About this episode

The episode discusses Ron Francis stepping down as President of hockey operations for the Seattle Kraken and the implications of this decision.

The 24th episode of Circling Seattle Sports' weekly Seattle Kraken show, Keeping up with the Seattle Kraken, sees RJ of Emerald City Hockey and Darren of Sound of Hockey join CSS founder and editor-in-chief Charles Hamaker to discuss the news that Kraken President of hockey operations Ron Francis will be stepping down at the end of the season, Jason Botterill's role in all of this, Lane Lambert's role, and more.

People in this episode

Host: Charles Hamaker

Guests: RJ, Darren

Topics covered

• Seattle Kraken
• Ron Francis
• hockey operations
• Jason Botterill
• Lane Lambert
• sports news

Keywords

• Seattle Kraken
• Ron Francis
• hockey operations
• Jason Botterill
• Lane Lambert
• sports podcast
• Emerald City Hockey
• Sound of Hockey

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Emerald City Hockey, Sound of Hockey, Circling Seattle Sports

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