For the second consecutive year, as the Stanley Cup playoffs surge on, the Kraken are looking for a coach. They also will have a new general manager, according to a report.

After just one year in charge, the Kraken fired coach Dan Bylsma on Monday. Sportsnet’s Elliotte Friedman was the first to report the firing, which was confirmed by the Kraken in team statement.

“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 the 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. Dan is a great person and a respected coach. He played an important role in the development of many of our young prospects and was a big part of our early success in Coachella Valley. We sincerely wish him and his family nothing but success moving forward.”

Though the team statement referred to Francis as the GM, NHL Network’s E.J. Hradek reported that the team is “preparing to elevate [assistant general manager] Jason Botterill to the GM position, while Ron Francis moves to an upper management position.”

Assistant coach Jessica Campbell, who last year became the NHL’s first on-ice female coach, is being retained, according to Canadian broadcaster/podcaster John Shannon.

Bylsma coached the Kraken’s American Hockey League affiliate, the Coachella Valley Firebirds, to back-to-back Calder Cup finals appearances before he was promoted. He replaced Dave Hakstol, a coach of the year finalist the prior season in Seattle.

The Kraken (35-41-6) finished below where they did Hakstol’s final year. In Bylsma’s aggressive system, they scored more goals, but also allowed more — an average of 3.20 per game, ninth-most in the NHL.

This story will be updated.