September 18, 01:06 p.m. PT | Vince Dunn on Adam Larsson's Contract Extension
Many Kraken fans are happy to hear that Adam Larsson is sticking around now that he’s signed a four-year extension that keeps him in Seattle through the 2028-29 season…but few may be as happy as a long-time D-partner Vince Dunn.
We caught up with Dunn now that he’s back in the Pacific Northwest and asked him about what makes the alternate captain so special.
“I'm here for three more years, he's here for four more, and I want to be here for 12 more realistically,” Dunn said. “So I get three more years of my boy, and I'm just so happy for him as an individual, more than just for me and for the team, I think he's just a great, great person and leader and player to have. And his family - I think they're really happy here. He's really happy here. His career has taken another step here, and it continues to get better and better and he continues to be more and more of a dominant player on the ice.
“I think just playing with him and seeing how much he really cares - that energy is continuous in the locker room. It's just so good for the younger guys coming up.”
And as for potentially breaking his good friend’s contract news on X (formerly known as Twitter)? Dunn smiled and offered a little laugh. He said he didn’t want to give the news away – and he wasn’t sure if anyone would even get it. But by the time the Mississauga, ONT came back to his phone he saw people had figured it out.
Was Larsson mad? Another smile. Dunn jokes that he can’t tell when Larsson might actually be mad at him, but he didn’t take it too seriously. Dunn can’t really ever get too mad at Larsson either – the two are great friends off the ice and talked almost every day this off-season, “when I walk into the arena, the first thing I'm thinking of is, ‘where's Lars?’” Dunn says happily.
