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View Poll Results: How do you feel about the NHL team name "Seattle Kraken"?
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Love it
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01-29-2020, 05:28 PM
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#81
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And I Don't Care...
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: The land of the eternally hopeful
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As a species, there can be no doubt now that we’ve lost our collective mind. Kraken?? GTFO
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01-29-2020, 05:30 PM
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#82
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First round-bust
Join Date: Feb 2015
Location: speculating about AHL players
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01-29-2020, 05:32 PM
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#83
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Scoring Winger
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Kraken is a somewhat conveniently countable noun, so why not KrakenS?
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01-29-2020, 05:36 PM
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#84
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Jan 2010
Location: east van
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I was hoping for the Seattle Skids, going with the whole skid row history
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01-29-2020, 05:38 PM
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#85
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Jan 2010
Location: Calgary
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So, does Detroit lose its league-wide monopoly on throwing dead octopuses on ice?
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01-29-2020, 05:39 PM
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#86
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Not the 1 millionth post winnar
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: Los Angeles
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People complaining about Seattle’s lack of connection to the name... who cheer for a team named after a Confederate city being burned to the ground in a different nations’s civil war...
Kraken is a great name! Great Rum too! Plus tentacles on EVERYTHING, and all sorts of pirate tie ins. What’s not to like?!
Going to be awesome!
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01-29-2020, 05:43 PM
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#87
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First Line Centre
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Quote:
Originally Posted by TheScorpion
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So salmon. Sockeyes it is then
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01-29-2020, 05:44 PM
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#88
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In the Sin Bin
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'Kraken' is the kind of name a minor league baseball team comes up with.
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01-29-2020, 05:53 PM
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#89
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Not what I would have picked. I guess there is some desire for the name to sound cool or edgy or ferocious or something.
But the teams with the greatest traditions don't have names like that. Canadiens, Maple Leafs, Bruins, Yankees, Dodgers, Cubs, Cowboys, Celtics, Lakers. The list goes on.
Something like this gets dated quickly. I feel like it already is.
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01-29-2020, 05:54 PM
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#90
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Sep 2013
Location: Brisbane
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It’s okay I guess. Sounds weird but good logo potential. I would have gone with Seattle Squids which rolls off the tongue easier while still allowing a cool tentacle logo.
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Based on those hints I have to guess the finalists are something like Kraken, Cascades, Sasquatch, and Emeralds.
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Last edited by FireGilbert; 01-29-2020 at 05:57 PM.
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01-29-2020, 05:56 PM
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#91
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Sep 2013
Location: Brisbane
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Also this is basically Toronto Raptors 2.0. Picking a name that is currently trendy in pop culture but has little relevance to the city and gets old quickly.
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01-29-2020, 06:00 PM
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#92
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Franchise Player
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Originally Posted by Oil Stain
Krakens would have been awesome.
Non plural team names drive me crazy.
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While there is only one mythical Kraken, I believe the plural of Kraken would still be Kraken
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01-29-2020, 06:01 PM
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#93
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First round-bust
Join Date: Feb 2015
Location: speculating about AHL players
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Originally Posted by FireGilbert
Also this is basically Toronto Raptors 2.0. Picking a name that is currently trendy in pop culture but has little relevance to the city and gets old quickly.
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And yet the Raptors brand is one of the hottest commodities in the country in 2020.
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01-29-2020, 06:14 PM
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#94
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: back in the 403
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So cheeseball, I don't think it flows well with "Seattle" either when you say it together. I also still think Golden Knights is terrible, I just call them Vegas.
EDIT: Also regarding Calgary's name, true it's based on a Confederate city burning down.. but to be fair, Calgary also had a rich history of burning down too (dry, windy cities made of wood are good for that). There's a reason they finally switched to sandstone.
Last edited by Sainters7; 01-29-2020 at 06:16 PM.
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01-29-2020, 06:21 PM
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#95
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#1 Goaltender
Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: Halifax
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Kraken > Golden Knights
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01-29-2020, 06:23 PM
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#96
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: I don't belong here
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Originally Posted by TheScorpion
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Oh no! They're going to be called the Seattle Great Green Team!
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01-29-2020, 06:24 PM
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#97
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Apr 2014
Location: Indiana
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I think Kraken is fine.
Leaves room for design creativity. Pretty unique in general.
Half the team has red/white/black colours. I doubt Seattle will fall into the group.
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01-29-2020, 06:27 PM
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#98
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Dec 2011
Location: Calgary
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Quote:
Originally Posted by TheScorpion
And yet the Raptors brand is one of the hottest commodities in the country in 2020.
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They’re the reigning NBA champions for the first time in their history. They could be called the Toronto Dildos and they’d still be a hot commodity.
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01-29-2020, 06:28 PM
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#99
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Calgary, AB
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As long as their fans are called Krak-heads, it will be okay.
I don't know if that would be infringing on the Oilers' fan base, who are a bunch of meth-heads.
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01-29-2020, 06:29 PM
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#100
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: 161 St. - Yankee Stadium
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Quote:
Originally Posted by getbak
As long as their fans are called Krak-heads, it will be okay.
I don't know if that would be infringing on the Oilers' fan base, who are a bunch of meth-heads.
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Would that make their cheer squad the Krack-ho’s...?
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