BROOKLYN JET Posted July 23, 2020 Share Posted July 23, 2020 https://sports.yahoo.com/release-kraken-nhls-seattle-teams-173505479.html If you're coming up with a new name for a professional sports team these days, it means one of two things: 1. You've had a racist team name for a long time, or 2. You're a new team joining a league with established names, brands and legacies. Either way (and let's hope it's that second one), whatever you come up with is going to sound a little weird because people have heard every team name a million times, and this is going to be something new. The Golden Knights sounds totally normal now, but at first, it stood out a bit. Seattle's NHL team unveiled its name Thursday: They're the Seattle Kraken. I can tell if this isn't a bad team name because when I started writing this three minutes ago, I was going to say "eh," but I'm already kind of used to it. Some quick stats: -They're the fourth team in the league to go collective singular (Lightning, Wild, Avalanche), which is cool. - It's the first monster-based team name in the NHL and... possibly in all of the four North American major leagues? It depends on whether a "giant" would qualify as a monster and if you correctly identify a hornet as a monster. So the team name is fine. The jerseys? Awesome. I'll say somewhere in the "C" range for team name (allowing for the grade to be bumped up as I get used to it) and "A" range for jerseys. The biggest worry is that people might be dumb like me, read it quickly and see "Seattle Karen." My first 15-20 reactions to the name unveiling were Karen-based. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jetsfan80 Posted July 23, 2020 Share Posted July 23, 2020 Love it. Am I allowed to be a fan? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BROOKLYN JET Posted July 23, 2020 Author Share Posted July 23, 2020 21 minutes ago, Jetsfan80 said: Love it. Am I allowed to be a fan? Sure why not, the jersey is sweet! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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