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It s hard for Duncan Keith to say goodbye to yesterday. Pekka Rinne and Kevan Miller, too. Even more difficult for Zach Parise and Ryan Suter because it wasn t their call. Moving on from the past is an early theme of the NHL offseason. Chicago traded Keith after 16 seasons that included three Stanley Cup titles. After Rinne retired following a decade of goaltending in Nashville and Minnesota announced buyouts for Parise and Suter with four years left on their contracts Tuesday, Miller called in a career Wednesday following a couple of injury-plagued seasons with Boston. The summer reset comes before most of the expected action that will follow the Seattle Kraken expansion draft next week.
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FILE - Philadelphia Flyers head coach Dave Hakstol gives instructions during the first period of an NHL hockey game against the Pittsburgh Penguins in Pittsburgh, in this Saturday, Dec. 1, 2018, file photo. The Seattle Kraken hired Dave Hakstol on Thursday, June 24, 2021, as head coach of the expansion franchise that will begin its first NHL season in the fall. It’s his second NHL head-coaching job after three plus seasons with the Philadelphia Flyers from 2015-19. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar, File)
SEATTLE (AP) The Seattle Kraken hired Dave Hakstol on Thursday as head coach of the expansion franchise that will begin play this fall.