-Vintage Canuck- Posted January 19, 2018 Share Posted January 19, 2018 The Oak View Group has registered 13 domain names which could indicate potential names for an NHL franchise in Seattle. 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heretic Posted January 19, 2018 Share Posted January 19, 2018 (edited) Yeah, and a potential logo based on one of those names: Edited January 19, 2018 by Heretic 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GB5 Posted January 19, 2018 Share Posted January 19, 2018 (edited) Lots of names here, a few of them have a bit of a "wow" factor but need to grow on a person, others are not so good. Seattle Cougars - Solid name, held by the PG Cougars....unfortunately, the word "cougar" has too many strange innuendos with it. "Mother's, hide your teenage sons, the Cougars are coming to town"....this just doesn't work for me. Go with "Mountain Lions" instead and we have a contender. Seattle Eagles = This is a powerful name, used by other teams such as the Philly Eagles and Surrey Eagles.. if anything, it is lacking in originality Seattle Emeralds = Sounds pretty or perhaps fabulous (sarcasm) Seattle is the Emerald city but the name seems more fitting for a little league baseball team as opposed to a pro hockey team Seattle Evergreens = I like the originality but it sees awkward. Thy saying "Go Evergreens Go" three times really fast. Seattle Firebirds = Probably one of my favorites of the bunch. You could get a real cool logo with this, recognizes local culture and the Pontiac Firebird was an iconic vehicle. Seattle Kraken = Is that like, "Phillip Mc.........."? The name is interesting but also too complicated for a professional sports franchise. Seattle Rainiers = I like it but it has also been used by local baseball teams for years, maybe let them keep the name, besides, it sounds like they are sponsored by a beer company and using their name as a promotion and I do not like Rainier Beer. Seattle Renegades = Why not RoughRiders? I like the name Renegade but it seems like just a name, historically, who are the Seattle Renegades? Maybe Bill Gates? I don't know. Seattle Sea Lions = I love Sea Lions, they look so cute and cuddly. It just doesn't stack up with other Seattle pro names like Supersonics and Seahawks, even Mariners sounds tougher, even though, I kind of like this one. Seattle Seals = Oh no you don't. Go ahead, play homage to one of the worst franchises in the expansion era of the NHL. Do they get to play on white skates too? Seattle Sockeyes = I kind of like this one, it could grow on me. Sockeyes are one powerful fish who work hard to the point of death to fulfill their purpose, they're also delicious. Seattle Totems = I know some people like this one but I don't. Totmes don't do anything, they just stay planted in the ground. I like the significance for indigenous people but I do not like the name for an NHL team, besides, the mascot would be scary. Seattle Whales = Guarantee, the first losing steak and every playoff elimination the headline would be "Beached Whales". Orca Bay doesn't own the Canucks any more, why not Orcas? Then they can have an orca on their jersey as well. My preferences is Firebirds, other than that, I would be happy to see any of Sea Lions, Eagles and Sockeyes. I would have really liked to see the name "Sasquatch" on the list, that would ne my hands down favorite. Edited January 19, 2018 by GarthButcher5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diamonds Posted January 19, 2018 Share Posted January 19, 2018 ^ Kraken is a reference to the legendary sea creature. Basically a massive squid/octopus like thing. I kind of like it. There's already some concept art for it 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-Vintage Canuck- Posted January 19, 2018 Share Posted January 19, 2018 30 minutes ago, GarthButcher5 said: Seattle Evergreens = I like the originality but it sees awkward. Thy saying "Go Evergreens Go" three times really fast. For me, I would give preference to Seattle Evergreens over the others. You did mention "Go Evergreens Go" may not suit well, but they could have a "Let's go, Evergreens" chant as some current NHL teams do and it would fit better. With this name, Seattle could have “greenouts” in the playoffs, and it would be cool because it would be like the opponents are stepping into "The Forrest." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GB5 Posted January 19, 2018 Share Posted January 19, 2018 (edited) Sportslogos.net has a story on the proposed names and you can vote on them. http://news.sportslogos.net/2018/01/19/kraken-whales-among-13-names-registered-by-seattle-nhl-group/ Written By: Chris Creamer • Friday, January 19, 2018 Could “The Whale” be returning to the National Hockey League? How about the Seals? Because both classic names appear to be possibilities within a large list of domain names registered Thursday by an employee of Oak View Group, the organization behind Seattle’s NHL bid process — so says a post by Clark Rasmussen over at DetroitHockey.Net. Thanks to Rasmussen, who was also a big player during the hunt for the Vegas Golden Knights name, we have a baker’s dozen of potential names the Oak View Group appears to be considering for – what is very likely – a potential future NHL expansion team. Note: worth keeping in mind the NHL has not yet awarded the City of Seattle or the Oak View Group a team. In addition to the usual Seattle-Pacific Northwest symbolism: Emeralds, Evergreens, Rainiers, Sockeyes, Totems; the list also includes