Finishing second overall with thirty goals for and twenty-two goals against, the Carolina Kraken will be one of the more formidable teams throughout the season. Clearly finishing second in the preseason means that Carolina will finish at least as good in the regular season. They've performed a bit under expectations so far in terms of placement, however their goals for and goals against aren't too bad. They seem to be pretty on track for those targets, at least. Based on the preseason performance, I expect Carolina to keep moving up the leaderboards as they rack up more and more wins to better reflect their previous performance. I would expect them to finish in the top four, and push fairly far into the playoffs with an outside chance at winning it all. That would obviously be the goal, with a strong squad built over the last few seasons. The team is fairly stacked with veterans, and filled out by several great younger players to bolster the squad.