Kraken have major repair job ahead. Here's what's coming up

Now that the Kraken have a television solution that eliminates one barrier to growing their fan base, they must repair the on-ice product so anyone tuning in will keep watching. Thursday's replacing of the team's ROOT Sports deal with over-the-air “free” broadcasts on KING 5/KONG and Amazon Prime streaming was just the start of a major Kraken repair job. General manager Ron Francis must revamp a team that fell from contention with a month to go, finishing 34-35-13 with the NHL's fourth-worst offense. “There are things that we deal with internally that aren't out there,” Francis said at his season-ending news conference.