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Paratroopa1 12/04/18 6:49:51 PM #1: |
Best name? - Results (5 votes)
Seattle Emeralds
20% (1 vote)
1
Seattle Evergreens
0% (0 votes)
0
Seattle Firebirds
0% (0 votes)
0
Seattle Kraken
60% (3 votes)
3
Seattle Sea Lions
20% (1 vote)
1
Seattle Seals
0% (0 votes)
0
Seattle Sockeyes
0% (0 votes)
0
Seattle Totems
0% (0 votes)
0
Seattle Whales
0% (0 votes)
0
Something else
0% (0 votes)
0
Seattle Cougars Seattle Eagles Seattle Emeralds Seattle Evergreens Seattle Firebirds Seattle Kraken Seattle Rainiers Seattle Renegades Seattle Sea Lions Seattle Seals Seattle Sockeyes Seattle Totems Seattle Whales" Alright some of these are great and some of these are terrible. Let's go through them. 13. Seattle Cougars The Washington State Cougars have a complete monopoly on this name everywhere in the entire state, and any team copying its name would be completely unable to escape its shadow, and that's just not an association you want to begin with. Plus it's a terrible name for a hockey team anyway. This is completely unacceptable. 12. Seattle Renegades What is this, an arena football team? Fuck off. 11. Seattle Eagles There's already hundreds of high school and college teams, as well as an NFL team, named the Eagles all over the country. This name is boring and has no identity and no connection to the city. 10. Seattle Rainiers This would be a lovely name if not for the fact that the Tacoma Rainiers, a PCL (AAA) baseball team, already exist and are quite well known to sports fans in the region. Completely unviable and that it ranks this high is a testament to how bad the names below this are. 9. Seattle Totems I don't want to do this. I don't think this name is racist, but it seems like really not the right time to introduce this name back into the conversation. I don't want this to be a point of discussion so let's just avoid it. There used to be a Seattle Totems that played in this city for a few decades from the 40's to 70's and let's just leave them to be of that era and not resurrect the name. Bonus reason I don't like the name - while we do have totem poles here in Washington I actually associate them more with British Columbia, which is a problem because they also have a hockey team. 8. Seattle Whales Speaking of association with British Columbia, not only do the Canucks have an orca theme going on already, but this would also be unable to escape association with the Hartford Whalers, even though a whaler and a whale are kind of opposite things. I love me some whales but this name fails to establish itself. 7. Seattle Evergreens Well at least it's not completely unfeasible like everything ranked below it on this list but it's painfully boring. It would probably just get shortened to "Greens" which I guess is okay. I don't think you could really make a fir tree into a really awesome logo and it would only make me think of Stanford anyway. I'll pass. ... Copied to Clipboard!
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Paratroopa1 12/04/18 6:49:57 PM #2: |
6. Seattle Kraken
Bonus points for creativity here, and this also potentially ranks #1 for cool logo opportunities, but otherwise this doesn't really fit. This also sounds a bit too arena football for me and it just seems beneath an NHL team. I think we're a few years too late for "RELEASE THE KRAKEN" to be a really funny thing you could do, it would just be an outdated meme now. 5. Seattle Sea Lions It's fine, but it's just a worse version of the Seals. Sorry sea lions, you're cool, but you're just worse seals. 4. Seattle Firebirds Given that we already have a WHL team named the Thunderbirds, I really kind of like the whole rhyming thing going on here. Would not be lacking for cool logos, although it would end up being... well, a phoenix, and there's already a team that would be more well suited for - the Coyotes, because they just won't fucking die. Still maybe workable but I don't really get what it has to do with Seattle. 3. Seattle Emeralds Getting into the names that would actually genuinely work here. Emeralds is classy and professional and of the choices, most sounds like the name of a team that has just always been here and fits right in with the classic names of other old NHL franchises, and fitting in is something I want to do. It's a little boring and a bit dry on the logos front, but it could work. I'm just an animal-name guy I guess. If this is what we wind up with I will not be sad about it - I like team names that have a good connection to the city's identity. 2. Seattle Sockeyes Love it. Really punchy name and salmon is a big part of Seattle's culture. It's only a little out of place and I think it would end up catching on. My most minor of quibbles here is that Sockeyes aren't the salmon I think of most when I think of Seattle. I have to go Chinook #1, then Coho #2, and then Sockeye is like #3 at best. It's a minor complaint though, the other two wouldn't make good team names. 1. Seattle Seals I love this name to death. It has such a great ring to it and seals are a super cute and underrated animal that are drastically underused in sports. I feel like this name probably won't catch on and that makes me sad because it's just so perfect. I want an entire arena of people barking like a seal. I *need* it. I need the Seattle Seals in my life. ... Copied to Clipboard!
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mnkboy907 12/04/18 6:53:29 PM #3: |
Wait, they didn't already have one?
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davidponte 12/04/18 6:54:03 PM #4: |
Seattle Baristas imo
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mnkboy907 12/04/18 6:54:47 PM #5: |
How does literally Las Vegas have a hockey team before Seattle?
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scarletspeed7 12/04/18 6:57:36 PM #6: |
I know some Seattle cougars.
