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Sabrina who? I'm more into Firkus Circus

The Kraken's AHL team is the Coachella Valley Firebirds. I intend to make really terrible jokes until one lands. And yes, same place as the music festival currently going on.

(Our AHL team is where we park some of our prospects and rookies, the baby squids) Firebirds are in their playoffs, currently fighting for home ice. And my favorite player has been bounced back to CV for the play offs. I've heard another fave should be there for the Calder Cup run, also they've got the baby goalie who had the iconic debut.

I didn't know Coachella was the name of a place. At the start of the Kraken season, when people kept talking to Coach Lambert about spending time with other coaches in Coachella, I thought that was like the tongue in cheek name for a coach conference or event. In my defense, this sport has a *lot* of slang that is used very causally like everyone understands it. At that point I was still constantly looking up phrases, it's not as silly as assumption as it sounds, I swear. The ONE time I try to pick up meaning from context instead of looking everything up.

Two Kraken franchise teams are in their play offs, just not... uh... The Kraken. So, I am watching the fire type cryptids instead of the water type cryptids.

Last game for the Kraken is a National Broadcast, which ironically means I can't see it. Not without some insane sports package just to see a few specific games. If I'd gotten that ESPN package it would have worked out to like a hundred bucks a game for the ones I wanted to see.

So, I went a tried going to Suki II's, despite all I'd heard. I'd been to Suki I, which is very much a dive bar. Suki II was kinda nice, if you kinda appreciate dark bars with poker machines. Most of the screens were for the Sharks, but there was one screen for the Kraken and I was the only one watching. I got to see a bit more Dunn! And Lars! And Ostman's first NHL start!

Then the bar was all 'okay, time to switchover to karaoke for the night'. Except, imagine those words blasted loudly on a speaker next to your head instead of text on a screen.

I went out and at least saw *part* of a hockey game.

At first I was like yeah, I can vibe with this, man I wish I'd started coming sooner... then suddenly NOPE.

So yeah, reports are right. They cannot be relied open to watch Kraken games, even if they are the official affiliate bar in Portland. Why can't they affiliate with a McMenamins? Or one of our dozens of bottle shops and breweries? Seattle has amazing fan bars. I want to try one next season.

But anyway, I tried the thing. No more just going off second or third hand info.

I don't know how the movie will be, but that was an amazing trailer.