The Kraken got a reinforcement back on the blue line Saturday morning, activating Ryan Lindgren from injured reserve ahead of the Global Series finale against the Carolina Hurricanes in Helsinki.
Seattle cleared the roster spot by sending forward Logan Morrison back to AHL Coachella Valley.
Lindgren’s return comes after an upper-body injury knocked him out of the lineup on October 6 against the Vegas Golden Knights. He was placed on injured reserve two days later and was originally given a four-to-six-week recovery timeline. Instead, he’s back after roughly five and a half weeks, just in time for Seattle’s final game of the trip.
Before the injury, Lindgren had appeared in four games for the Kraken, recording no points and a +3 rating. Seattle has managed to keep pace without him, going 7-5-1 in the 13 games he missed to improve to 9-7-1 overall. Even so, the defense has had a rough stretch: the Kraken entered the Global Series ranked 29th in goals allowed per game and 31st on the penalty kill.
Lindgren is in the second season of the four-year, $18MM deal he signed in free agency in July 2025.
Morrison’s stay with the big club was brief. Seattle brought him up on November 8 for extra forward depth during the Finland trip, and with one game left before the team heads home, he’s headed back to the Firebirds. He has three goals and nine points in 12 games with Coachella Valley this season, after leading the club with 61 points in 68 games last year.
The 24-year-old has four NHL games on his résumé from 2023-24 and is still searching for his first NHL point.
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