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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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50.58% |
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Hate it
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18.73% |
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Indifferent
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30.69% |
01-31-2020, 04:24 AM
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#201
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Jun 2009
Location: Thunder Bay Ontario
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Try to make hockey cool again... the Seatle Hipsters. Imagine how much fun they could have with that! The jersey could look like a plaid t-shirt with tattoo sleeves, everyone would have to have a beard, no visors just thick glasses. I mean the possibilities are endless!
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01-31-2020, 04:35 AM
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#202
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Scoring Winger
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Seattle Screenwriters (Guild).
Pays homage to hipsters working on screenplays in Starbucks.
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01-31-2020, 07:07 AM
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#203
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Dec 2016
Location: Alberta
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I like the name.
If I owned a team it would be my first and only choice.
The biggest reason is I think it would be the best name to sell a boatload of merch to fans and non fans alike.
I wouldn't care about having a name best representing the city but a name that would make me the most money.
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01-31-2020, 07:13 AM
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#204
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Dec 2016
Location: Alberta
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Freeway
Seattle Grinders.
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Grindr.
good idea. they already have an app for that.
they could then call the arena The Bathhouse.
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01-31-2020, 07:47 AM
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#205
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#1 Goaltender
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Toronto named its NBA team Raptors with no discernible connection to the region based on the hoopla of a popular movie of its day.
In that spirit: The Seattle Parasite?
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01-31-2020, 07:56 AM
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#206
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#1 Goaltender
Join Date: Oct 2005
Location: Not sure
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Originally Posted by jmac98
To be fair, I’d take Kraken over Sockeyes. It’s the lesser of two evils, and would ensure they weren’t called the suckeyes for the rest of their tenure.
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The Seattle Phil's.
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01-31-2020, 07:57 AM
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#207
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#1 Goaltender
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Should have been the Seattle Karens. Could have glued "bob" wigs to the helmets and complained to the refs. Take the puck and go home just like they do with the kids.
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01-31-2020, 07:58 AM
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#208
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: Ontario
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Quote:
Originally Posted by GordonBlue
I like the name.
If I owned a team it would be my first and only choice.
The biggest reason is I think it would be the best name to sell a boatload of merch to fans and non fans alike.
I wouldn't care about having a name best representing the city but a name that would make me the most money.
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Yeah, if this is the name they will definitely have a huge opportunity for great merch
There's a guy named Sparky that has been putting out Seattle concepts for a while now that even had a neat idea for a fun-style of Kraken:
https://twitter.com/sparkychewbarky
..let alone the cool menacing dark Kraken stuff they can do too
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01-31-2020, 09:09 AM
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#209
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wins 10 internets
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: slightly to the left
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Like or hate the name Kraken, it's still way better than Golden Knights. Seattle ownership must have been relieved to see the new team name bar set so low
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01-31-2020, 09:14 AM
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#210
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wins 10 internets
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: slightly to the left
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Since it's standard for team names to get shortened (Avs, Preds, Caps, etc), I really look forward to seeing the Kraks take the ice
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01-31-2020, 09:15 AM
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#211
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Oct 2014
Location: Springbank
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So who's voice do you use for powerplay announcements?
Bill Nighy?
Liam Neeson?
Lawrence Olivier?
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01-31-2020, 09:22 AM
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#212
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Taking a while to get to 5000
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^ Neeson. Of course.
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01-31-2020, 09:38 AM
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#213
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Oct 2014
Location: Springbank
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Toonage
^ Neeson. Of course.
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Probably, but Olivier is maybe the most famous actor ever. However, in 1981 he was pretty old. Nighy is an underrated voice.
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01-31-2020, 09:43 AM
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#214
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First Line Centre
Join Date: Jul 2015
Location: Victoria, BC
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I like it. A lot. Already has the built in catch phrase, "Release the Kraken."
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01-31-2020, 09:44 AM
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#215
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First Line Centre
Join Date: Jul 2015
Location: Victoria, BC
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Quote:
Originally Posted by getbak
The Seattle Teen Spirit.
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Seattle Grunge
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01-31-2020, 09:48 AM
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#216
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Scoring Winger
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Release the Crackhead!
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01-31-2020, 09:53 AM
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#217
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Franchise Player
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Reggie Dunlop
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You know duplicates exist right?
St Louis Cardinals
Arizona Cardinals
Kitchener Rangers
NY Rangers
And I'm sure there are others.
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01-31-2020, 10:32 AM
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#218
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All I can get
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Quote:
Originally Posted by CroFlames
You know duplicates exist right?
St Louis Cardinals
Arizona Cardinals
Kitchener Rangers
NY Rangers
And I'm sure there are others.
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In the same city?
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01-31-2020, 10:44 AM
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#219
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Not the 1 millionth post winnar
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: Los Angeles
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Quote:
Originally Posted by DeluxeMoustache
Hilarious thread with people suggesting other, worse names.
Sound? Sounders? Spirit? Thunderbirds?
For shame
Release the Kraken
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In the battle of NHL logos, Kraken wins right?
Lightning might have a shot - but it could only strike the same spot once. I think the Kraken shrugs it off.
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01-31-2020, 10:55 AM
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#220
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Acerbic Cyberbully
Join Date: Aug 2003
Location: back in Chilliwack
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Quote:
Originally Posted by GioforPM
So who's voice do you use for powerplay announcements?
Bill Nighy?
Liam Neeson?
Lawrence Olivier?
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I think it has to be Neeson.
Olivier's delivery is great, but for the points within a hockey game that I imagine its usage, it is probably too detached to convey the right intensity.
My first choice would probably be Nighy, but I fear that his cadence is not deliberate enough, and would be in danger of fading into the atmosphere of the building.
I can imagine Neeson's natural baritone sounding ominous and chilling if amped up to maximum levels inside a frothing arena.
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