Duxburger Posted December 4, 2018 Report Share Posted December 4, 2018 Figured it was a done deal, but now that it is official what do you guys think? what's the Name gonna be ? what kind of success do you feel it this franchise will have in its first year? is going to have a Vegas style Season ? what about the Yotes moving to the Central Div? i feel after the Draft Vegas had, we'll probably see some fine tuning on that front. but i am excited to see the league grow to 32 teams. Finally an even number !!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vegeta Posted December 4, 2018 Report Share Posted December 4, 2018 (edited) Seatle Seadogs Seatle Sound Edited December 4, 2018 by Vegeta Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weeoiler Posted December 4, 2018 Report Share Posted December 4, 2018 The Seattle Cattle. Heard it here first Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Festivus Posted December 4, 2018 Report Share Posted December 4, 2018 Seattle Reign Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dougall Posted December 4, 2018 Report Share Posted December 4, 2018 https://www.sportsnet.ca/hockey/nhl/ranking-13-names-registered-seattles-nhl-group/ these are the registered names Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Posted December 4, 2018 Report Share Posted December 4, 2018 These are mostly stupid. Kraken? Come on. I doubt they go with Kraken. And they won't go with Cougars (too many Huskies fans would hate them; plus the Victoria Cougars are a historical rival of the Seattle Metropolitans, right?). Whales won't happen because of the Canucks. Eagles won't happen because of Philly. Totems won't happen because it toes that line of political correctness... why risk it. Although it is among the most obvious choices... it's been used many times for Seattle hockey teams, and I've never heard it used anywhere else for a sports team. So you're left with the following, ranked in my order of preference... 1) Evergreens/Emeralds -- Might as well lump these two together. I do think green will be featured prominently in the color scheme. For some reason, I feel like Emeralds is the more likely of these two. 2) Rainiers -- OK, I guess? 3) Seals/Sea Lions -- These are basically interchangeable. There's already been a Seals, so I don't think they'd go that way. Sea Lions is fine. 4) Sockeyes -- Like the article implies... don't name your team after a fish. 5) Firebirds -- OK, but awfully close to the Thunderbirds, who I assume are continuing to play in Seattle? 6) Renegades -- Yawn. Kind of surprised they don't have Metropolitans on there. Everyone loves a throwback, and they are one of the oldest pro hockey teams around. Going back to a classic name worked for Ottawa! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vegeta Posted December 4, 2018 Report Share Posted December 4, 2018 14 minutes ago, James said: These are mostly stupid. Kraken? Come on. I doubt they go with Kraken. And they won't go with Cougars (too many Huskies fans would hate them; plus the Victoria Cougars are a historical rival of the Seattle Metropolitans, right?). Whales won't happen because of the Canucks. Eagles won't happen because of Philly. Totems won't happen because it toes that line of political correctness... why risk it. Although it is among the most obvious choices... it's been used many times for Seattle hockey teams, and I've never heard it used anywhere else for a sports team. So you're left with the following, ranked in my order of preference... 1) Evergreens/Emeralds -- Might as well lump these two together. I do think green will be featured prominently in the color scheme. For some reason, I feel like Emeralds is the more likely of these two. 2) Rainiers -- OK, I guess? 3) Seals/Sea Lions -- These are basically interchangeable. There's already been a Seals, so I don't think they'd go that way. Sea Lions is fine. 4) Sockeyes -- Like the article implies... don't name your team after a fish. 5) Firebirds -- OK, but awfully close to the Thunderbirds, who I assume are continuing to play in Seattle? 6) Renegades -- Yawn. Kind of surprised they don't have Metropolitans on there. Everyone loves a throwback, and they are one of the oldest pro hockey teams around. Going back to a classic name worked for Ottawa! Worked? In 2021 they are called the nordiques book it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clarry85 Posted December 4, 2018 Report Share Posted December 4, 2018 The expansion draft will be really interesting with Vegas being exempt. They could really benefit: 1) Obviously cause they don't have to lose a player. 2) They could swings some deals with the 31 other teams again, by trading for other teams' expansion target players. Will be interesting to watch the first few weeks of the 2021 offseason. