Kraken coach Dan Bylsma feels “a lot of learning” went into the past season when it came to determining which players he’d most want to head into battle with.

Bylsma, 54, went 35-41-6 in his lone season in Seattle. It was his first NHL head coaching job since 2017. He won a Stanley Cup with the Pittsburgh Penguins in 2009 and had 355 regular-season wins ...

Bylsma probably should've been given more time to implement his vision for the Kraken, but the coaching business is not a fair one. That said, from a Buffalo Sabres perspective, the slew of ...

Bylsma, 54, spent the previous two seasons as coach of Coachella Valley, Seattle's American Hockey League affiliate. In each season, Coachella Valley reached the Calder Cup Finals.

Bylsma went to Charlotte as an assistant coach for one season (2021-22). By the 2022-23 campaign, the expansion Coachella Valley Firebirds were up and running and Bylsma was installed as coach of ...

SEATTLE — When Dan Bylsma took the job as an assistant coach in the American Hockey League in 2021, his hope was to rediscover some enjoyment being a coach. Being back on an NHL bench at that ...

Sports; NHL; Analysis: Kraken announce Dan Bylsma as coach. What’s his biggest task? May 28, 2024 Updated Tue., May 28, 2024 at 9:47 p.m. In this 2014 photo, then-coach Dan Bylsma talks to his ...