Blake Fiddler, the Kraken's second-round draft pick, grew up in NHL locker rooms and learned the game from his father Vern, who played 14 years in the NHL.

The Kraken swapped their 38th and 57th overall second round picks with Philadelphia to move up two spots and take the junior hockey star and son of a former longtime NHL player

With their second-round pick in the 2025 NHL draft, the Seattle Kraken selected a young defenseman with Dallas-area ties. The Kraken drafted Frisco’s Blake Fiddler with the 36th overall pick. Fiddler, the son of former Dallas Stars center Vernon Fiddler, recently suited up for the Western Hockey League’s Edmonton Oil Kings.