There's plenty of stupid names out there. The New York (Tex's) Rangers are a big one that just get a pass because they've been around forever. Same thing with Boston Bruins, which isn't even in the correct language and was mostly just there to allow use of the color brown, which isn't even a thing with them anymore.
Time makes all names seem okay. The Raptors were outdated as soon as they were named, but they're now the most famous raptor in Canada as long as the Jurassic Park franchise doesn't reboot again.
Time heals all stupid decisions is the point, I guess.
Signed,
Vegas Golden Knights Fan.
I dislike non-plural names, so I'm out on Sasquatch on principle.FYI Jurassic Park just came out with a new movie with sequels in the making. I agree the Bruins name was a dumb one as well. I just really like when a team uses some creativity and local culture to name their team. There is a boat load of it in the Seattle area to choose from. I really liked the Seattle Sasquatch. It's a local, big imposing cryptid that could make for some really interested color schemes and it checks the alliteration box.
It really doesn't it has absolutely nothing to do with your culture anymore than it has to do with Winnipegs culture who also has a large Scandinavian community. It's a beast from the north Atlantic. You guys can't even see the Atlantic from where you are.
I assure you that nobody can see sharks from San Jose, either.
I dislike non-plural names, so I'm out on Sasquatch on principle.
I'm not counting Jurassic World much in the grand scheme of things, since they were pushing Indomisaurus Rex or whatever Frankenstein's monster they were pretending to have created there. Though, I suppose the raptors saved the day in that one.
Absolutely they do but the mythological beast the Kraken doesn't have anything to do with the Pacific Ocean or Seattle. It's history is traced to the North Atlantic off the coasts of Norway, Iceland, Canada and Greenland. I mean I'm splitting hairs here but it just erks me. Come up with something better that actually has to do with your local culture and history not just because it sounds cool.
Its history is linked with maritimes and Scandinavian culture, both very prominent in Seattle.
It's history is linked to Norwegian sailors, sailing the North Atlantic in and around the areas of Iceland and Greenland. There's a Mount Olympus in Washington as well might as well call them the Titans.
Not even the same comparison, but keep on trying.
Pretty much the exact same. You have Greek population in the city. Boom problem solved call them the Titans it's basically the exact same reasoning. People just like the name because it sounds cool, which is fine but it doesn't mean I have to agree with it. But don't try and pull over some far reaching reasoning for it on me. It just sounds cool that is literally the only reason for it even being an option.
Lol. Ok. I obviously can't convince you how important to the cities history and culture the Scandinavian population is.
I mean you just picked a random ethnicity, and found a name associated with that and *boom* same situation.
I can point you to a culture whose history is far more important to Seattle than Scandinavian culture.
Well at least we established that the word Kraken is not just some random word connected to a local ethnicity. I'll give you that Scandinavian Culture is more important in Norway than in Seattle.
Seattle Kraken – I like it. It’s menancing, strong and powerful. It has strong connection to our region’s maritime and shipping history. Plus the jersey/merchandise/theme concepts has sold me on it.
And there's an entire former city, and now part of Seattle (Ballard,) that was dominated by Norwegian fisherman, and that still remains a part of the history of Seattle.It has zero connection to your regions maritime and shipping history.
The Kraken is a fictional sea monster from Norway.
And there's an entire former city, and now part of Seattle (Ballard,) that was dominated by Norwegian fisherman, and that still remains a part of the history of Seattle.
If you don't like the name, just don't like it. I agree with that opinion. There's definitely enough of a reason to connect it to Seattle if they want to, though.
If you want to argue that it sounds like a minor league name, I mean many NHL teams sound like minor league names. The Kraken does reflect our culture and history.
Since when is it law in the NHL that team nicknames must follow a specific regions authentic history?
A. Can you explain what actually is a Flyer? Ed Snider decided on the name and was more concerned with
using orange and black colors for the uniform.
B. Check out the Boston Bruins they were named after Adams and Ross looked in Brown Bears of Dutch folk
tales.
C. New York Rangers were named after owner George Lewis (TEX) Richard and first were named Tex's
Ranger's .
D. Jack Kent Cooke selected the Kings name for LA as he wanted something Royal sounding.
So we have Texas Rangers in New York, Royalty in LA, Dutch Folk Tale Bruins in Boston, and something called a Flyer in Philadelphia yet Kraken isn't good enough for Seattle.
Seattle is on the pacific ocean and you're suggesting that naming the team after a fictional sea monster from the North Atlantic reflects your culture?
What are you talking about?
There are plenty of Chinese people in Vancouver, do you think the Canucks being called the Dragons would reflect the "culture and history" of Vancouver? You are suggest appropriating the folklore and legends of an entirely different culture that have relocated into your city and then pretending that it is your culture and history. That's ridiculous.
And there's an entire former city, and now part of Seattle (Ballard,) that was dominated by Norwegian fisherman, and that still remains a part of the history of Seattle.
If you don't like the name, just don't like it. I agree with that opinion. There's definitely enough of a reason to connect it to Seattle if they want to, though.
I think a lot of it gets lost in the overall mariner-type culture of Seattle. A lot of your fisherman and general mariners are going to be Scandinavian, but I think the individual heritages of the people got caught up in the overall city. It's not a Scandinavian city from what I've seen in all my visits, but the Scandinavian parts are definitely part of the whole.I think the issue people are having is that Seattle isn't perceived as a "Scandinavian city" in the same way that Boston is regarded as an Irish city, Chicago as Italian, Miami as Latin American, etc.
Personally I didn't see one single Scandinavian reference when I spent a week in Seattle last summer, and I actively look for that sort of thing when I bop around an unfamiliar city. This thread taught me a lot about it, so I'm not saying it doesn't exist or "count", but it's kind of a stretch to see it as a special connection.
It would be like if someone proposed a Chicago team be named the Chicago Tigers because the city has a special connection to Korean culture. Like, it's not that it isn't true, but if someone has to explain it to you then the reference probably isn't that effective.