Seattle Kraken (coming 2021-2022)

[YeOldTonk]

Re: NHL to Seattle?

I don't see how the season ticket campaign could fail. All of the T-Birds and Silvertips fans in the area. Not to mention the Winterhawks fans down south. This area is begging for NHL hockey.

The VAN/SEA rivalry would be an instant classic as the PDX/SEA/VAN MLS has become. Have their own Cascadia Cup.

Been a casual hockey fan for a long time watching and going to the T-Birds, Rockets and now Silvertips games. Totally psyched for the NHL to come.

[Majingir]

Re: NHL to Seattle?

I don't see how the season ticket campaign could fail. All of the T-Birds and Silvertips fans in the area. Not to mention the Winterhawks fans down south. This area is begging for NHL hockey.

The VAN/SEA rivalry would be an instant classic as the PDX/SEA/VAN MLS has become. Have their own Cascadia Cup.

Been a casual hockey fan for a long time watching and going to the T-Birds, Rockets and now Silvertips games. Totally psyched for the NHL to come.

Really don't see how this ticket drive fails at all. Might even catch some bandwagoner Canucks fans jumping on board too with the way the Canucks franchise has been run the past few years.

All this is stuff is basically just a formality at this point.

The most noteworthy parts of all this will be how NHL adjusts to a 32nd team. Will it just be having 8 teams per division(like how things are now), 4 teams per division(like NFL)? What might the cap look like come 2020? Can NHL afford to have a lockout when you got a new team coming in? And what might expansion rules for this draft look like?

[Majingir]

Re: NHL to Seattle?

13 names that were registered by someone within the ownership group for the Seattle team:

Cougars, Eagles, Emeralds, Evergreens, Firebirds, Kraken, Rainiers, Renegades, Sea Lions, Seals, Sockeyes, Totems and Whales.

Kraken apparently is one which has gotten lots of attention from people.

Emeralds has been he one I've liked for years. Firebirds would be a cool sounding name too. And I think Kraken would actually produce a cool logo.

Evergreens just sounds like a minor league baseball name. Rainers, Sockeyes I don't think would be too good. Sea lions will get shortened to Lions by fans very quickly. Seals wouldn't have been bad, but there was already a team called the Seals in the NHL. Similar to Whales, just too similar to the Whalers.

Cougars, Eagles, Renegades all wouldn't be bad choices either, but don't know their significance to Seattle.

The team colors while not confirmed, I'd imagine will be primarily green(the arena seating will be green, and the Sonics were green too). So that might play factor in naming decision too. Don't think we'll see a green cougar, or have another sports team called the Eagles which is heavy on the green.

[kehlis]

Re: NHL to Seattle?

I like Rainiers but seeing that it's already a current name of a baseball team in the same state I'm not quite sure how they were able to register it.

I don't really know how that stuff works though.

[Majingir]

Re: NHL to Seattle?

I like Rainiers but seeing that it's already a current name of a baseball team in the same state I'm not quite sure how they were able to register it.

I don't really know how that stuff works though.

Not to mention the Seattle Rainers were also a minor league baseball team that existed until the Mariners came.

Though I also don't know how any of this naming stuff works. Vegas still having a dispute over their Golden Knights name (with Army Golden Knights, though I don't think they even play hockey), and couldn't use the Knights name because of the London Knights in the OHL.

Though obviously other names like Jets,Panthers,Giants and many more can be used by teams in different sports. And a name like the Rangers are used by two different North American hockey teams.

[DrJones]

Re: NHL to Seattle?

13 names that were registered by someone within the ownership group for the Seattle team:

Kraken apparently is one which has gotten lots of attention from people.

Emeralds has been he one I've liked for years. Firebirds would be a cool sounding name too. And I think Kraken would actually produce a cool logo.

Evergreens just sounds like a minor league baseball name. Rainers, Sockeyes I don't think would be too good. Sea lions will get shortened to Lions by fans very quickly. Seals wouldn't have been bad, but there was already a team called the Seals in the NHL. Similar to Whales, just too similar to the Whalers.

Cougars, Eagles, Renegades all wouldn't be bad choices either, but don't know their significance to Seattle.

