Draft 2026: Chase Reid "Can't wait to get started" In Seattle
The Kraken snagged a dynamic, high-scoring defenseman at seventh overall. Now, the OHL standout brings his elite skating and puck-moving prowess to Seattle before heading to Michigan State.
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Chase, how does it feel?
I mean, I've said it, it, it feels surreal, especially being able to share with my family along me here tonight.
I love them all so much, and I wouldn't be here without them, so I owe all my credit to them.
What was the Sioux Great Falls mean to getting you here?
I mean, everything.
Them taking the chance on a kid playing- Yeah in the North American League at 16, and not really knowing what I was gonna bring to the table myself, let alone did they know.
I mean, taking that chance and giving me the opportunity to go out there and succeed each and every night, it was I mean, I owe all of it to them as well.
What was 16-year-old Chase and getting into the season like for you?
Probably wasn't gonna happen, but, I knew that I, I would work my hardest each and every day to get to where I wanted to be, so.
That first brother feeling, what did that feel like?
Yeah, I mean, just being the first person in the family to be drafted to a professional sport and obviously getting to show my little brother that anything's possible, I, I just, I love them so much.
And the family up in, in the, the stands, how early did they arrive there to watch?
Yeah, yeah, I mean, right when they walk in, you hear them hooting and hollering up there, and then especially when you get picked, you hear them all yelling again, so it's, it's super fi-
