Names for new Seattle team

[613Leafer]

Kraken were allegedly seen near Greenland and Scandinavia, not in the Pacific Ocean.

Sooo no to kraken.

Seattle Sasquatchs is the way to go

As opposed to Penguins...?

 

[CaptainCrunch67]

Binder Pilots
Flaming Mermaids
Sesame Street Maulers
Seattle Starbucks
The Seattle Hipster Wreckers

 

[kilowatt]

Seattle Prime

 

[SlavinAway]

I'm amazed at the amount of people who think "Sockeyes" is proper English. For the love of god it better not be the Seattle Sockeyes. That'd be like the Seattle Deers

Seattle Sockeye then...

 

[johan f]

I would also go with something about rain. Seattle rainhats,

 

[RecycledEichel]

Seattle Amazons or Seattle Bezos

They have a nice ring to them

 

[1OApick]

Staying conservative...and keeping in mind the geography:

Seattle Sounders
Seattle Rainiers

Seattle Rainers

 

[CBJFan827]

Kraken makes no sense geographically, but would be such a great name.

I've wanted the Seattle Admirals since 2009 when I did a project in high school for NHL expansion, so I'm continually partial to that name

For the love of all that's holy, please don't use Sockeyes or Totems. Mostly the latter, but the former just sounds silly, regardless of relevance to the city.

 

[Pens x]

As opposed to Penguins...?

The Penguins came about because the civic arena looked like an igloo. So if Seattle builds an arena shaped like a ship, and there is an octopus hugging it, go with Kraken.

 

[McDLT]

Seattle Orange Mocha Frappucchinos

Probably Sockeyes though. Darn.

 

[PKWeber]

Seattle Rainstorm

 

[TheRealPepman]

Metropolitans
Reign
Reignmen
Speed
Totems
Aqua

Methinks Thunderbirds is a subtle jab at OKC.

 

[Dennis Reynolds]

Seattle Aviators

Logo and colors by Craig C. Wheeler: Poll: Seattle Aviators
(No, I'm not him.)

 

[Foppberg]

Seattle Rain? After their weather + mountain Rainier.

 

[Refuse]

"a lawyer representing Oak View Group, the expansion applicant, registered 38 different domains involving these names:
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 and Seattle Whalers."

 

[Whaleafs]

Totems
Breakers
Cascades

 

[AIexisLafreniereNYR]

Seattle City Emeralds/Thunder seem pretty professional imo. The others are very amateur

 

[613Leafer]

The Penguins came about because the civic arena looked like an igloo. So if Seattle builds an arena shaped like a ship, and there is an octopus hugging it, go with Kraken.

Ah yes, all those Antarctic igloos...

I'm not saying Pittsburgh shouldn't be called the penguins, just that your logic of Kraken being a North Atlantic thing and thus a bad Seattle name equally applies to Pittsburgh penguins. And the arena name Igloo doesn't change that.

Penguins are found in the Antarctic. Pittsburgh is not. Igloos are found in the Arctic, the furthest place in the world from the Antarctic. That's even further than Seattle is from the North Atlantic!

 

[Hobocop]

Methinks Thunderbirds is a subtle jab at OKC.

Thunderbirds have been a junior team there since 1985.

 

[Guardian17]

Seattle Barristas.

As a bonus, they can spell the names on the backs of their jerseys wrong!

 

[Esq]

Seattle Sockeyes or Seattle Cascades

Or, if they wanted to be a bit more creative, Northwest Grays

 

[keslerburrows]

I wouldn't be mad with SuperSonics all over again. Great name, great color scheme.

 

[ProspectsSTC]

Totems or Grunge, since, as much as I love Kraken, it doesn't make a ton of sense

 

[McDLT]

I'm amazed at the amount of people who think "Sockeyes" is proper English. For the love of god it better not be the Seattle Sockeyes. That'd be like the Seattle Deers

The Maple Leafs need company.

 

[ProspectsSTC]

Kraken makes no sense geographically, but would be such a great name.

I've wanted the Seattle Admirals since 2009 when I did a project in high school for NHL expansion, so I'm continually partial to that name

For the love of all that's holy, please don't use Sockeyes or Totems. Mostly the latter, but the former just sounds silly, regardless of relevance to the city.

Why not Totems?