GM Ron Francis says Kraken have ‘found a way to lose’ too often in disappointing start to season

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The Seattle Times

Kraken general manager Ron Francis feels his team has “found a way to lose” too often and expected it to be more competitive in the standings a month into the season. Francis built a squad he felt was strong on goaltending and defense. And though early scoring woes appear to have righted themselves to where the Kraken more regularly generate enough offense to win, that isn’t happening because of a lack of execution elsewhere. “We felt that goaltending and defense would give us a chance in each game,” said Francis, whose team has dropped four consecutive games and six of the past seven to sit l…