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The excitement for Saturday has been building for years since the city of Seattle was granted an expansion team by the NHL Board of Governors on Dec. 'Vegas and Winnipeg have two of the louder buildings in the League and I think in Seattle, we're going to have one of those buildings where it rivals those two buildings,' Tanev said. The Kraken also saw some of what their fan base is going to be like when they played preseason games in surrounding Washington cities, Spokane, Everett and Kent. 'But we went through it and saw how special it could be and is going to be,' Tanev said. Concrete had been poured, but there was no ice. Video: Canucks at Kraken on ESPN+ | Sat at 10pm ET Tanev, forward Jordan Eberle, defensemen Jamie Oleksiak, Haydn Fleury and Mark Giordano, and goalie Chris Driedger all got a tour of the building while it was still being renovated when they were in Seattle for the 2021 NHL Expansion Draft on July 21. That's an interesting challenge in this situation but at the same time I believe it'll be one that we're just excited to have that opportunity.' 'In terms of the building, we won't have a great familiarity with it. 'It'll be a special moment, an amazing opportunity and everybody is going to be excited for it,' Kraken coach Dave Hakstol said. The entrance to the building, the home dressing room, the trainer's rooms, the ice itself, it'll all be brand new to the Kraken, who went 1-3-1 on a five-game road trip that concluded Tuesday. ET ESPN+, HULU, CBC, CITY, TVAS2, NHL LIVE). Their first time will be the morning skate Saturday in advance of the Kraken's historic home opener against the Vancouver Canucks (10 p.m. It's expected to be loud inside.īut Tanev, his teammates and coaches have never seen any of it or heard a single fan cheer inside their home building because none of them have been inside it as a finished product. The acoustics are supposed to be exceptional.

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There are two suspended scoreboards, a first for a professional arena. Those are pretty special and unique things we have.'īuilders dug down about 50 feet to expand the arena's footprint.

'You're down several feet below the ground floor and there are two Jumbotrons. 'The acoustics in the building itself will make it a really loud building,' the Kraken forward said prior to a 4-2 loss at the New Jersey Devils on Tuesday.

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