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Originally Posted by Puppet Guy
adding my voice to the name-game: MLB stole the name Colorado Rockies from the NHL's past, so the NHL should steal the name Seattle Pilots from MLB's past.
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Actually the ownership group paid the NHL a small fee for the name, I remember an old story from SI that talked about it. Jerry McMorris wanted the name because the logo of the rockies fit his trucking company look or something like that anyway. I think he was an orginal ticket holder of the NHL rockies as well.