Introducing the Seattle Kraken!

[Toomany7pins]

Is it wrong that I fully expected a sea monster attack or to pull up a giant squid in the net?

No it’s not wrong. That would be awesome actually.

 

[Tkachuky]

Surprised there isn’t a leak yet?????

 

[Spikey]

Let's Go Seattle ......... (insert team name) !! I'm excited we are finally getting a team name tomorrow!

 

[Quicklime]

Beacons?

 

[Avsboy]

Two possible reactions from HF: apprehensive but positive towards some design elements and slowly accepting the whole thing, or utter revulsion. Which one will it be?

 

[Disappointed EP40]

Who?

If you don't have the capacity to even just stop and think of pro sport's team names, you don't deserve an answer to this.

 

[Disappointed EP40]

Two possible reactions from HF: apprehensive but positive towards some design elements and slowly accepting the whole thing, or utter revulsion. Which one will it be?

All of the above.

 

[Spikey]

You
you know theres an AHL team in Springfield called the Thunderbirds, right?

Seattle's junior hockey team is also called the Thunderbirds.

 

[Legion34]

Kraken wouldn’t surprise me after they somehow chose Golden Knights as a name.

they at least could have done “las Vegas nights” as a play on words. And you could make your mascot everything from a knight to a talking car. Could go more ways.

as far as Seattle.
Rain, kraken. storm. I’m all ok. With. It’s gonna be something silly

 

[Bondurant]

The easily solution is having a triple threat death match: Kraken v Sasquatch v Sockeye. Winner becomes the mascot.

 

[Captain Bowie]

Who?

Phillies, Red Sox, White Sox, Dodgers, Angels, Knicks, 76ers, 49ers, Pacers, Magic, Wizards, Titans, Browns, Redblacks, Roughriders, Renegades, Dragons, Devils, Red Wings, Canucks, Phantoms, Thunderbirds, Monsters, Crunch, Marlies, Griffins, Ice Hogs, and like almost every minor league baseball team.

 

[North Cole]

Rangers, Flyers, Penguins, Kings, Sabres.
Then you've got teams so generic as to not be really related to states; Flames, Wild, Preds, Ducks, Stars

I'm going to assume the Flames dont relate to a state because they are in Alberta. Going out on a limb here though, could be wrong.

 

[Bondurant]

 

[BigFatCat999]

Only if the sun rises in the west.

I'm tired and busy sorry.

 

[ScaredStreit]

Kraken is a lame name. Sockeyes would be pretty good or maybe just come up with an original name nobody's thought of yet? They've had plenty of time to do so.

 

[njdevils1982]

Phillies, Red Sox, White Sox, Dodgers, Angels, Knicks, 76ers, 49ers, Pacers, Magic, Wizards, Titans, Browns, Redblacks, Roughriders, Renegades, Dragons, Devils, Red Wings, Canucks, Phantoms, Thunderbirds, Monsters, Crunch, Marlies, Griffins, Ice Hogs, and like almost every minor league baseball team.

ok……


Jersey Devil - Wikipedia

 

[SI90]

Seattle Sailors it is!!

 

[SI90]

I really hope it's Sockeye. That jersey mock up in the older thread was absolutely beautiful.

Kraken is a cool one as well. Either one would be nice. It's clearly sea related, so...

If the video is a clue it’s one of those for sure.

 

[CascadiaPuck]

I'm tired and busy sorry.

Heh - I’ve done the same thing.

 

[Artorius Horus T]

Seattle Super - insert cool word -

 

[Tunapants]

ok……


Jersey Devil - Wikipedia

So its a name of a creature that doesn't exist in the area?

 

[Seattle Totems]

I hope they do something with the colors purple and grey

You're going to be disappointed. Colours are green and salmon

 

[IamNotADancer]

Why though? Wild I get, that's too generic. Kraken is pretty specific and the others are probably the coolest named teams in all sports. A team name should inspire fear and what does that better than a natural disaster?

Sockeyes are just fish that people fish and eat. They serve no purpose other than to be fish and food.

An avalanche will murder you in your sleep

You need to learn that just because YOU think "Kraken sounds cool" others don't have to like it and naturally vice versa.

Just like you don't need to give a sensible reason to give us why you think it's "cool" none of us are obliged to explain to you why we find it corny, silly, childish and flat out stupid.

The moment the guy created the joke post here on hfboards a few years ago naming a Seattle franchise "The Kraken" (mind you at that time Wrath of the Titans was still somewhat popular) I hated everything connected to it. The proposed potential jerseys, hats, mascots anything that came out of that post was a cringey meme fest.

It's like you went back into the 90's and somebody named a the "Tallahassee Neon Nuclear Fighters".

As an adult the Kraken makes this league seem like a playground with 14 year old Call of Duty players asking adults to "1v1 me bro".

The name was dated 5 years ago and it's dated today and will be dated tomorrow, and to preempt your strawman argument, no.. I don't find Pittsburgh Penguins or Vegas Golden Knights particularly enticing names.

Seattle Kraken sounds shit to me, deal with it.

If you enjoy it, more power to you. I do have a feeling though that age might be a factor here.

 

[NYR94]

lol a couple of tweets down..."Rain City Bitch Pigeons"

 

[KCC]

Seattle Sockeyes, Seattle Clams, Seattle Killer Whales, Seattle Seals


But...most likely with the sea setting. Seattle Kraken

lol. I'm so down for a killer clam logo. Like the poster from Attack of the Killer Tomatoes but a clam.