After firing coach Dan Bylsma, the Seattle Kraken have promoted longtime general manager Ron Francis to president of hockey operations, with assistant Jason Botterill taking over day-to-day responsibilities.

Here are some of the names out there as another coaching search begins for the Kraken following Dan Bylsma's firing Monday.

After just one season under head coach Dan Bylsma, the Seattle Kraken are making a change. The team announced that Bylsma was relieved of his duties on Monday after the Kraken finished the 2024-25 season with a 35-41-6 record and failed to make the playoffs.