three-and-a-half names which were used by NHL teams of yesterday: Cougars (Detroit, 1926-30), Eagles (St. Louis, 1935), and Seals (Various, 1967-70); Whales of course is the “and a half”. The full list: 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 Seattle Metropolitans, the name used by the 1917 Stanley Cup Championship team which played in the Pacific Coast Hockey Association (not the NHL, stop saying that people) does not appear to be included. A few of these names have been popular choices for those in the logo/uniform concept community for years — Emeralds, Kraken, Totems have all been the subject of mock uniform and logo designs for a “one day” Seattle NHL team both on our SportsLogos.Net message board and elsewhere. Heck, Seattle Seals is what I named my “Make a Team” in NHL18 last month… alliteration and a single syllable is always welcome. Totems and Rainiers have both been used by sports teams in Seattle in the last few decades. Firebirds, which is used by the Flint Firebirds of the OHL is an option despite their existence in the same league as the London Knights, the team the Golden Knights referenced for not being able to use “Las Vegas Knights” as their name. The Lethbridge Hurricanes are also confused. If this is indeed the final list this organization is considering, I’m happy. I’m just glad none of these are like the Emerald City Green Bears… right, Vegas? (eh they’re winning, they don’t care). The DetroitHockey.Net post goes into more detail on the registration process as well as why this appears to be legit enough to publish, check it out. Edited January 19, 2018 by GarthButcher5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keenan's Moustache Posted January 19, 2018 Share Posted January 19, 2018 (edited) https://www.bizjournals.com/seattle/news/2018/01/03/hockey-romance-writer-safeguards-seattle-sockeyes.html By Andrew McIntosh – Staff Writer, Puget Sound Business Journal Jan 3, 2018, 2:16pm If Washington state IT systems worker Pamela Bowerman has her way, Seattle's potential new NHL hockey franchise team won't ever be called the Seattle Sockeyes. That's because the Seattle Sockeyes hockey team already exists — that is, in Bowerman's own bestselling world of romance novels that are so steamy they'd melt the ice at any hockey rink. Bowerman, who uses the pen name "Jami Davenport" for her fiction, has filed an application with the U.S Patent and Trademark Office to become the registered owner of the Seattle Sockeyes hockey name. The writer filed her application on Dec. 21, a few weeks after the NHL invited Seattle's Oak View Group to make a pitch for an NHL expansion franchise. Bowerman is the second person in the state of Washington to file a trademark application to protect a potential professional hockey team name. A Microsoft attorney also has moved to trademark the "Seattle Steelheads," another of several names being bandied about as a possible moniker for the region's new NHL hockey franchise. Attorney Craig Farris filed an application with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office to trademark the name on Dec. 12, public records show. Bowerman has written a dozen Seattle Sockeyes romance novels with muscular and ruggedly handsome hockey players from Detroit, Minneapolis, Russia, Sweden and even Montreal. Her books have titles including "Penalty Play," "Shot on Goal," and "Crashing the Net." They're part of her "Game On" series. She also writes other sports romances. "Hockey romance books are really, really hot," Bowerman said. "I enjoy doing it. I'm making six figures and I'm retiring early from my state job to focus on writing full time." The summary of the plot line of one of Bowerman's recent novels, "Skating on Thin Ice," might seem familiar to residents of the Puget Sound region. It involves "a billionaire" who seeks to bring hockey to Seattle and how his "mission clashes with his passion for the woman who holds his heart." In an interview from her home in Shelton, Bowerman emphasized she's a big hockey fan who truly wants the NHL to come to Seattle. Hockey enthusiasts have suggested the Sockeyes as one among several names for the new franchise. Bowerman insists her trademark move is merely a defensive one. "I'd been talking to a trademark attorney, who is a friend of mine, and she said to me, 'Get a trademark,' " Bowerman said. "I did it to protect myself. I was worried that if they used that name that I might have to go back into all my books and change the name, which would be costly and which I did not want to do at this point." Her application shows Bowerman has been using the Seattle Sockeyes fictional pro hockey team name in her writing since at least April 2014. I wonder if the Oakview Group was aware of this when they moved forward with their domain name registration paperwork. Maybe they could offer boxed sets of the books for everyone at the home opener Edited January 19, 2018 by Keenan's Moustache too many images 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghostsof1915 Posted January 19, 2018 Share Posted January 19, 2018 4 hours ago, Diamonds said: ^ Kraken is a reference to the legendary sea creature. Basically a massive squid/octopus like thing. I kind of like it. There's already some concept art for it Seems this is winning in the polls. Wonder if it's because.