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Paratroopa1 12/04/18 6:58:15 PM #7: |
mnkboy907 posted...
Wait, they didn't already have one? Nope. Never had an NHL team. We're closing in on 100 years since the Seattle Metropolitans folded in 1924, the first ever US team to win the Stanley Cup (in 1917), and they were a PCHA team (which would later merge with the WHL) back during the era that they would contest with the NHA (now the NHL) for the Stanley cup. We've had junior league hockey teams all throughout the area since, but never one at the highest level. ... Copied to Clipboard!
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Paratroopa1 12/04/18 6:58:44 PM #8: |
BTW I've heard talk of reviving the Seattle Metropolitans name and I also hate that, because the Mets already exist
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red13n 12/04/18 7:02:22 PM #9: |
mnkboy907 posted...
How does literally Las Vegas have a hockey team before Seattle? Vegas is a huge market and gets an upcharge on the fact the tickets are more valuable because its a big tourist location. I remember being in vegas earlier in the year and I was like "oh hey theres a hockey game lets check stubhub". I noped out of that so fast. I'm on the Seals/Sea Lions train here. --- "First thing that crosses my mind: I didn't get any GameFAQs Karma yesterday." Math Murderer after getting his appendix removed. ... Copied to Clipboard!
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Paratroopa1 12/04/18 7:08:49 PM #10: |
More importantly, Vegas had an arena ready. That's still a really big problem in Seattle. We need to renovate KeyArena to make this happen and the reason this is being pushed back to 2021 is so that we can really make sure that this is done right. Getting through the red tape to make this happen could never have happened more quickly than this, whereas in Vegas it was easy to do.
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swirIdude 12/04/18 7:12:00 PM #11: |
Paratroopa1 posted...
I want an entire arena of people barking like a seal. I *need* it. Same. --- "The people who play Final Fantasy 7 actually have lives and dont NEED polls" ~MajinUltima BKSheikah won Guru, but you know that. ... Copied to Clipboard!
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NBIceman 12/04/18 7:15:17 PM #12: |
Seattle Sea Cattle tbh
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5tarscream 12/04/18 7:16:37 PM #13: |
Seattle Grinders.
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Shonen_Bat 12/04/18 7:17:13 PM #14: |
"Seattle Seals" was what I thought of before entering the topic, so that one.
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Emeraldegg 12/04/18 7:23:05 PM #15: |
Emerald, reporting in
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Lockes Ragnarok 12/04/18 7:23:15 PM #16: |
But theres already been a Seals in the NHL
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LOLIAmAnAlt 12/04/18 7:25:21 PM #17: |
Paratroopa1 posted...
1. Seattle Seals 182 - 401 - 115 Do it. --- lllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll lllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll ... Copied to Clipboard!
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MZero11 12/04/18 7:27:37 PM #18: |
I like "Seattle Sea Lions", it works well with the Seahawks
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MartinFF7 12/04/18 7:30:44 PM #19: |
At first I thought, seals are too cute and cuddly, it's great mascot material but not so much a team.
But then: swirIdude posted... Paratroopa1 posted...I want an entire arena of people barking like a seal. I *need* it. m_bison_yes_yes.wmv ... Copied to Clipboard!
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MariaTaylor 12/04/18 7:33:52 PM #20: |
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Ngamer64 12/04/18 7:40:01 PM #21: |
I also voted Seals, seems promising.
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NeoElfboy 12/04/18 7:40:35 PM #22: |
As a fan of schlocky fantasy I naturally gravitate towards Kraken but well... I think MartinFF7 summed up it best.
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TsunamiXXVIII 12/04/18 7:43:24 PM #23: |
Ngamer64 posted...
I also voted Seals, seems promising. New team. The expansion bid passed unanimously. --- "Someday I'll catch up, and then you'll all be surprised!" BKSheikah has the power. He is the one. ... Copied to Clipboard!
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Paratroopa1 12/04/18 7:45:31 PM #24: |
Lockes Ragnarok posted...
But theres already been a Seals in the NHL Yeah, I forgot about the golden seals, but I don't care ... Copied to Clipboard!
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FLOUR 12/04/18 7:46:24 PM #25: |
Just call them the SuperSonics and be done with it.
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ScareChan 12/04/18 7:56:27 PM #26: |
Seattle boom is the only correct option so what the Sonics come back they are besties
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ScareChan 12/04/18 7:59:41 PM #27: |
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ScareChan 12/04/18 8:02:52 PM #28: |
Paratroopa1 posted...
More importantly, Vegas had an arena ready. That's still a really big problem in Seattle. We need to renovate KeyArena to make this happen and the reason this is being pushed back to 2021 is so that we can really make sure that this is done right. Getting through the red tape to make this happen could never have happened more quickly than this, whereas in Vegas it was easy to do. It's a very good thing from what I understand that they are fixing it for hockey first. exause it's a shoe in to get a basketball team again now. Its very difficult to convert nba arena to handle hockey due to the the things needed for ice but if they do the hockey first it's very easy to adapt for. basketball --- ... Copied to Clipboard!
