Kraken hockey announcers score big in web poll. Where's Ian?

John Forslund, JT Brown, Eddie Olzyck and Alison Lukan are rated #2 among the 32 TV hockey announce teams, according to a reader poll at https://awfulannouncing.com/    No mention of Ian Furness.  You can see the full list at the link.    Some reader comments included:

""The NHL’s newest expansion team received one of the highest grades here. The Kraken began play in the 2021-22 season, so they weren’t included in either of our prior rankings.

This team has an interesting mix of broadcasters, including the well-established Forslund (who called games for the Hartford Whalers/Carolina Hurricanes from 1991-2020 and has worked nationally for ESPN, NBC, TNT, and Prime Video) and Olczyk (national work for NBC and TNT, plus long local runs with the Pittsburgh Penguins and Chicago Blackhawks before joining the Kraken as a substitute analyst ahead of the 2022-23 season), but also newer voices like Fitzhugh (usually the team’s radio announcer) and Brown.

Also, we didn’t mention Alison Lukan in the listings. However, she occasionally contributes in-game, in addition to her regular intermission, pregame, and postgame work, and she has received notable praise in the comments. That included “the best storyteller in all of hockey; she has a way of explaining the narrative of what’s going on in the game like nobody else.”

Those comments saw a lot of recognition for Forslund in particular. That included “Outstanding production and Forslund is elite,” “Forslund takes the time to explain some hockey 101 with ‘for our newer fans…,’ and I appreciate that as a still newish hockey fan,” “John Forslund is the single best play-by-play guy in hockey. Can’t believe he doesn’t have a prominent national gig anymore,” and “John Forslund is the best. Period.”

Brown also earned praise. Many noted his improvement over time with lines such as “Forslund and Brown just get better every year” and “has gotten comfortable in the booth.” He did see a couple of critics, though, including one who called him “so f***ing talentless.”

Olczyk earned a lot of individual laurels as well. That included “John and Eddie are a national-level booth,” “Forsland and Olczyk the best,” “a fantastic analyst,” and “best analysis in sports.” But some disliked him, making comments like “when the game or season is not important, the Olczyk schtick makes this a D” (on an A grade) and “overrated and very often not accurate in determining who touched the puck last if there is hesitation on who scored the goal or who made the block.” Still, the overarching sense of the comments was in line with the respondent who said the Kraken “knocked it out of the park” with their hires.""