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VegasCanuck Posted January 20, 2018 Share Posted January 20, 2018 On 12/7/2017 at 3:12 PM, SabreFan1 said: Seattle doesn't deserve a team over Quebec. Period. An NHL team is their distant second choice. That new building is their way of trying to get their basketball team back. https://sports.yahoo.com/hope-alive-seattles-quest-get-another-nba-team-041200484.html This is not a situation where its a matter of Seattle getting a team over Quebec. When push came to shove, Quebec was not ready. A large part of the reason was the Canadian Dollar. Personally, I think the best plan to get team into Quebec would be to relocate someone like the Panthers or the Hurricanes, both are teams that have really nice buildings, in the wrong part of the State. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SabreFan1 Posted January 20, 2018 Share Posted January 20, 2018 (edited) 1 hour ago, VegasCanuck said: This is not a situation where its a matter of Seattle getting a team over Quebec. When push came to shove, Quebec was not ready. A large part of the reason was the Canadian Dollar. Personally, I think the best plan to get team into Quebec would be to relocate someone like the Panthers or the Hurricanes, both are teams that have really nice buildings, in the wrong part of the State. You didn't continue with the rest of the thread before responding. I ended up saying 6 weeks ago: On 12/8/2017 at 10:09 PM, SabreFan1 said: As long as Quebec gets a team again, then the NHL may as well bilk some suckers in Seattle out of over a half billion dollars. As for you last sentence, one or two people had already said the same thing last month. Edited January 20, 2018 by SabreFan1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jester13 Posted January 20, 2018 Share Posted January 20, 2018 This article made me laugh, especially the last sentence, ha! Harrison Mooney: If Seattle gets an NHL franchise, what should they call themselves? HARRISON MOONEYMore from Harrison Mooney The Las Vegas Golden Knights are the model expansion franchise — instantly competitive, with 30 wins in their first 44 games, good for first in the Western Conference and only two points off the league lead — so you can understand why the NHL would be eager to do the whole thing over again. Seattle appears to be next, and on Friday we learned that the group behind the renovation of the city’s KeyArena seems to think so as well. They recently registered more than three dozen Internet domain names, related to a baker’s dozen of possible team names for their expected expansion franchise. So what are the names being bandied about for the team that would become Vancouver’s closest geographic rival? As follows: • 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 At the risk of kicking off this geographic rivalry early, I’ve gotta say: they’re pretty much all terrible. The Emeralds and the Evergreens are geographically appropriate, but they’re not very intimidating. Gems and trees don’t tend to make for tough nicknames. The Totems I like, since it references Seattle’s hockey history, but the Sea Lions, Sockeyes or Seals? Orcas eat those, and Seattle will be reminded of that every time they play the Canucks if they pick any of the three. Same goes for the Eagles, frankly, which runs into the same problem as an idea that I had, the thematically appropriate Seattle Icehawks. No birds. Orcas have been known to hunt those too. Speaking of which, the Whales? Get real. That already seems too close to the Canucks, at least in terms of their logo. The Canucks sport orcas on their sweaters, which, as we all know, are whales. Seattle is already horning in on Vancouver’s territory by dint of installing a team so close, but taking on a similar nickname seems like a bridge too far. What’s their logo going to be? Something like this? The very original Seattle Whales. Uncool. Or maybe something like this one, already in use for Seattle’s new Major League Rugby team, the weakly named Sea Wolves? Sea Wolves. This one looks suspiciously like a Canucks/Seahawks mashup. I’m not feeling it at all. Here’s a suggestion: instead of aping the Canucks’ whale theme, why not send a warning shot Vancouver’s way by naming the Seattle franchise something that threatens orcas? The Seattle Sockeye Shortage. The Seattle Harpooners. The Seattle Climate Change. The Seattle Great Pacific Garbage Patch? Or — and this one is in keeping with the Seawolves and the Seahawks — the Seattle Seaworld. Although if you really want to troll Vancouver, I’ve got three words for you: the Seattle Grizzlies. Or maybe you ditch the whale theme altogether and look at something else with a local tie-in. Seattle has that big Amazon headquarters. How about the Seattle Amazons? After all, it’s very common to have a team named after warriors. In the NHL, there’s the Golden Knights. The NFL has the Vikings, Raiders and Buccaneers. The NBA has a Warriors. It’s a thing, and Amazons would fit. Of course, a male hockey team might balk at being named after a tribe of woman warriors, but honestly, that’s dumb. Plus, in the era of Time’s Up and Me Too, what better team name could there be for a hockey club in one of America’s most liberal cities, short of, maybe, the Seattle Reckoning? (I actually quite like The Reckoning as a nickname. Imagine: The Reckoning is coming to town this week. Or on Saturday, the Canucks will face The Reckoning. Very intimidating. Plus, as we’ve all seen recently, The Reckoning is particularly intimidating to men, which is what team nicknames in men’s sports are supposed to be. That opens the floor to other stuff the hockey community is afraid of. Black men who speak their mind, for instance. How about the Seattle Kneelers? Too