Introducing the Seattle Kraken!

[VanillaCoke]

All 3 of these concepts are better than the bland, basic S that they somehow chose.

 

[Captain Bowie]

embarrassing.

Funny people keep using this word to criticize the name. And it's not like they are going to be fans of the team anyways, why would they be embarrassed?

 

[hirawl]

On a scale of 0- Jeff Goldblum I care althea amount I care at or around Pauly Shore.

Nicely put and I'd totally believe you if you didn't put that much effort into it.

 

[aufheben]

I respect that they went to left field for the name. Let's not forget, the kraken is a powerful, horrifying creature beyond all measure. A hockey team can only hope to achieve that ideal.

I’d mind the name a lot less if the rest of the branding was equally left field, but this kind of follows the trend that the Jets started: a reserved, classy look. Unimposing blue, a sliver of red. This is like naming an energy drink “Lightning Bolt” and then making the can white with black Helvetica type.

Like...the Predators probably isn’t the coolest name ever invented, but their logo isn’t a P that looks like a tooth, it’s a f***ing saber-toothed tiger on top of an almost-illegal amount of gold.

 

[Captain Bowie]

All 3 of these concepts are better than the bland, basic S that they somehow chose.

Yeah the overused Space Needle cliche logo definitely would have been much less criticized by the negative nellies. What's so special about any of those?

 

[Telos]

Whatever, drop the puck.

 

[WashedUp]

Go Crackers!!

 

[mulletmanofusa]

Already mentioned I'm sure, but "kraken" means "the poor thing" in swedish.

Like "Ooooh, look at that cat in a wheelchair. That poor thing!"

 

[Fistfullofbeer]

I'm sorry, the official hockey fan code prevents cheering for 3 different teams, especially in the same division.

I know thats the irony. Is there any other division that has as many non-cup winners as we do?

 

[Captain Bowie]

Logo looks like something that should be on an MLB hat.

A navy hat with the ice blue logo will look really sharp.

 

[Lt Dan]

I know thats the irony. Is there any other division that has as many non-cup winners as we do?

That is pretty much a given when one division has the two most recent expansion teams

If you take away Vegas and Seattle... three of the four are in the same boat

Pacific- Sharks, Canucks, Coyotes
Central- Jets, Preds, Wild
Atlantic- Panthers, Sabres, Sens

If Arizona moves to the Central ,as rumored, they will have as many as the Pacific with Vegas and Seattle included

 

[uncleben]

Green and salmon
(the salmon did admittedly come out a little orange on upload)

Could even still toss some of that "ice blue" in there and look great

 

[Sports2]

The colors and jersey are sick. The logo is trying to do too much and looks like an AHL logo. The anchor is a neat idea but the application on the shoulders might have to grow on me. It’s actually a neat logo though I’d like to see it front and center. What’s really underrated is the font.

 

[pbgoalie]

Beautiful! Excited for another Pacific Northwest team. Hopefully, this is the start of a great rivalry with the Canucks.

Not surprised at the bitching and moaning about the name/jersey. It doesn't seem like you can please anyone these days...

If you’re doing it correctly. 1/2 like it and 1/2 hate it

it’s our wonderful new world

 

[KCC]

All 3 of these concepts are better than the bland, basic S that they somehow chose.

Nope. IMO, these are far worse. What they unveiled is better.

 

[justaguy15]

The whole idiotic "Release the Kraken" meme that this came from was from the Clash of the Titans , which came out, you guessed it, 10 years ago. And which, like the original, somehow thought that the Kraken belonged in a movie nominally about Greek Mythology.
The next thing you are going to tell me is that Kraken was chosen because the owners were great admirers of the poetry of Tennyson.

And yes, the only reason the Raptor name, which is also godawful, was chosen was the popularity of the first Jurassic Park film, which came out a year before the name was chosen. Don't you nimrods think that they would have chosen an insignia reflecting the more common meaning of "Raptor" (i.e. a bird of prey) rather than a goofy cartoon dinosaur wearing basketball shorts if there wasn't a connection?

I can agree that Pelicans is bad, but the NBA is full of crappy names. The Jazz may have made sense in New Orleans, but in UTAH of all places? The same with the Minnesota/LA Lakers and the Vancouver/Memphis Grizzlies. Washington Wizards is awful. Thunder is lame. Nets is one of the blandest names in pro sports.

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?

Just wait until he finds out raptors actually existed and werent created for Jurassic Park. (......yes Im aware whats in the film is not actually a velociraptor, but rather something else)


Nah, Pelicans is quite easily the worst NA pro sports team name.

 

[ACLEVERNAME]

Name: aweful
Jerseys: meh
Colour scheme: ok

Looking forward to the inevitable baby blue thirds tho. If done right could be very sexy.

 

[The Great Mighty Poo]

Nicely put and I'd totally believe you if you didn't put that much effort into it.

Ellequintley put sir, but alas allow me this rebuttal, Your opinion means very little to me, and by "very little", and by "very little" I mean "nothing", and by "nothing" I meant "less then nothing".

 

[ACLEVERNAME]

I might be pushing some boundries here but... 'Krackheads'! F-in' hi larious! Pls dont ban me mods.

 

[Captain Bowie]

I might be pushing some boundries here but... 'Krackheads'! F-in' hi larious! Pls dont ban me mods.

Wow you are the first one in the world to make that lame joke.

 

[Kimota]

Where the Hell is the Kraken in the logo? This looks like a Duck. Every logo that we proposed here were better than this.

 

[Trap Jesus]

Where the Hell is the Kraken in the logo? This looks like a Duck. Every logo that we proposed here were better than this.

It's a bit of a weird mix, there's the tentacle in the "S" and then the red eye i guess is supposed to be the Kraken's eye.

 

[Kimota]

It's a bit of a weird mix, there's the tentacle in the "S" and then the red eye i guess is supposed to be the Kraken's eye.

Nah bro, that's the Duck's mouth. lol They could at least give it three tentacules.

 

[aufheben]

Where the Hell is the Kraken in the logo? This looks like a Duck. Every logo that we proposed here were better than this.

They were fully aware of how bonkers Kraken is and tried to tone it down.

I’d rather see an angry octopus holding a hockey stick, blasting orange and turquoise.

 

[Trap Jesus]

I really want them to use this as their horn: