After just one season under head coach Dan Bylsma, the Seattle Kraken are making a change. The team announced that Bylsma was relieved of his duties on Monday after the Kraken finished the 2024-25 season with a 35-41-6 record and failed to make the playoffs.

The Kraken regressed after Bylsma took over for Dave Hakstol, who coached them for their first four seasons of existence and got them to the playoffs in 2023.

Dan Bylsma’s long-awaited return to running an NHL bench did not last long. Bylsma has been fired by the Seattle Kraken after only one season as their coach, the team announced Monday. The Kraken finished seventh in the Pacific Division with 76 points,