Seattle Kraken (coming 2021-2022)

[Majingir]

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Logo wise I'd say it's around the middle of the league. Not a top 10 logo, but not bottom 10 either.

[Godgers12]

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I can see this now...

The devoted fanbase will refer to them selves as The Krakheads.

Their stadium will be referred to as The Krakhouse by fans and foes alike. Oh the puns will be endless.

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[pietasterp]

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I can see this now...

The devoted fanbase will refer to them selves as The Krakheads.

Their stadium will be referred to as The Krakhouse by fans and foes alike. Oh the puns will be endless.

I look forward to all of the bad puns.

While most teams will be concerning themselves with which players to expose to the expansion draft, I think the Wings are lucky to not have that concern.

[DrJones]

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Heh, VAN and WPG both use dark/light blue with hints of red... but I don’t even care. That color plays.

I hope Seattle enjoys as much success with that colour scheme as we did.

[Majingir]

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I look forward to all of the bad puns.

While most teams will be concerning themselves with which players to expose to the expansion draft, I think the Wings are lucky to not have that concern.

That's still too far to judge. We haven't even had the 2020 offseason yet. Most guys aren't even under contract on many teams for 2021.

If I'm a team like the wings, assuming he's still there, I'm hoping Seattle takes Nielsen.

Leafs will be a team in a tough spot. I see them losing a guy like a Kerfoot or Dermott. Although depending what their D is like by next year, if Dermott/Sandin are top 4 guys and/or Leafs get another top 4 dman through trade, Muzzin could be left unprotected.

[rdnk]

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While most teams will be concerning themselves with which players to expose to the expansion draft, I think the Wings are lucky to not have that concern.

We need a goalie to expose, but that's not a big deal.

I'm looking forward to see how Yzerman takes advantage of the expansion draft. That was one (among many) disappointing things about Holland; while Detroit didn't lose anything of note in the Vegas expansion draft, they didn't leverage it any way.

[Majingir]

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Speaking of the draft, it will definitely be interesting to see how teams play it this time. Vegas not only got some good players, they got good picks too. They lucked out(no pun intended) having a name as big as MAF basically handed to them. Not sure who Seattle might have available that's a big name.

Longshot, but TJ Oshie would be a good name to get. He's the closest thing Seattle has to a hometown player in the league (Oshie from Everett, a few guys from Spokane). He'd be turning 35 with 4 years left on his deal at 5.75m a year. Seattle probably not gonna be up against the cap, so they could probably get him, and Caps might leave him unprotected.

[rdnk]

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Pittsburgh kicked in a 2nd to incentivize Vegas taking Fleury. Based on how long Oshie's deal is, Washington would probably have to kick in more. After Vegas' first season, they ended up having to let guys like Neal and Perron go in order to extend younger talent without going over the cap.

There was also some hilariously bad asset management by teams like Florida heading into the expansion draft. Teams with lots of defensive depth also ended up paying through the nose to Vegas.

[Gogi76]

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Hmm, i don't know. Kraken sounds too Game of thronish...


Then again, I'm from Slovenia and don't know much about Seattle hockey history.. I read on Wiki, there were Metropolitans once..


I did like Sonics in NBA back in the days, lol.


Under the line, i wish them succes and good luck in future. But my favorites are still Blues and Avs.

[CougarMVP]

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Hmm, i don't know. Kraken sounds too Game of thronish...


Then again, I'm from Slovenia and don't know much about Seattle hockey history.. I read on Wiki, there were Metropolitans once..


I did like Sonics in NBA back in the days, lol.


Under the line, i wish them succes and good luck in future. But my favorites are still Blues and Avs.

Pretty happy about NHL coming to Seattle. I know people personally who have season tickets. Can't wait to get some gear and attend some matches myself.

Speaking of Sonics, hope the NBA comes back as well.

[Majingir]

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Pretty happy about NHL coming to Seattle. I know people personally who have season tickets. Can't wait to get some gear and attend some matches myself.



Speaking of Sonics, hope the NBA comes back as well.

Sonics absolutely should come back.

NBA should expand into 2 new markets, Seattle being 1 of them. Maybe Vancouver, Vegas or KC as the other. And then move Minny and someone else to the east.

No reason to think NBA can't bring in $2B in money from expansion fees combined.

[Madden08PCgmr]

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There is a BIG part of me that hopes the NBA can't make it back here.

They never should have left. And they lost out huge. The economy absolutely exploded. (same with Vancouver) Glad they missed out on that action. Hope they enjoy their truck stop though! Congrats on that.

… THRILLED to see hockey coming to town. Love going to Canucks games when I go north of the border, looking forward to experiencing that more often.

Can't say I'm too wild about the name choice though. I would have preferred real marine life (salmon) as opposed to mythical/make believe.

[CougarMVP]

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Sonics absolutely should come back.

NBA should expand into 2 new markets, Seattle being 1 of them. Maybe Vancouver, Vegas or KC as the other. And then move Minny and someone else to the east.

No reason to think NBA can't bring in $2B in money from expansion fees combined.

I keep hoping that the NBA will come back especially with us having NHL coming. We also have the Seattle Storm and they have a few WNBA championships in their history and could win another one this season. Wish the NBA never left Seattle in the first place.

Agreed on another NBA team in Canada as well.

[Majingir]

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I keep hoping that the NBA will come back especially with us having NHL coming. We also have the Seattle Storm and they have a few WNBA championships in their history and could win another one this season. Wish the NBA never left Seattle in the first place.



Agreed on another NBA team in Canada as well.

I always go back and forth on Canada getting another team.

It would he great for sure, but if Raptors still have issues attracting FA, what good will Vancouver have?

One bonus Vancouver has is that they dont have anywhere close to as bad of winters as Toronto, or many northern US cities, but it does rain a lot.

[CougarMVP]

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I always go back and forth on Canada getting another team.

It would he great for sure, but if Raptors still have issues attracting FA, what good will Vancouver have?

One bonus Vancouver has is that they dont have anywhere close to as bad of winters as Toronto, or many northern US cities, but it does rain a lot.

True on free agents coming to Canada but we will see. I'm sure the NBA will expand or maybe a current team will be bought up. I kept thinking Seattle would get the Sac Kings but it never happened.

I always thought Vancouver weather was like Seattle and Portland.