Related: Kraken: 3 Roster Management Mistakes Made in 2021-22 Louis Blue’s fault, it does beg the question of why the Kraken could not have held him out for an extra two weeks until after the trade deadline? While the waiver claim was not the former St. Seattle placed forward Austin Czarnik on waivers which led to the New York Islanders claiming him. With Schwartz returning to the lineup, the Kraken needed to make a roster move. Something needs to change when Seattle is shorthanded, and putting the former Stanley Cup winner on the penalty kill may be exactly what they need to get it back on track. Since his return, he has played one second of penalty kill time while the Kraken as a team is operating at a 42.9 percent efficacy rate. Despite his decent defensive statistics and history of playing the penalty kill in a limited role throughout his career, the Kraken refuse to play him when shorthanded. He has blocked two shots and has been credited with five takeaways over the four games. Individually, Schwartz has been doing his part to try and limit the opposition’s offence.
While the goaltending has been the main culprit of the increase, the fact the team did not see any improvement when he returned to the team from a defensive perspective should be cause for alarm.
They have seen a slight increase in shots against per game from 29.2 to 29.3, but the big difference is goals against, which has skyrocketed from 3.52 to 4.50. While Schwartz has kick-started the offence since returning to the lineup, the Kraken’s defence has not improved. Kraken’s Defensive Problems Still Prevalent His return has allowed coach Dave Hakstol to balance his lineup better and alleviate some of the pressure placed on bottom-six guys like Ryan Donato and Joonas Donksoi who were relied upon a little more when Schwartz was missing from the lineup. The team’s goals per game have increased from 2.28 to 2.75, while they have also seen an increase in shots on goal per game from 28.5 to 31. Jaden Schwartz, Seattle Kraken ( Amy Irvin / The Hockey Writers)Īs a team, the Kraken have seen some improvements over the past four games compared to the 25 he missed.
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