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aparch said:
Alright. I'm a little disappointed in the lack of PNW green, but I love the S logo. It eludes to the indigenous designs of the area, the negative space in the S is a tentacle, the bright red eye in the S, and it's all a callback to the Seattle Metropolitans logo.

And the Space Needle / anchor secondary logo? Awesome.


I'm all in.
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The Space Needle/Anchor secondary logo is just *chefs kiss*.
 
Jimjamesak said:
They did it. The mad lads f-ing did it.

I’m buying a jersey.
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Won't mean sh-t until the 'buds are back.

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Kepler said:
It's still the worst, but now there's competition.
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I never hated the name "Wild" tbh and never understood the opposition. There is a decent amount of wilderness in the state, people love the outdoors there despite the weather and the logo encapsulates much of it. I don't say that as a homer of the franchise (I'm a pseudo fan because my heart left with the North Stars) but as a resident of the state I think it fits. It's not a "I'll die on a hill" opinion but...
 
Am I the only one that saw the color scheme of the Kraken and thought, "did the Sharks do something new here"?
 
Slap Shot said:
I never hated the name "Wild" tbh and never understood the opposition. There is a decent amount of wilderness in the state, people love the outdoors there despite the weather and the logo encapsulates much of it. I don't say that as a homer of the franchise (I'm a pseudo fan because my heart left with the North Stars) but as a resident of the state I think it fits. It's not a "I'll die on a hill" opinion but...
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"Minnesota Wilderness" would have been an OK name.

"Minnesota Wild" is the tipsy, low self-esteem blonde you take home at last call and double bag because of the possibility of transmission. She was cute in high school but that was 15 very hard partying years ago.

She's a realtor.

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Kepler said:
"Minnesota Wilderness" would have been an OK name.

"Minnesota Wild" is the tipsy, low self-esteem blonde you take home at last call and double bag because of the possibility of transmission. She was cute in high school but that was 15 very hard partying years ago.

She's a realtor.

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"Wilderness" would be clunky so your opinion is not surprising. Nothing you wrote there applies to my thoughts on it but I understand misplacing people into silos is your thing.
 
Slap Shot said:
"Wilderness" would be clunky so your opinion is not surprising. Nothing you wrote there applies to my thoughts on it but I understand misplacing people into silos is your thing.
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Well I'm glad we understand each other.

The tl; dr is Wild sucks. But again, the North Stars were the best logo and name in history so anything that came after sucked.

I would actually give Minnesota the award for highest quality of sports team names: North Stars, Vikings, Lakers, and Twins are all fantastic names.

Does any other city have a sweep of major sport names that combine clever local reference AND cool? Only NYC, and that's hardly a fair comparison because there have been a billion NYC teams.

Code: 
6 NYC [B]Dodgers[/B], Giants (2x), Mets, [B]Knicks[/B], Islanders (but out of far more candidate names)
4 Min [B]North Stars[/B], [B]Vikings[/B], [B]Lakers[/B], [B]Twins[/B]
3 Hou [B]Astros[/B], Rockets, [B]Oilers[/B]
2 NO  [B]Saints[/B], [B]Jazz[/B]
2 Dal Cowboys, Rangers
2 Was [B]Senators[/B], Capitals
2 Bos [B]Celtics[/B], Patriots
2 SD  [B]Padres[/B], Clippers
2 Den Rockies, Nuggets (Avalanche is not clever)
1 SF  [B]49ers[/B]
1 Phi 76ers
1 StL [B]Blues[/B]
1 LA  Angels
1 Phx [B]Diamondbacks [/B](I hate this team's existence but it's a very clever name)
1 Det Pistons
1 Pit [B]Steelers[/B]
1 Sea Mariners
1 Atl [B]Flames[/B]
1 GB  [B]Packers [/B](100% ratio)
1 KC  Royals? <-- I don't know if this is clever, it has something to do with cows; I'm not joking

Bold: my picks for the Hall of Fame for team names.
 
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Kepler said:
Well I'm glad we understand each other.

The tl; dr is Wild sucks. But again, the North Stars were the best logo and name in history so anything that came after sucked.

I would actually give Minnesota the award for highest quality of sports team names: North Stars, Vikings, Lakers, and Twins are all fantastic names.

Does any other city have a sweep of major sport names that combine clever local reference AND cool? Only NYC, and that's hardly a fair comparison because there have been a billion NYC teams.

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6 NYC Dodgers, Giants (2x), Mets, Knicks, Islanders (but out of far more candidate names)
4 Min North Stars, Vikings, Lakers, Twins
3 Hou Astros, Rockets, Oilers
2 NO Saints, Jazz
2 Dal Cowboys, Rangers
2 Was Senators, Capitals
2 Bos Celtics, Patriots
2 SD Padres, Clippers
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I'm not even a big fan of the current franchise (I might have already said that sorry). I simply think it's quite apt for the location. I could be wrong but I believe a kraken is a mythical character from between Norway and Greenland. That has what to do with Seattle?
 
Slap Shot said:
I'm not even a big fan of the current franchise (I might have already said that sorry). I simply think it's quite apt for the location. I could be wrong but I believe a kraken is a mythical character from between Norway and Greenland. That has what to do with Seattle?
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Nothing, which is why it's not clever. It's riding a wave of current fad hype. c.f. Raptors. It's a childish name.

In 10 years people will be like, "my god this name is an albatross. Hey, I have an idea!"

Plus I gotta think there must be a dozen legendary PNW sea monsters.
 
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Kepler said:
Nothing, which is why it's not clever. It's riding a wave of current fad hype. c.f. Raptors. It's a childish name.

In 10 years people will be like, "my god this name is an albatross. Hey, I have an idea!"

Plus I gotta think there must be a dozen legendary PNW sea monsters.
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Ah, found the one guy who lived in the PNW but has never heard of Ballard.

Washington, and Seattle especially, has a lot of old cultural links to Norway and Sweden. The fishing and timber industries were especially full of immigrants from Norway and Sweden.

I like the Kraken name. It’s not Totems or Metropolitans like I wanted but it’s weird and everyone else hates it. It fits Seattle to a tee.
 
Jimjamesak said:
Ah, found the one guy who lived in the PNW but has never heard of Ballard.

Washington, and Seattle especially, has a lot of old cultural links to Norway and Sweden. The fishing and timber industries were especially full of immigrants from Norway and Sweden.

I like the Kraken name. It’s not Totems or Metropolitans like I wanted but it’s weird and everyone else hates it. It fits Seattle to a tee.
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I still have my “free Ballard” shirt
 
Jimjamesak said:
Ah, found the one guy who lived in the PNW but has never heard of Ballard.

Washington, and Seattle especially, has a lot of old cultural links to Norway and Sweden. The fishing and timber industries were especially full of immigrants from Norway and Sweden.

I like the Kraken name. It’s not Totems or Metropolitans like I wanted but it’s weird and everyone else hates it. It fits Seattle to a tee.
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Seattle is "weird" the way Spencer's Gifts is weird. Just because something is a brand doesn't mean it's real.

Also, everybody is going to LOVE Kraken because it's loud, adolescent, and dumb. It's the sobriquet equivalent of Chelsea Dagger.
 
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