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Rainman Posted December 4, 2018 Report Share Posted December 4, 2018 (edited) It's gotta be The Seattle Totems!! Edited December 4, 2018 by The Rainman Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RegDunlop Posted December 4, 2018 Report Share Posted December 4, 2018 (edited) 5 hours ago, James said: Kind of surprised they don't have Metropolitans on there. Everyone loves a throwback, and they are one of the oldest pro hockey teams around. Going back to a classic name worked for Ottawa! If the NHL didn't have stupid division names then it might be possible. I miss the good old days of the Adams Division and the Prince of Wales Conference, but that's another discussion. I like Emeralds, but what's the logo? Some silly crystal? You want a bad-ass logo, you go with a Kraken. Give it emerald eyes, Minnesota Timberwolves style. Edited December 5, 2018 by RegDunlop Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bagwell Posted December 5, 2018 Report Share Posted December 5, 2018 18 hours ago, James said: 5) Firebirds -- OK, but awfully close to the Thunderbirds, who I assume are continuing to play in Seattle? OHL - Flint Firebirds 19 hours ago, Festivus Bastards said: Seattle Reign AHL - Ontario Reign It's going to be tough. I do like Seattle Sound, but they'd have to come up with something creative to make the logo different from STL. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Posted December 5, 2018 Report Share Posted December 5, 2018 1 hour ago, Bagwell said: OHL - Flint Firebirds AHL - Ontario Reign It's going to be tough. I do like Seattle Sound, but they'd have to come up with something creative to make the logo different from STL. I doubt they'd do Sound because of the Seattle Sounders, who are wildly popular there. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weeoiler Posted December 5, 2018 Report Share Posted December 5, 2018 18 hours ago, The Rainman said: It's gotta be The Seattle Totems!! Some great history with the Seattle Totems ... my pick too. Just don't know if the new ownership group is going to want to create any PR issues with the Native-American population there. If not, I guess Sea Lions would be my pick. Ties in nicely with the Seahawks. Does every land animal have a sea-counterpart? Are there Searacoons? I think biologists just got lazy when it came to naming the ocean folk. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Posted December 5, 2018 Report Share Posted December 5, 2018 The thought of a sea raccoon will give me nightmares for weeks... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bagwell Posted December 5, 2018 Report Share Posted December 5, 2018 Kraken would have such a cool logo, but I agree it just sounds off. What about Seattle Squid(s)? or 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djb738 Posted December 5, 2018 Report Share Posted December 5, 2018 Current Rugby team Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Posted December 5, 2018 Report Share Posted December 5, 2018 Someone should explain to them the difference between a whale and a wolf... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weeoiler Posted December 5, 2018 Report Share Posted December 5, 2018 22 minutes ago, James said: Someone should explain to them the difference between a whale and a wolf... Ahaha!! I guess the Canucks were just wolves in whale-clothing all those years. Looks an awful lot like the orca-bay group ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluecharm Posted December 7, 2018 Report Share Posted December 7, 2018 On 12/4/2018 at 9:30 AM, Vegeta said: Seatle Seadogs Seatle Sound There are the Saint John Sea Dogs in the Q. I do like the name though. Not as much as I like the name of the NFL cheerleading squad... The Sea Gals though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ralphdog Posted December 7, 2018 Report Share Posted December 7, 2018 On 12/4/2018 at 3:16 PM, Festivus Bastards said: Seattle Reign my preferred option I've heard or read so far. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RegDunlop Posted December 16, 2018 Report Share Posted December 16, 2018 (edited) There is a great thread at sportslogos.net setting out various names and logo options. One guy in particular who seems to have amazing graphic design skills has been playing with various concepts and it's pretty cool to see them evolve (it's a long thread). Here's my favourite so far. The S logo and barber pole design are a cool throwback to the Metropolitans, IMO. Edited December 16, 2018 by RegDunlop 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salros Posted December 17, 2018 Report Share Posted December 17, 2018 A lot of people don't know what a Kraken is. Most will only see a snake. I don't think a snake can be a part of a NHL team logo but the colours work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Bagwell Posted December 18, 2018 Report Share Posted December 18, 2018 This is pretty neat Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RegDunlop Posted December 18, 2018 Report Share Posted December 18, 2018 Yeah I'm a big fan of the sock-eye secondary logo in that one. As for names, one of the ones from the thread I mentioned earlier that we haven't discussed here is the Seattle Pilots. The former MLB team was short lived - it would be cool to see them reborn as a hockey team. Here's the rendering from sportslogos.net. Not sure I like the colours but the propeller logo is cool: 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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