Introducing the Seattle Kraken!

[BKIslandersFan]

Folks will just call them Seattle Squid, right?

Not bad.

Krakheads

 

[Ginormousthumbs]

I wasn't actually sad lol.

I played the

 

[HanSolo]

I chuckled.

I think it's fine. Not an overly original design. But it's fine. Narrative if they went too bold would be that it looks too beer league.

 

[jetsforever]

Ugh, awful:
- Stupid, singular name. This trend had its time in the 90's and should have been left there with POGs and the Macarena. Sorry, Avalanche and Wild.
- The name itself is a cartoonish dated reference to a cheezy movie that came out 10 years ago. Only hockey fans could still think "Hur Dur, we can say release the Kraken. Awesome!" 10 years from now, it's going to feel REALLY embarrassing.
- A theme that has nothing to do with the city/region. Yeah, neither do half the teams in the league, but at least be up front about it rather than rolling with the ridiculous explanation they have on the web page.
- You are in the Evergreen state. Every single other major sports team in the city has green as a main color. I know, let's see how closely we can copy the Tennessee Titans' color scheme!
- If you are going with the sea monster theme, why not the "Sea Monsters" or "Sea Serpents." Both are alliterative with the city name and roll off the tongue a lot more easilty

This is the second worst name I've seen introduced in my lifetime, topped only by the "Mighty Ducks."

- Avalanche, Wild, Lightning all suggest that singular names are fine
- Pretty sure this is not a reference to that movie, as the Kraken mythology has been around a lot longer than that
- Both the Seahawks and Mariners have blue as their main colour (with green and others as secondaries)

 

[SeaOfBlue]

Ugh, awful:
- Stupid, singular name. This trend had its time in the 90's and should have been left there with POGs and the Macarena. Sorry, Avalanche and Wild.
- The name itself is a cartoonish dated reference to a cheezy movie that came out 10 years ago. Only hockey fans could still think "Hur Dur, we can say release the Kraken. Awesome!" 10 years from now, it's going to feel REALLY embarrassing.
- A theme that has nothing to do with the city/region. Yeah, neither do half the teams in the league, but at least be up front about it rather than rolling with the ridiculous explanation they have on the web page.
- You are in the Evergreen state. Every single other major sports team in the city has green as a main color. I know, let's see how closely we can copy the Tennessee Titans' color scheme!
- If you are going with the sea monster theme, why not the "Sea Monsters" or "Sea Serpents." Both are alliterative with the city name and roll off the tongue a lot more easilty

This is the second worst name I've seen introduced in my lifetime, topped only by the "Mighty Ducks."

At least the Mighty Ducks was supposed to be the reference to the movie, which made sense given Disney were the owners. Plus the colour scheme was decent.

They should have stolen the Seattle Thunderbirds colour scheme and maybe added a little bit of red or another blue to spice it up. The logo is fine, but it should be a shoulder patch logo, not the main logo. The anchor is safe and derivative of a bunch of nautical teams from the past (just like if they did the helm of a ship), but at least those nautical teams had ship names (i.e. the Admirals).

All in all, I did not like the Vegas choice overall and I think this one is even worse. At least Vegas' was somewhat original, for the NHL at least.

 

[Fatass]

"Krakheads hanging around Krakhouse"

Hope everyone starts embracing "Krakhouse" instead of CP area.

The chants in opponents’ arenas (especially directed at the Seattle goalie) could be pretty funny. “Krackhead ... Krackhead ...”

 

[The Great Mighty Poo]

 

[Bondurant]

So worth if for all the salt in this thread. Welcome aboard, Seattle.

 

[justPlay]

Pretty great.

 

[kevsh]

From FB:

 

[Darkwinter]

Should be named Seattle Karens.Would suit the city better

 

[TaLoN]

 

[Adam Fox Time]

RIP to the Seattle Sockeyes

We hardly knew ye

 

[TheGoldenGod]

The Krakheads/Krakhouse nickname is awesome lol

Seattle fans need to embrace it!!

 

[the]

Wow! Such fantastic news. Welcome to the NHL Seattle Kraken. I love the name and jersey. I seriously wish this franchise lots of success for years to come.

The city of Seattle can be proud. Can’t wait to see you guys in action.

 

[Voight]

 

[TheGoldenGod]

Wow! Such fantastic news. Welcome to the NHL Seattle Kraken. I love the name and jersey. I seriously wish this franchise lots of success for years to come.

The city of Seattle can be proud. Can’t wait to see you guys in action.

Too friendly/positive...Mods get this crap out of here!

 

[Asinine]

I still don't understand the hate for the name or how it doesn't "roll off the tongue well".

It's cool, unique, and fitting...and there were a dozen worse names it could have ended up being.

 

[robertmac43]

I love what they did with the colour scheme on the jersey!

 

[robertmac43]

I still don't understand the hate for the name or how it doesn't "roll off the tongue well".

It's cool, unique, and fitting...and there were a dozen worse names it could have ended up being.

NHL fans are not always the best at accepting change and things that are slightly 'different'

 

[I am toxic]

Kracken is like moose. Both singular & plural

2 minute mark for the next 45 seconds:

 

[sbjnyc]

 

[Captain Bowie]

Sorry haters and negative neellies, you are clearly in the minority.

What do you think of Seattle's Name, Logo, Jerseys?

By a ratio of 70:20:10 (10 being seemingly indifferent).

 

[Warden of the North]

Would have preferred Sockeyes, but in the end I just dont really care.

Welcome Kracken

 

[nbwingsfan]

Ugh, awful:
- Stupid, singular name. This trend had its time in the 90's and should have been left there with POGs and the Macarena. Sorry, Avalanche and Wild.
- The name itself is a cartoonish dated reference to a cheezy movie that came out 10 years ago. Only hockey fans could still think "Hur Dur, we can say release the Kraken. Awesome!" 10 years from now, it's going to feel REALLY embarrassing.
- A theme that has nothing to do with the city/region. Yeah, neither do half the teams in the league, but at least be up front about it rather than rolling with the ridiculous explanation they have on the web page.
- You are in the Evergreen state. Every single other major sports team in the city has green as a main color. I know, let's see how closely we can copy the Tennessee Titans' color scheme!
- If you are going with the sea monster theme, why not the "Sea Monsters" or "Sea Serpents." Both are alliterative with the city name and roll off the tongue a lot more easilty

This is the second worst name I've seen introduced in my lifetime, topped only by the "Mighty Ducks."

Wait... you think the Kraken came from Pirates of the Caribbean? You do know that the myth of the Kraken has been around for centuries, right?