Forward Kaapo Kakko signed a three-year contract with the Seattle Kraken on Tuesday with an average annual value of $4.525 ...

Kaapo Kakko signed a three-year, $13.575 million contract with the Seattle Kraken on Tuesday. It has an average annual value ...

Deal for $4.525 annually avoids arbitration and keeps talented restricted free agent with team through the 2027-28 season ...

The Seattle Kraken are still trying to develop their squad by adding players who fit into their long-term plans.

Former New York Rangers forward Kaapo Kakko has signed a three-year, $14.25 million contract extension with the Seattle ...

The Seattle Kraken liked what they saw in the 49 games that right winger Kaapo Kakko played for them last season.

The Seattle Kraken have brought back Kaapo Kakko on a three-year contract, in a deal that grades well for all parties ...

Kraken general manager Jason Botterill knocked off one of his top remaining summer to-do items in hammering out an extension ...

Kakko was selected with the No. 2 overall pick in the 2019 NHL Draft by the New York Rangers, but he never broke out to become the superstar executives thought he would become. During his Rangers ...

Kaapo Kakko #24 and Filip Chytil #72 celebrate after Will Cuylle #50 scores a goal. Corey Sipkin for the NY POST As a line, they’ve combined for 28 shots. Puck luck has just not been on their side.

Kakko said he's looking forward to getting started with the Kraken, seeing the trade to Seattle as a second chapter for his NHL career. In 330 NHL games, he has 61 goals and 70 assists (131 points).

“It felt good,” said Kakko, who finished with two shots on goal and two hits in 16:04 of ice time in the win. “Of course, I knew it was going to be more ice time [than] I got before I got hurt.