SEATTLE (AP) — It would not be difficult for an onlooker at a Seattle Kraken preseason practice to register Lane Lambert’s booming voice.

Yet the new Kraken head coach, who was hired in May to replace Dan Bylsma, is anything but a drill sergeant. Just a few weeks into playing under Lambert, center Matty Beniers would describe him as a straight-shooter, but not somebody who seeks to call out his players for mistakes.

“It’s, ‘Hey, we all got to learn from this. It’s not one guy, it’s the team,’” Beniers said. “And I love it. He’s got a lot of dedication to being a really good team, and being a good team together.”

The Kraken front office, which underwent a bit of a shakeup this offseason, sure hopes for that from the 60-year-old Lambert. He is in his second go-around as a head coach, and

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