When San Jose Sharks joined the league top 15 names for the team were (in alphabetical order):
- Blades
- Breakers
- Breeze
- Condors
- Fog
- Gold
- Golden Gaters
- Golden Skaters
- Grizzlies
- Icebreakers
- Knights
- Redwoods
- Sea Lions
- Sharks
- Waves
Even though it was 90s back then, I think most of those names would seem ok today.
Seattle also similar with options like Evergreens, Emeralds, Totems, Steelheads, Sockeyes, Cougars, Eagles, Seals, Sea Lions, Rainiers, Firebirds, Whales, Renegades and Kraken.
Eagles - NFL team so no.
Cougars - WSU 2nd largest college in the state, so not a good idea
Rainiers - that's a AAA team in baseball I believe
Totems - not sure anything Indigenous related was a good idea, despite the history of the team in the area.
Renegades, no sure what in the state infers that.
The rest were options i could have seen.