far? That said, if I’m being honest, I do have a problem with The Reckoning (the team, not the movement) because I have a real hate-on for singular team names. The Wild, the Lightning, the Magic, the Jazz. (Basketball is particularly bad for this.) It’s annoying from a grammar perspective — the Wild is winning or the Wild are winning? — and it messes with the consistency of team nicknames from city to city. Most teams are doing the plural thing, which is just one of the reasons I also hate the Seattle Kraken, one of the thirteen above-mentioned suggestions. If you’re going to ruin the whole system, why not just go all the way and name your team the Seattle Hockey Club, or HC Seattle like half the teams in the MLS? (Worst case, you don’t even pick a side, like the Vancouver Whitecaps FC or the Seattle Sounders FC. It’s ridiculous in both cases, but more so for Seattle, which struggles with team names in general. In addition to the Seawolves, which isn’t a thing, unless you’re talking about the class of submarines — and with that dopey logo, Seattle clearly isn’t — their basketball team was called the SuperSonics, with a second capital S and no space. That’s almost as bad as the all-caps Ottawa REDBLACKS. But I digress.) MLS team names are chaos, because they don’t enforce any kind of uniformity. The next team name could just be a collection of numbers and the symbols you get when you hold down Shift and Alt at the same time, and it would be in keeping with MLS team name traditions. The Seattle Rainiers is also a bad idea. That’s not even the real name of the mountain. The Salish people originally called it Tahoma or Tacoma. The Seattle Rainiers would look real silly if their city — again, a famously liberal place — decided to restore the original Indigenous name a la Denali, formerly Mount McKinley. That’s a debate raging right now — it’s a very bad time to invest in the name “Rainier.” Plus, do you know who gave Mount Rainier its name? Captain George Vancouver. So unless you want Canucks fans to point out that our city’s namesake named Seattle’s hockey team, thereby making us superior, the NHL’s 32nd franchise should probably pick something else. And if Seattleites are annoyed that a Vancouverite is telling them what they can and cannot do, well, come at me. The rivalry has already begun and you losers don’t even have a name. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scottish⑦Canuck Posted January 20, 2018 Share Posted January 20, 2018 (edited) I hope they go with Metropolitans. Disappointed to see it wasn't included. Edited January 20, 2018 by Scottish⑦Canuck 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghostsof1915 Posted January 20, 2018 Share Posted January 20, 2018 My top 3. Totems. Thunderbirds. Thunder. Metropolitans as homage to the first US team to win a Stanley Cup. Sockeye's makes me think Steveston. I'm ok if Seattle releases the Kraken. Maybe a certain Rum company will be corporate partner. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JM_ Posted January 20, 2018 Share Posted January 20, 2018 23 hours ago, -Vintage Canuck- said: The Oak View Group has registered 13 domain names which could indicate potential names for an NHL franchise in Seattle. 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 wow some of those are bad. I agree with @Scottish⑦Canuck that Metropolitans is a great name with history to it, but I suppose Bettman won't want a name thats the same as a division. I was hoping to see something to do with aerospace but thats tough since Boeing like to use numbers most of the time and Clippers and supersonics are taken. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghostsof1915 Posted January 20, 2018 Share Posted January 20, 2018 Problem is Boeing has a tendency to name it's aircraft after numbers. Seattle Stratofortress? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiger-Hearted Posted January 20, 2018 Share Posted January 20, 2018 Totems is a natural. Classic name, beautiful kelly green uniforms and a timeless crest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rush17 Posted January 28, 2018 Share Posted January 28, 2018 I got it... The Seattle Sea Dogs! just need st johns a-okay Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VegasCanuck Posted February 14, 2018 Share Posted February 14, 2018 (edited) Seattle has officially submitted application for Franchise! Would love to see a team 2 hours drive from Canucks. https://www.tsn.ca/seattle-submit-expansion-application-for-nhl-franchise-1.998166 Edited February 14, 2018 by VegasCanuck Add link Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaptKirk888 Posted February 14, 2018 Share Posted February 14, 2018 On 2018-01-20 at 8:46 AM, Ghostsof1915 said: My top 3. Totems. Thunderbirds. Thunder. Metropolitans as homage to the first US team to win a Stanley Cup. Sockeye's makes me think Steveston. I'm ok if Seattle releases the Kraken. Maybe a certain Rum company will be corporate partner. I think “Thunder” is a winner. Send it in Ghosts Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rush17 Posted February 14, 2018 Share Posted February 14, 2018 Perfect timing. We should just start peaking in 20-21. Be a great way to start off the rivalry. I would be shocked if they got such a good start based on how vegas manage to manipulate teams into giving them assets. FLA gifted them 2 decent scorers which has greatly aided their team. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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