DON Posted July 5, 2014 Share Posted July 5, 2014 Well, seems a nice place to maybe add a team? (I mean you cant have 14 teams in West and 16 in East forever.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trizzak Posted July 5, 2014 Share Posted July 5, 2014 To give a little background to this thread: http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/story/?id=456459 Gretzky has joined a group of investors in a bid to bring a team to Seattle. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dlbalr Posted July 5, 2014 Share Posted July 5, 2014 The big issue with Seattle right now is that they don't have a new arena built. There's a developer (Chris Hansen) who wants to build an arena but only if the NBA is the primary tenant. He has no issues with it being a joint facility but he won't build it if it's just the NHL. If it's a different group coming in, not only are they going to get a team, they'll also have to get around the arena development plan that Hansen has with the city. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Machine of Loving Grace Posted July 5, 2014 Share Posted July 5, 2014 I'm expecting Seattle and Las Vegas to get expansions while Quebec gets an eastern conference relocation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Chicoutimi Cucumber Posted July 6, 2014 Share Posted July 6, 2014 Living in the Vancouver area, all I can say is that I love the idea of a Seattle franchise. It'd become my instant second-favourite team because of the built-in rivalry with the Canuckleheads. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Machine of Loving Grace Posted July 7, 2014 Share Posted July 7, 2014 There are some passionate fans in Seattle already creating cool logo ideas for a Seattle team; Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Chicoutimi Cucumber Posted July 7, 2014 Share Posted July 7, 2014 The "Kraken?" What gives? Cool jerseys though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Machine of Loving Grace Posted July 7, 2014 Share Posted July 7, 2014 The "Kraken?" What gives? Cool jerseys though Sea monster. Also a well known bar in Seattle. Whenever I played NHL games and made up a Seattle expansion team I'd always call them the "Seattle Sound". It's kind of an outdated reference by now. Seattle Steelheads is alright too if they named them after their fish. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Chicoutimi Cucumber Posted July 7, 2014 Share Posted July 7, 2014 Sea monster. Also a well known bar in Seattle. Whenever I played NHL games and made up a Seattle expansion team I'd always call them the "Seattle Sound". It's kind of an outdated reference by now. Seattle Steelheads is alright too if they named them after their fish. I get the (basic) referent - and no doubt the fans are filled with fantasies of yelling 'RELEASE THE KRAKEN!!!' Still seems lame to me. "Steelheads" is pretty good, though. (How about the "Seattle Grunge"? Oh wait, talk about out of date...) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DON Posted July 8, 2014 Author Share Posted July 8, 2014 I imagine Penguins was thought quite odd when first proposed? With Seahawks and Mariners in town, not sure what they might go with? But another coastal/oceanic reference (like Kraken) might be popular. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Chicoutimi Cucumber Posted July 8, 2014 Share Posted July 8, 2014 I imagine Penguins was thought quite odd when first proposed? With Seahawks and Mariners in town, not sure what they might go with? But another coastal/oceanic reference (like Kraken) might be popular. Well, I always thought "Penguins" was a stupid name and still do. The only thing it has going for it is alliteration. And also, once the Ducks were created, it came to seem downright inspired next to THE most moronic team moniker in hockey. This is a fun topic. Here are five suggestions: http://thehockeywriters.com/five-potential-team-names-new-seattle-nhl-franchise/ Apparently there used to be a Seattle team called the "Metropolitans" and these writers like that because of the history. I think it's a bad idea, both because the NHL already has a division ridiculously named that, and also because of the unfortunate ricochet with "Metrosexual." The "Seattle Orca" will generate huge objections from the Canucks, who gave themselves that insipid Orca logo when they were bought by Orca Bay Enterprises. (The Canucks should go either with the classic stick motif, or with the iconic "Johnny Canuck" character for their logo, but since that organization never does anything right, they won't). "Seattle Totem?" Ummm...naming a hockey team after immobile objects, probably not a rockin' idea. "Thunderbirds?" How banal can you get? But the "Seattle Sockeye" kicks ass if you ask me. It's got alliteration, an iconic local referent, and the name can be read as a double-entendre referencing a hockey fight (where you "sock" a guy in the eye). "Seattle Sasquatch" is tempting as well, if you like names that incline toward the tongue-in-cheek; the mascot and logos will be obvious and the kids'll love it. But it's "Seattle Sockeye" for me, all the way down the line. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Machine of Loving Grace Posted July 8, 2014 Share Posted July 8, 2014 Seattle Sasquatch would never fly seeing as the Avalanche use Big Foot imagery. Same problem with the Orca. Also agree 100% with Johnny Canuck. I'd buy this if Vancouver was smart enough to do it: http://s144.photobucket.com/user/jetmonkeyj/media/vancouver-canucks-third-jersey.png.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Chicoutimi Cucumber Posted July 8, 2014 Share Posted July 8, 2014 Seattle Sasquatch would never fly seeing as the Avalanche use Big Foot imagery. Same problem with the Orca. Also agree 100% with Johnny Canuck. I'd buy this if Vancouver was smart enough to do it: http://s144.photobucket.com/user/jetmonkeyj/media/vancouver-canucks-third-jersey.png.html Yep, Van's "parallel universe" jerseys - this one and the classic "hockey stick" one from the early days - are two of the very best jerseys in all of hockey. So of course, they don't use 'em, or else relegate them to "third jersey" status. Never has a franchise so wasted so many assets to so little good purpose. I don't think Colorado would be nearly as upset with the "Sasquatch" motif as Vancouver would be with the "Orca," but it's all the same to me - I like SOCKEYE best! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff Price (no relation) Posted July 9, 2014 Share Posted July 9, 2014 "Seattle Totem?" Ummm...naming a hockey team after immobile objects, probably not a rockin' idea. Bah. You're not thinking creatively enough! Put Hal Gil and Doug Murray on the blue-line, and you've got a theme going! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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