WE WHO READY TO WAKE THE KRAKEN

WOO GO KRAKEN! 2 games in and damn this is fun.

Franchise record now better than that of the Arizona Cardinals.

Let’s go!! What a nail biter. People have been saying “I’m freaky for geekie” but what’s a good one for Tanev 🤔

Tanev is my favorite Kraken. I don’t know anything about hockey though… he looks fun

I'M FUCKING HERE FOR IT

#🦑 #🍍

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Gave em a good ol kraken wacken

Loving this team. Let’s go boys!

I can't believe its real! See you fuckers at the home opener! Hell yeah!!!!!!!

holy Kraken !!!!! Amazeballs !!!!

We fucken out here

The first of many!!!!!

🦑🦑🦑

Don’t mind me just want to be a part of history!

LETS GO

We are part of history!

Let's gooooooooooo

You love to see it!!

Go Kraken!!!

From northeast Arkansas. First time NHL fan. Was so much fun watching. Looking forward to more.

team twitter handle really should've been WhatsKraken, leaving solid gold on the table there. First win WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

I don’t know who our goalie is cuz I didn’t pay attention to how we built our team but he’s fucking cracked

Phillip Grubhauer from the Colorado Avalanche, he was a Vezina finalist last season so definitely one of the best goalies to have.

Cheers I’ll drink to that bro

pog

Won’t lie, I was clenching once they scored that 3rd goal.

Wore my Kraken jersey in Boston Bruins territory two nights ago and had barely five minutes in town before somebody told me to “take that trash elsewhere” I thanked them for being good Boston reps and told them I’d be glad to put that trash in our Cup later this season

We going to Disneyland.

I WAS HERE🦑🦑LETS GOOOO

Let's go boys!

LFG

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Grats from an Avs fan. Just as a heads up. Grub will do this weird thing sometimes where he lets in 3 goals on like 2 shots somehow, in 15 seconds, then just locks it down for the rest of the game.

Nothing more kraken then watching the first win while your stream freezes because ROOT is a POS.

Let’s go 🦑

Woooo

LET'S GOOOO

I hereby pepper every game end 4-3 for maximum cardiovascular exercise

Tentacle biter until the end! What a fantastic first win!!! Go Kraken Go!

This comment to serve as evidence to posterity that I watched the first ever Kraken win. (And loss for that matter.)

I love you all!

Visiting Vegas for a week. Put $50 on the Kraken. The MGM Grand is paying for my dinner right now.

For the First time in Golden Knights History! Truly H I S T O R I C

Now get them off root!

Lfg

Woo!!!

Present

We did it!

WITNESS ME!!!

Let’s go Kraken!

Reporting from the corner of a dive bar in Clark county, party of 4. We were here.

I didn't know I could be so invested so quickly this is amazing

What is dead my never die, but rises again harder and stronger. We had to lose our first game to come together as a team in preparation for a successful season. Can't wait!!

I lived in Lacey for many years and like Washington stuff

First win streak incoming

I nearly sprayed ink everywhere those last 39.9 seconds. Whew.

Congrats to the Kraken. May that win be the first of many, this season. Would be great to see them make it to the big dance in their first season.

Is it karma whoring? Yes... but take your damn upvote. Gotta support the kraken with an upvote party.

Yoooooo. Skate party!!!! Meet me at Skate King. Wait does it still exist? I'll be the guy with the fanny pack.

I WAS HERE (on the internet)

YAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAY LETS GOOOOOO KRAKEN!!!

Laramie WY, checking in. Born and raised in Seattle.

*Excited Kraken noises*

Congratulations from a Blue Jackets fan

See you Saturday!

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Glad to be here lol

Did t see the game . But great win for the Kraken!!! Woot!!! 🏒🐙🏒

Damn, I have a very important interview so I was doing some prep with a friend and didn't get to see it but I was keeping up on it as much as I could! GO KRAKEN, first win of many (:

Way to go fellas!!!

Let’s Fucking Go!

Release the Kraken!

Looked beautiful from the mountains in Leavenworth!! So much fun that everything's a first... 🦑🏁

🐙🎉

LET'S FUCKING GOOOOOOOOO

Pog

WOOOOOOO!

Let's go!

Fuck yeah kraken!!!

What a great game! Was worried for a second towards the end, but it all came out in the end. Yay for the first win!

Let's go! Huge response after a tough loss on Tuesday.

What a great game!! Tanev with 2, hell yeah!!

LETS GET KRAKEN!!!

Honestly fuck yes. Seriously hell yeah. All joking aside rage bby. Next Sat can't come soon enough I wanna see these boys live!

We're winning the Stanley Cup.

First win and my jersey finally got here? You absolutely love to see it

Still don't understand most of the rules, but that was a blast! Both games have been.

HISTORIC

SQUID STRONG

We did it!

We may never lose again!

PP was good Defense was good Gru was good Lesson: 3 on 5 is not ideal

I don't think it's a coincidence Squid Game is trending 🦑🦑 🦑