The Seattle Kraken have fired coach Dan Bylsma after one season, the team announced Monday.

Bylsma was fired after guiding the Kraken (35-41-6) in a single campaign that saw them finish 20 points out of the final Western Conference wild-card spot and miss the playoffs for a second consecutive season.

"We thank Dan for his commitment and the energy he brought to our organization over the past four years at the NHL and AHL levels," Kraken general manager Ron Francis said in a statement. "After a thorough review of the season and our expectations for next year and beyond, we've made the difficult decision to move in a different direction behind the bench."

This now means the Kraken will be searching for their third head coach in as many seasons having fired Dave Hakstol last offseason.

Bylsma previously coached the Buffalo Sabres and Pittsburgh Penguins. It was in Pittsburgh that he saw his most success, winning the Stanley Cup in his first year on the job in the 2008-09 season, and then winning the Jack Adams Award as the league's top coach in the 2010-11 season.

Before being hired as the Kraken's head coach, Bylsma spent the previous two seasons as the head coach of the team's AHL affiliate, the Coachella Valley Firebirds.

The Kraken now join a slew of teams seeking a new bench boss this offseason. On Monday, Vancouver Canucks president Jim Rutherford told reporters that the team declined to pick up the option on coach Rick Tocchet, but offered him a new, more lucrative deal in the hopes that he'll stay and not head elsewhere. Over the weekend, the New York Rangers fired Peter Laviolette and the Anaheim Ducks fired Greg Cronin.