Last season Kraken goaltender Philipp Grubauer dipped from potential starter to bona fide backup. He turned in league-worst numbers among regular NHL netminders and was demoted to the American ...

Philipp Grubauer, one of the Kraken’s most identifiable names and polarizing figures since the inaugural season, got Saturday's start. It could be his last for Seattle.

Grubauer still has two years remaining on his contract with a $5.9 million cap hit. If they did buy out the remainder of his contract, they’d owe him $1,683,333 for the next for years.

Grubauer struggled in his first three seasons with Seattle, failing to record a save percentage of .900. But this year, things went much worse. Prior to his demotion, the 33-year-old put up a 3.83 ...