Expectations were hopeful for the Kraken to replicate the success of the Knights, but most people recognized that there was a high chance the team would need a few years before they were competitive. The NHL had seen its first expansion team since 2003 in the Vegas Golden Knights that year, watching as the new team somehow won the Pacific and made it all the way to the 2018 Stanley Cup Finals. Seattle had been petitioning for an NHL expansion team for quite some time, finally getting the green light in 2018 after being approved by the NHL Board of Governors.
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