Jared McCann’s 2025-26 season for the Seattle Kraken came with the kind of stop-start rhythm that makes a player’s year hard to read at a glance. When he was on the ice, he produced.
When he wasn’t, the Kraken felt the absence. By the end, his line looked strong anyway: 52 games, 40 points, 20 goals and 20 assists.
The season opened with McCann doing exactly what Seattle needed. On Oct. 9, he scored in the Kraken’s first game of the year, a night that also gave them their first-ever home opener win.
Seattle was already up 2-1 by the third period, and McCann’s goal four minutes in added more breathing room. That goal also launched a three-game point streak in which he picked up four points.
Then the injuries started to interrupt the flow. Two games later, on Oct.
18, McCann was sidelined by a lower-body injury that kept him out for 17 games. He returned on Nov. 26 and played six games, collecting four points, before another lower-body injury knocked him out again.
That second absence lasted seven games. When he came back on Dec. 28, the scoring touch followed quickly: one game later, he started a run of seven points in six games.
Seattle kept moving McCann around the lineup, but the usage settled in a familiar range. He opened the season on the top line with Matty Beniers and Jordan Eberle, then shifted between the first and second line before and after the injuries. After the Kraken acquired Bobby McMann, Jared McCann became a regular in the middle six.
His value wasn’t limited to the box score, either. He gave Shane Wright a steady veteran presence when they played together, and he remained one of the team’s most reliable scorers whenever he was available.
The bigger picture is just as important. McCann is heading into the final year of his five-year contract, and at the end of the 2026-27 season he will be an unrestricted free agent. He has already built a major place in franchise history, sitting as the Kraken’s all-time points leader with 283 points in 367 games, ahead of Jordan Eberle’s 232 points in 361 games.
Seattle can’t force what happens next, but it would be hard to imagine the Kraken not making the effort to keep him. For 2025-26, though, the grade lands at a B.
The injuries cost him a big chunk of the season, but even with more than a quarter of the year missed, he still finished fifth on the team in points. When he played, he made it count.
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