After they used their first-round pick to take a forward for the fifth straight year, the Kraken ran off four straight defenseman selections on Day 2 of the NHL draft.

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.

Right-handed defenseman Blake Fiddler of the Edmonton Oil Kings was the first of five draft picks made by the Seattle Kraken on the second day of the NHL Draft.