Kraken open key road trip against Predators with wild-card grip slipping

By the time the Seattle Kraken return home, the Mariners will have started their baseball season and NBA owners will likely have voted on whether the SuperSonics will be one of the league's next expansion franchises.

And the Kraken might have a better sense of their postseason chances.

Seattle opens a lengthy six-game trip Thursday in Nashville, clinging to the Western Conference's second and final wild-card berth.

The Kraken (31-27-9, 71 points) are currently tied with Los Angeles...