Episodes

  • Simmer and Forslund 7
    Jan 21 2024

    John Forslund breaks down the Gourde suspension, the future of Seattle Kraken goaltending, Grubauer, huge homestand, favorite number-22's.
    :50 - Yanni Gourde suspension
    2:15 - NHL suspension consistency
    4:10 - Injuries and illness
    5:00 - Seattle / Toronto match-up
    6:15 - Huge Kraken homestand
    7:00 - Simplify game
    8:15 - Real reasons for 3-game skid
    11:00 - Grubauer contract / future
    15:55 - Favorite number-22's
    19:10 - Scotty Bowman and Habs
    21:20 - End

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    22 mins
  • Simmer and Forslund - 6
    Dec 3 2023

    The Seattle Kraken diagnosis as they lose again on their road trip. What ails them and the potential cures.

    :15 - Montreal Canadiens
    1:00 - Favorite number-14's Dave Keon
    2:35 - Brendan Shanahan
    3:00 - Nick Libbett
    4:05 - What ails the Kraken
    7:40 - Western playoffs
    8:45 - Mistakes
    9:25 - Matty Beniers, lines
    10:10 - Oliver Bjorkstrand
    12:25 - Yanni Gourde
    13:30 - Work ethic and pushback
    14:20 - Physicality
    16:25 - Kailer Yamamoto
    17:10 - Healthy defensemen

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    19 mins
  • Simmer and Forslund 5
    Nov 20 2023

    Longtime NHL reporter/host Rob Simpson and top NHL and Kraken play-by-play man John Forslund break down the Kraken vs. the #Canucks, #Matty Beniers, #Flames, Shane Wright and Ryan Winterton, the goalies, player arrested, neck guards, poor officiating, and they have some fun with some great number-29's.
    I:00 - Ken Dryden
    2:00 - Mike Palmateer
    3:00 - Kraken over Canucks
    5:20 - Vs. Flames
    6:I0 - Matty Beniers
    7:20 - Jordan Eberle
    8:30 - Kraken consistency, line juggles
    II:00 - Shane Wright, Ryan Winterton
    I3:50 - Kraken goalies
    I9:00 - Player arrested, skate blades
    22:00 - Poor officiating

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    29 mins
  • Simmer and Forslund, 4
    Nov 7 2023

    What's wrong with the Kraken and how to fix it. The Beniers slump and how to fix it. Neck guards. Screwy broadcast terminology. Kraken. #NHL.
    1:00 Famous, fun number-21's
    3:00 Kraken loss to Flames - Issues
    8:30 Need some home cooking
    9:15 Beniers scoring slump - change lines up
    14:30 Hot Canucks
    15:05 Kraken consistency
    16:10 "Pushing and Shoving"
    17:15 "Unanswered goals"
    18:55 Adam Johnson's death
    19:30 Neck guards
    23:00 The Forslund bobblehead
    25:15 Travels

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    26 mins
  • Kraken - "Simmer and Forslund" - 3
    Oct 17 2023

    The #Kraken need goals. The home opener. The Avalanche. What to expect. Line Juggling. What John saw on the road. A key injury.

    :55 Great number-25's, 4:00 Ron Francis Cup loss, 6:00 Winning at home, 9:00 Shoot-out complaints, 10:10 Bruce Boudreau clip about Forslund, 12:35 Mongoose! 13:30 Tanev injury, 16:30 Solid Kraken goalies, 18:00 Penalty kill, 19:30 Nashville and St. Louis, 22:40 Power play, 27:50 Hot prediction.

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    29 mins
  • Simmer and Forslund - 2
    Oct 10 2023

    Kraken TV man John Forslund and Rob Simpson talk about how the Seattle Kraken line-up shakes out for this season, strengths and weaknesses. We also talk fighting, or lack thereof. And an ode to the great Terry "Taz" O'Reilly.

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    28 mins
  • Simmer and Forslund - 1
    Oct 2 2023

    Seattle Kraken training camp battles, the future of the goalies, Shane Wright, Ryker Evans and the D-corps.

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    30 mins