Please forgive the baseball mentioned in the hockey-centered column, but it applies to Kraken.

As early as the early 1970s, two Boston Red Sox pitchers, Tom Burgmeier and Steve Renko, watched as individual teammates enter different taxis after a late-night flight to Minneapolis. Two pitchers joked that they are playing for a "25 people, 25 taxis" team, a statement that has always indicated differences and selfish behavior among teammates.

Kraken is definitely not that team. This is a team, and any player who meets with the media alone or in a scrum will say "we have a lot of people" at the end of the interview.

When asked what teammates Carson Susie and Vince Dunn said to him during the halftime game against Vegas, Chris Drigg said "all my teammates are very positive."

Susie questioned the transition from Minnesota to Seattle, where he played two full NHL seasons for the Wilds and played for the NCAA powerhouse Minnesota-Duluth for four years. He said it went well, making friends between teammates who live near each other and "find out the best restaurant to eat".

"This will be a winning team," center Alex Weinberg said this week. "Everyone feels this way."

Kraken captain Mark Giordano has played in this league for 16 seasons. He has experienced good, bad and ugly-both ugly defeats and "ugly" goals called by Yanni Goode, which can stop losing streaks and produce more. "Ice Hockey Luck". The winner of the 2019 Norris Cup Defensive Player of the Year-also the captain of the Calgary team, is very qualified to talk about the cohesion between teammates.

"The players are very good in the room and the coaching staff," Giordano said over the weekend. "This is a group of good people who really care about."

Giordano admitted that Kraken players were "absolutely frustrated." In Saturday's loss, he believed he was responsible for the blue line's mistake, which led to a breakthrough goal.

"I think what happened tonight is that I think we forced it. Myself, starting with me," Giordano said. "You can't have a mistake that led to a breakthrough. This happened twice with us [Saturday].

"When the game is tense and it is 1-0 and nothing happens on the offensive end, you have a chess game. You have to be smart about where you flip the ball and how you manage the ice hockey. Tonight will definitely let us Shocked."

"I can't let the frustration spread to my game," Giordano said, adding that he plans to "lead by example."

Kraken's position in the standings is 9 points behind the previous playoff spot, and teams such as Chicago and Colorado are the next two opponents in the home stands. Giordano said that the coaching staff is not talking about the overall situation, but more about how to "close" the 9-point gap.

Giordano said: "You have to work hard, you have to look at the divisions, the short divisions, the five game divisions." "I think our coach has sorted out the parts for us, and we have to look at it this way.

"There is no doubt. When you are in our position, you will have to grind and cut slowly. You will not get that gap overnight... We just need to focus on doing what we do right Thing."

Defensive player Jamie Oleksiak said the Kraken did a good job in the third quarter on Saturday, scoring two goals and important scoring opportunities, but lost to the West 4-2. The second-best wild team in the league lost in the game.

"We see that when we work hard together and stick to the game plan, we can get opportunities and we can become an effective unit," Olekschak explained. "It's very difficult. You are in a difficult time. You are trying to make a difference. You are trying to participate in it and so on. Sometimes, it's better to just work together.

"As a five-person unit, you are stronger than you try to do things yourself. I think the third stage is an example, we can move on."

Teams that unite together, honed together, and race together on the ice, also win together.

Coach Dave Hakstol said he received text messages and calls from people in the league and North America asking if his Kraken fans were making noise and having fun in the new climate promise arena. His answer was yes, adding that players and coaches soon knew that the home court was where they really wanted to win for the fans.

The home fans who have said before know some of the positive little things about hockey and cheer for them. The broader and more complete fact is that Kraken fans support the team through thick and recent thin.

Saturday is Chart A. Even with 5 minutes left in the game, an empty net goal turned the score to 4-1 Minnesota, and the fans still sat in their seats. In the next minute of the game, they scored 6 on 5 (Kraken empty net) and were rewarded. Cheers and the horns of the Washington state ferry resounded through Seattle. Kraken fans also maintain this belief.

Although second-year goalkeeper Kevin Rankinen may play for the Chicago team on Wednesday, the former Pittsburgh has won the Stanley Cup multiple times and the former Las Vegas star Mark-Andre Fleury is the Chicago team. Played a greater workload, the Chicago team began the three-game winning streak 1-10-1 season.

Philipp Grubauer took on Kraken's workload, partly due to Chris Driedger's injury at the beginning of the season. Fleury won the NHL's Vezina trophy for the best goalkeeper last season, and Grubauer was a finalist for Vezina.

Neither goalkeeper brought the early results they expected for themselves and their team. Grubauer's record is 4-7-1, the average number of goals scored is 3.18, and the save rate is 0.880. Fleury's record is 3-7, the average number of goals is 3.50, and the save rate is 0.897. Both goalkeepers hope to get closer to the state of last season.

Tweet from @PR_NHL: Congratulations to the newest members of @HockeyHallFame, who will be selected at a ceremony in Toronto tonight. More: https://t.co/QLsn7PfHrh pic.twitter.com/T0LKSTjhm3

The COVID-19 pandemic caused the cancellation of the Hockey Hall of Fame initiation ceremony in Toronto in November. Therefore, the 2020 class enjoyed the long-awaited celebration this weekend and reached a climax in the induction speech on Monday night.

The shortlisted candidates include Marian Hossa, Jarome Iginla, Kevin Lowe, Kim St-Pierre, Doug Wilson and Ken Holland. More information about reactions and memories next Monday.

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