The Seattle Kraken is reportedly open to trading Brandon Tanev before the 2025 NHL trade deadline. He will be a free agent after this season and the Kraken are not in a playoff spot. NHL insider Pierre LeBrun reported that the team is willing to keep 50% of his $3.5 million cap hit to help make a trade happen."Hearing that the Kraken are willing to eat 50 percent on Brandon Tanev’s $3.5M cap hit to help facilitate a deal. Which makes sense. Strong interest from both Cup contenders and bubble teams in the pending UFA winger." LeBrun tweeted on Tuesday.Tanev signed a six-year $21 million contract in 2019, and he has drawn interest from playoff contenders. Keeping half of his salary would make him more affordable for other teams and help Seattle get a better return in a trade. In 59 games this season, he has nine goals, 17 points, 91 blocked shots and 120 hits.The Kraken have struggled this campaign, as they are seventh in the Pacific Division with a 26-31-4 record. Jaden Schwartz leads the team in goals with 19 and Jared McCann is leading in points with 44. However, the team faces a tough road to the playoffs. It needs 10 points to get the second wild-card spot in the Western Conference.Seattle Kraken prevented hat-trick losses with a 6-3 winThe Seattle Kraken ended their two-game losing streak with a 6-3 win over the Vancouver Canucks on Saturday. Eeli Tolvanen scored twice and Joey Daccord made 28 saves. The Canucks lost for the fourth time in five games.Seattle scored first at 5:47 of the first period. Andre Burakovsky finished a 2-on-1 rush, scoring off a pass from Shane Wright. Vancouver tied it at 11:35 when Pius Suter took advantage of a mistake by Vince Dunn and scored. Filip Chytil made it 2-1 for Vancouver at 16:27, putting a loose puck past Daccord.Seattle answered in the second period. Oliver Bjorkstrand tipped in Brandon Montour’s shot at 4:11 to tie the game. Dakota Joshua scored on a shorthanded breakaway at 8:05, giving Vancouver a 3-2 lead. Matty Beniers tied it again at 12:08, redirecting a shot from Dunn. One minute later, Tolvanen tipped Ryker Evans’s shot into the net, making it 4-3 for Seattle.In the third period, Montour scored at 5:38 with a slap shot, pushing the lead to 5-3. Tolvanen sealed the win for Kraken with an empty-net goal at 18:29.