Geoff Baker
@GeoffBakerNHL
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Seattle Kraken Vice-President, Editorial. Author of "Rising from the Deep" book about the Kraken and Seattle's bid to revive NBA Sonics
Seattle, WA
Joined May 2009
CAREER NEWS: I’m joining Seattle Kraken as a Vice-President, Editorial. I’ll add to already-strong writing content and help strategize storytelling on broadcast and other channels. Leaving Seattle Times isn’t easy. But #SEAKraken made it easier. They have big things ahead. #NHL.
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RT @GeoffBakerNHL: The #SeaKraken avoid arbitration with Kaapo Kakko by agreeing to a three-year deal with the restricted free agent winger….
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Deal for $4.525 annually avoids arbitration and keeps talented restricted free agent with team through the 2027-28 season
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RT @SeattleKraken: “Re-sign Kakko!”.Kaap-y that 🫡. The #SeaKraken have agreed to terms with forward Kaapo Kakko to a 3-year deal → https://….
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The #SeaKraken avoid arbitration with Kaapo Kakko by agreeing to a three-year deal with the restricted free agent winger.
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Deal for $4.525 annually avoids arbitration and keeps talented restricted free agent with team through the 2027-28 season
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RT @GeoffBakerNHL: Remember when 3 Seattle-area arena groups failed to apply for NHL expansion by a set deadline? Easy to forget now. But a….
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It’s been 10 years since three Seattle arena groups failed to bid on NHL expansion, a situation that initially seemed dire but only served to intensify efforts by those determined to bring the Kraken...
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RT @SeattleKraken: Against what seemed like long odds so many years ago, the #SeaKraken came to life 🦑. Through patience & persistence, the….
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Remember when 3 Seattle-area arena groups failed to apply for NHL expansion by a set deadline? Easy to forget now. But as 10th anniversary of "miss" approaches, it's a reminder the #SeaKraken eventually happened in a sports process requiring patience.
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It’s been 10 years since three Seattle arena groups failed to bid on NHL expansion, a situation that initially seemed dire but only served to intensify efforts by those determined to bring the Kraken...
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Our @ByBobCondor with a look at the new goalie coach for the #SeaKraken affiliate at AHL Coachella Valley.
As fate would have it 💫. Long before new @Firebirds Goalie coach Vince Stalletti joined the #SeaKraken’s @TheAHL affiliate, his wife bought a Kraken hat that he’s stared at for years while successfully working his way through the college ranks →
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RT @GeoffBakerNHL: New #SeaKraken schedule will see a bigger, tougher, deeper team tested early and often by playoff squads from last sprin….
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An NHL schedule tightly packed with more games over shorter time frames to accommodate the Winter Olympics sees the Kraken run a gauntlet of prior playoff teams both early and late
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RT @SeattleKraken: The matchups are set – who's ready to hit the ice? 😤🏒. With the #SeaKraken 2025-2026 regular season schedule, pres. by @….
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New #SeaKraken schedule will see a bigger, tougher, deeper team tested early and often by playoff squads from last spring the opening 10 games. And late and often by prior playoff teams as well come April.
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An NHL schedule tightly packed with more games over shorter time frames to accommodate the Winter Olympics sees the Kraken run a gauntlet of prior playoff teams both early and late
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RT @GeoffBakerNHL: Imagine growing up dreaming of making the NHL, but never reaching it despite a quarter century playing and coaching in p….
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Recently hired Kraken assistant Aaron Schneekloth has finally arrived at the NHL level after nearly a quarter century as a player and coach, the prior 19 with the Colorado Eagles minor pro team
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RT @TheAHL: New @SeattleKraken assistant Aaron Schneekloth has finally arrived at the @NHL level after nearly a quarter century as a player….
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RT @GeoffBakerNHL: Getting drafted by the #SeaKraken in the middle of the night was half the battle. 7th rounders Loke Krantz and Karl Annb….
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For seventh round Swedish prospects Loke Krantz and Karl Annborn, getting drafted last-minute by the Kraken was only the start of a frantic week of cars, planes, tours, workouts and jetlag that...
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RT @SeattleKraken: “I believe you’ve got to stay present in the moment and in your position.”. Aaron Schneekloth has never rushed his journ….
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Imagine growing up dreaming of making the NHL, but never reaching it despite a quarter century playing and coaching in pro hockey. Then, just before your 47th birthday, opportunity arrives. The journey of new #SeaKraken assistant coach Aaron Schneekloth.
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Recently hired Kraken assistant Aaron Schneekloth has finally arrived at the NHL level after nearly a quarter century as a player and coach, the prior 19 with the Colorado Eagles minor pro team
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RT @SeattleKraken: From hitting the links to yeeting the fish in under a week’s time 🐟. A whirlwind weekend for 2025 draft picks Karl Annbo….
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Getting drafted by the #SeaKraken in the middle of the night was half the battle. 7th rounders Loke Krantz and Karl Annborn then had to make it from Sweden to Seattle by afternoon -- with help from team staffers committed to getting them there.
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For seventh round Swedish prospects Loke Krantz and Karl Annborn, getting drafted last-minute by the Kraken was only the start of a frantic week of cars, planes, tours, workouts and jetlag that...
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Our @ByBobCondor was inside the #SeaKraken draft room during the NHL Draft and filed this interesting, firsthand account of what took place behind the scenes.
Countless hours and hundreds of draft eligible players all led to six new additions to the #SeaKraken. Take a peek behind the curtain into the Kraken draft room at the first ever decentralized #NHLDraft →
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RT @SeattleKraken: THE KARTYE PARTYE CONTINUES! 🕺. We've re-signed forward Tye Kartye to a two-year deal.
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View of Fourth of July fireworks across the Puget Sound, panning from downtown to West Seattle, with Tacoma in far background, then finishing off at Bainbridge Island.
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