<p>After a single season on the job, the <a href="https://www.dailyfaceoff.com/teams/seattle-kraken/line-combinations">Seattle Kraken</a> have fired head coach Dan Bylsma, reports <a href="https://x.com/frank_seravalli/status/1914420336545948130">Daily Faceoff’s Frank Seravalli</a>.</p>



<p>Named head coach of the Kraken last May, Bylsma wrapped up his first season in Seattle with a 35-41-6 showing and 20 points shy of the second wildcard seed in the Western Conference. In all, it marked the third time in the franchise’s four-year history that it had failed to qualify for the Stanley Cup Playoffs.</p>



<p>Last Tuesday, Kraken CEO Todd Leiweke confirmed that team general manager <a href="https://www.dailyfaceoff.com/news/seattle-kraken-ron-francis-return-for-fifth-season-as-general-manager">Ron Francis will return</a> for a fifth season. However, on Monday, Seravalli indicated the possibility of Francis being promoted to another front office position and assistant GM Jason Botterill assuming the GM duties.</p>



<p>For Bylsma, the 54-year-old Michigan native was elevated to the Kraken last spring following two seasons with the AHL affiliated Coachella Valley Firebirds in which he guided the club to back-to-back appearances in the Calder Cup Final.</p><div class="injected-ad injected-video" data-nn-ad-tech-injection-count="0" data-nn-ad-tech-max-gap="130" data-nn-ad-tech-current-gap="158"></div>



<p>Prior to the Kraken, Bylsma’s most recent NHL head coaching stint came with the <a href="https://www.dailyfaceoff.com/teams/buffalo-sabres/line-combinations">Buffalo Sabres</a> from 2015-17, with the team missing the postseason both years. Bylsma was also behind the bench of the <a href="https://www.dailyfaceoff.com/teams/pittsburgh-penguins/line-combinations">Pittsburgh Penguins</a> for six seasons from 2008-14. Bylsma joined the Penguins with three months remaining in the 2008-09 campaign, where he put together an 18-3-4 showing before guiding the club to a Stanley Cup championship. The Penguins also qualified for the playoffs in each of the following five seasons under Bylsma.</p>



<p>Bylsma has also served four seasons as an assistant coach with the <a href="https://www.dailyfaceoff.com/teams/new-york-islanders/line-combinations">New York Islanders</a> and <a href="https://www.dailyfaceoff.com/teams/detroit-red-wings/line-combinations">Detroit Red Wings</a>, three years as an assistant with the AHL’s Cincinnati Mighty Ducks, Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins, and Charlotte Checkers, plus one year as head coach in Wilkes-Barre/Scranton.</p>



<p>The Kraken will begin the upcoming campaign with their third head coach in five years, following Bylsma and inaugural bench boss Dave Hakstol.</p><div class="injected-ad" data-nn-ad-tech-injection-count="1" data-nn-ad-tech-max-gap="130" data-nn-ad-tech-current-gap="151"></div>
