A league source has confirmed that longtime NHL player-turned-broadcaster Eddie Olczyk will be joining the ROOT Sports booth for Kraken games this coming season alongside play-by-play man John Forslund, whom he's paired with on national telecasts throughout the years.
Olczyk, 55, a member of the U.S. Hockey Hall of Fame and a brother of Kraken assistant general manager Ricky Olczyk, will be part of a new three-man booth alongside Forslund and current on-air analyst JT Brown. Also, the plan is to have Olczyk fulfill his full national broadcast schedule with TNT, meaning he won't be available for all Kraken games and might not start the season off with the ROOT Sports crew.
Olczyk will also be doing additional work for the team and network, including recorded video segments and profiles.