Phil Posted January 29, 2020 Share Posted January 29, 2020 On Wednesday, John Hoven of mayorsmanor.com, joined SXM NHL Network Radio and reported that a name has allegedly been decided on: Seattle Kraken. “From everything that I’ve heard, it looks like Seattle Kraken is going to be the name,” Hoven said on the broadcast. “Which is quite surprising, actually, when I was given that information just a couple of days ago. I was a little bit in shock personally, just because we had been told several times previously that that was not the name that they were going for. It looked like they were leaning toward Sockeyes. And then now, I guess it’s come out that that was a name that’s been used in a book by an author. Maybe it was a fantasy novel, I’m not exactly sure, I haven’t done the research on what the book series was about. But it’s been out there I guess now for about five years or so. “That just then creates one of those legal issues that the NHL tends to try to shy away from, trying to secure the rights and that sort of stuff. It’s one of the reasons why they’ve been so reluctant to use names of the past teams and things like that. And the AHL, they experienced that as well, putting a team in San Diego. They had to buy the Gulls’ name, which had been through about seven different leagues and was actually owned by a local junior team in San Diego. So they had to buy the logos, and the trademarks, and the names, and all that stuff. It’s just yet another process that complicates an already complicated situation trying to get an expansion franchise off the [ground and] get it up and running.” “It looks like it’s a red, and there’s like a, what I call a teal-ish color,” he said. “It’s a lighter teal-ish color, and black. Those seem to be the primary colors they’re going to be going with.” https://russianmachineneverbreaks.com/2020/01/29/report-seattle-kraken-believed-to-be-name-for-nhl-seattle-franchise/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
josh Posted January 29, 2020 Share Posted January 29, 2020 Seattle Sucks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LindG1000 Posted January 29, 2020 Share Posted January 29, 2020 YESSSSS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dunny Posted January 29, 2020 Share Posted January 29, 2020 Phil was running disinformation all day long Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThirtyONE Posted January 29, 2020 Share Posted January 29, 2020 Just buy the rights to Sockeyes... I mean it's not that expensive considering you paid half a Billion dollars for the team. Grown adult at an NHL game: "Yay! Go Kraken!" ...lame. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MickeyT Posted January 30, 2020 Share Posted January 30, 2020 let’s get kraken!! oof Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LindG1000 Posted January 30, 2020 Share Posted January 30, 2020 Just buy the rights to Sockeyes... I mean it's not that expensive considering you paid half a Billion dollars for the team. Grown adult at an NHL game: "Yay! Go Kraken!" ...lame. There are way stupider names than Kraken out there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SaveByRichter35 Posted January 30, 2020 Share Posted January 30, 2020 Didn't someone here have some "inside scoop" that it definitely wasn't going to be Kraken? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Posted January 30, 2020 Share Posted January 30, 2020 Just buy the rights to Sockeyes... I mean it's not that expensive considering you paid half a Billion dollars for the team. Grown adult at an NHL game: "Yay! Go Kraken!" ...lame.When you put it like that, is "Go Sockeyes" better? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abe Froman Posted January 30, 2020 Share Posted January 30, 2020 Stupid name. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
josh Posted January 30, 2020 Share Posted January 30, 2020 Stupid name. Yes. And the wrong ocean makes it worse. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Posted January 30, 2020 Author Share Posted January 30, 2020 Just buy the rights to Sockeyes... I mean it's not that expensive considering you paid half a Billion dollars for the team. Grown adult at an NHL game: "Yay! Go Kraken!" ...lame. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
josh Posted January 30, 2020 Share Posted January 30, 2020 Can’t wait to beat those krakers in their shitty krack house 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abe Froman Posted January 30, 2020 Share Posted January 30, 2020 Yes. And the wrong ocean makes it worse. True. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abe Froman Posted January 30, 2020 Share Posted January 30, 2020 Can’t wait to beat those krakers in their shitty krack house :lol: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abe Froman Posted January 30, 2020 Share Posted January 30, 2020 Krak is Wack. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SaveByRichter35 Posted January 30, 2020 Share Posted January 30, 2020 edit - sorry I don't know how to make the damn tweet show up instead of the link. Mods can feel free to edit it to work correctly Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bugg Posted January 30, 2020 Share Posted January 30, 2020 The named a team after a video clip that probably makes Liam Neeson blush except for the size of the check Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Posted January 30, 2020 Author Share Posted January 30, 2020 The named a team after a video clip that probably makes Liam Neeson blush except for the size of the check No, they named the team after a mythical creature that predates said Neeson clip by, oh, centuries or so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bugg Posted January 30, 2020 Share Posted January 30, 2020 No, they named the team after a mythical creature that predates said Neeson clip by, oh, centuries or so. True, but would bet a small fortune some marketing geek sold this by running this clip. And they cannot wait to put it on their scoreboard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Posted January 30, 2020 Author Share Posted January 30, 2020 You'd lose a small fortune. This isn't how naming works. At best, the fact they can license the Neeson clip would be referenced as a potential in arena and/or social moment, but it wouldn't come within a mile of the reason they'd consider it for the team's name. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Posted January 30, 2020 Share Posted January 30, 2020 Also that Clash of the Titans was a remake LOL. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThirtyONE Posted January 30, 2020 Share Posted January 30, 2020 Fair, lol. Can't rep you but I would. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Posted January 30, 2020 Author Share Posted January 30, 2020 All I'm saying is most sports names are rooted in something pretty silly, or outright contradictory. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flynn Posted January 30, 2020 Share Posted January 30, 2020 Considering our last new names have been the Golden Knights, Blue Jackets, and Wild.. I'm fine with a little creativity, even if borderline silly.. A little eccentricity is never a bad thing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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