Winterton said he was happy to get into a game this weekend as the week ahead will be all-systems go for veterans to use the upcoming pair of preseason contests to get game-ready for a season start that features four division opponents in the first five games.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s a nerve-wracking day, right?\u201d said Winterton about a first game back. \u201cEven for guys like me, Hades [John Hayden]. It was funny enough. I asked Ebs [Jordan Eberle] if he still gets nervous for his training camps. He said, \u2018Absolutely.\u2019\u00a0<\/p>\n
Making-a-Case Studies: Nyman, Firkus, Nelson<\/p>\n
No matter what Kraken roster cuts are announced Monday, young winger Jani Nyman made a strong case for a bright future with Seattle. He scored the opening goal in Saturday\u2019s preseason home win over Vancouver and shined in all three zones.<\/p>\n
\u201cJani played very well,\u201d said Lane Lambert Saturday post-game. \u00a0\u201cI thought there were certain things Jani did in certain areas of the game in which he made good plays. He made some good wall plays [at the offensive end]. He did some good things down in our zone.\u201d<\/p>\n
Sunday night, he was active again, including logging a secondary assist on the night\u2019s first Kraken goal. Lane Lambert said earlier this week he thought Nyman has gained a step in his skating and there appears to be no debate on that.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Jagger Firkus looked good in the 2026 Prospects Showcase Sept. 12 and 13, generating a multitude of scoring chances for teammates and himself. He picked up a pair of assists in Abbotsford, BC, versus Vancouver prospects.\u00a0<\/p>\n
He was back at it Saturday at Climate Pledge Arena, delivering another solid three-zone effort and manifesting that strong forechecking leads to offensive opportunities. Sunday, Firkus cracked the goals column of the scoresheet, taking a spot-on pass from Jon-Randall Avon to send an undeniable laser past Calgary\u2019s NHL-tested young goaltender Devin Cooley. Oscar Fisker Molgaard started the scoring sequence for the secondary assist.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Winterton said he was happy to get into a game this weekend as the week ahead will be…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":900044,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[556],"tags":[64,63,575,85],"class_list":["post-900043","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nhl","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-nhl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/900043","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=900043"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/900043\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/900044"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=900043"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=900043"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=900043"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}