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HanOfTheNekos 12/04/18 8:03:21 PM #29: |
Seattle Chinook does sound better than Sockeye.
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TheKnightOfNee 12/04/18 8:26:41 PM #30: |
I like both Seals and Whales as names, but the problems there are the NHL already had the California Seals/Oakland Seals/California Golden Seals and the Hartford Whalers.
I think Kraken is cool too, but yeah, it does sound a bit minor league/arena league/etc. in nature. As someone who has never heard of a Sockeye before, the first thing I picture with that name is something like a sock puppet with googly eyes on it. Maybe Emerald is the best overall choice. --- ONLY FIVE CAN LADDER. Sushi, kamikaze, fujiyama, nippon-ichi... ... Copied to Clipboard!
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KCF0107 12/04/18 8:29:33 PM #31: |
I personally like Evergreens and Emeralds. I like seeing choices that stray from the animal and intimidating noun mold.
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LOLIAmAnAlt 12/04/18 8:35:22 PM #32: |
How about the Seattle Rain
I feel like so many things could be done with the name and it also fits Seattle in more then one way. --- lllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll lllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll ... Copied to Clipboard!
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Jakyl25 12/04/18 8:38:34 PM #33: |
Paratroopa1 posted...
I think we're a few years too late for "RELEASE THE KRAKEN" to be a really funny thing you could do, it would just be an outdated meme now. --- Thank you, Eddie Guerrero. https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DRlKR5nU8AA_v_C?format=jpg&name=large ... Copied to Clipboard!
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Nelson_Mandela 12/04/18 8:42:08 PM #34: |
Seattle Stonerz
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Lockes Ragnarok 12/04/18 8:43:18 PM #35: |
TheKnightOfNee posted...
I like both Seals and Whales as names, but the problems there are the NHL already had the California Seals/Oakland Seals/California Golden Seals and the Hartford Whalers. This is almost spot on with my thinking as well, except I think sockeye would be a pretty cool and unique name. I dont see that happening though. Emerald it is --- DpOblivion won the guru contest ... Copied to Clipboard!
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Paratroopa1 12/04/18 8:43:44 PM #36: |
ScareChan posted...
Behind boom I like the Seattle Pikes Seattle Pikes is a cool name ... Copied to Clipboard!
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Paratroopa1 12/04/18 8:44:56 PM #37: |
LOLIAmAnAlt posted...
How about the Seattle Rain There is actually already a team called the Seattle Reign, women's soccer ... Copied to Clipboard!
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Lockes Ragnarok 12/04/18 8:48:27 PM #38: |
It seems like just yesterday we were doing this with Vegas. Im glad the Coyotes (or future relocation to Houston?) are moving to the Central.
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5tarscream 12/04/18 8:50:26 PM #39: |
Houston Oilers
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ScareChan 12/04/18 8:58:28 PM #40: |
Paratroopa1 posted...
ScareChan posted...Behind boom I like the Seattle Pikes Yeah my one trip to Seattle what I remember most fondly was going to pikes market or pike place whatever its called. they had the thing where they throw the fish and I caught It one handed. And all my friend said was we were at pikes and I caught the fish. Pike sounds tough, unique, and regional. The pikes hit the ice writes itself --- ... Copied to Clipboard!
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Shaduln 12/04/18 9:02:53 PM #41: |
Anyone recommending coffee related names doesn't understand our sports fans' relation with starbucks.
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ScareChan 12/04/18 9:18:38 PM #42: |
Im a Sacramento fan
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Lockes Ragnarok 12/04/18 9:30:29 PM #43: |
Shaduln posted...
Anyone recommending coffee related names doesn't understand our sports fans' relation with starbucks. Okay what about the Seattle Grunge --- DpOblivion won the guru contest ... Copied to Clipboard!
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MawiIe 12/04/18 9:35:19 PM #44: |
I want them to be the sockeyes so that we can bring sock puppets to the game
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SwiftyDC 12/04/18 9:39:08 PM #45: |
Supersonics
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Johnbobb 12/04/18 9:39:16 PM #46: |
Seattle Kraken is too badass to not vote for, but Seattle Seals would be my 2nd choice
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LOLIAmAnAlt 12/04/18 9:44:41 PM #47: |
Paratroopa1 posted...
LOLIAmAnAlt posted...How about the Seattle Rain But that has a total different meaning that has nothing to do with Seattle. Darn the stupid womens soccer ruining everything good. --- lllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll lllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll ... Copied to Clipboard!
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ScareChan 12/04/18 9:45:18 PM #48: |
Lockes Ragnarok posted...
Shaduln posted...Anyone recommending coffee related names doesn't understand our sports fans' relation with starbucks. Seattle grunge is a perfect hockkey name imo. Just have a dude coming out like Jason and put a plaid shirt around his wasit --- ... Copied to Clipboard!
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ScareChan 12/04/18 9:47:49 PM #49: |
SwiftyDC posted...
Supersonics they own the rights to that for an nba team already even though they currently do not have an active team --- ... Copied to Clipboard!
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KommunistKoala 12/04/18 9:55:05 PM #50: |
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