The team colors while not confirmed, I'd imagine will be primarily green(the arena seating will be green, and the Sonics were green too). So that might play factor in naming decision too. Don't think we'll see a green cougar, or have another sports team called the Eagles which is heavy on the green.

Cougars (both kinds) are fairly common in the Northwest. Of the names mentioned, I prefer Sockeyes and Emeralds. (Emeralds is also a MiLB name, BTW.)

I'm curious if the Thunderbirds name might be on the table. I know the WHL's Seattle team says they'll be fine if the NHL moves in, but I have my doubts.

[Majingir]

Re: NHL to Seattle?

Cougars (both kinds) are fairly common in the Northwest. Of the names mentioned, I prefer Sockeyes and Emeralds. (Emeralds is also a MiLB name, BTW.)

I'm curious if the Thunderbirds name might be on the table. I know the WHL's Seattle team says they'll be fine if the NHL moves in, but I have my doubts.

Don't think a name like Emeralds will be an issue. If anything, Seattle at least has a more legit reason to use that than Vegas did to use Golden Knights.

And I don't think they're thinking about using Thunderbirds, but seeing how Firebirds is one of the options, perhaps that's the alternative they'll take instead of completely taking Thunderbirds name.

[pietasterp]

Re: NHL to Seattle?

I like Sea Lions, Seals, and Sockeye. I like the alliteration and it sorta fits with the "Seattle Sea-[x]" template for Seattle sports teams. Well, not the Mariners I guess....

But the real best name for the team is "Supersonics".

[DrJones]

Re: NHL to Seattle?

I like Sea Lions, Seals, and Sockeye. I like the alliteration and it sorta fits with the "Seattle Sea-[x]" template for Seattle sports teams. Well, not the Mariners I guess....

But the real best name for the team is "Supersonics".

This brings up a question few are asking. If the Sonics return in the next 5 years or so, will Seattle still be a "thriving hockey market"?

[Majingir]

Re: NHL to Seattle?

This brings up a question few are asking. If the Sonics return in the next 5 years or so, will Seattle still be a "thriving hockey market"?

I think they'll be considered a "major sports market", having a team in all the big leagues.

Like a Minnesota, Washington, Detroit and so on(wouldn't put them on the level of a NY,Boston,LA).

So getting Sonics back I don't think will hurt the hockey team at all. If anything, you will then have 2 pro sports teams playing in a brand new arena.

[pietasterp]

Re: NHL to Seattle?

This brings up a question few are asking. If the Sonics return in the next 5 years or so, will Seattle still be a "thriving hockey market"?

No way to know, but I think the population is large enough and the sports culture significant enough that it won't be an issue. Also, the hockey team will have a 5 year head-start (minimum) to build a fanbase, and provided they don't totally stink for the entire time, they should have some entrenched fans by that point that won't necessarily abandon the team because the shiny new hoops squad comes back to town.

Of course, who knows if/when the NBA ever comes back to Seattle?

I think they'll be considered a "major sports market", having a team in all the big leagues.

Like a Minnesota, Washington, Detroit and so on(wouldn't put them on the level of a NY,Boston,LA).

So getting Sonics back I don't think will hurt the hockey team at all. If anything, you will then have 2 pro sports teams playing in a brand new arena.

Ahem....as far as sports towns go, I'd put Detroit on par with NY, Boston, and definitely LA.

[ImTellinTim]

Re: NHL to Seattle?

Seattle gets an average of 43,000 people to show up for soccer games, I think the hockey team will be fine even if a basketball team comes in.

[TheMatrix31]

Re: NHL to Seattle?

I like Rainiers and Emeralds the most.

[DrJones]

Re: NHL to Seattle?

Seattle gets an average of 43,000 people to show up for soccer games, I think the hockey team will be fine even if a basketball team comes in.

You're probably right. Just wondering if there's a saturation point.

[ImTellinTim]

Re: NHL to Seattle?

You're probably right. Just wondering if there's a saturation point.

Could be. They definitely don't show up to watch the Mariners (they sell a little over half their tickets on average), but I think there are a lot of issues that people have with ownership there that hurts those attendance numbers.