OT Seattle approved as 32nd NHL franchise start in 2021-22

[KeepOnRollin]

Ya, ya, F Seattle! Whatever. But this is big news even if everyone saw it coming.

https://www.nhl.com/news/seattle-is-32nd-nhl-franchise-will-start-play-in-2021-22/c-302583844

The Seattle franchise will pay a $650-million expansion fee. That fee will be distributed in equal shares to 30 of the NHL's presently existing clubs (all except Vegas, which entered the League with an expansion fee of $500 million in 2017-18).

"Today is an exciting and historic day for our League as we expand to one of North America's most innovative, beautiful and fastest-growing cities," NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman said. "We are delighted to add David Bonderman, Tod Leiweke and the entire NHL Seattle group to the National Hockey League family. And we are thrilled that Seattle, a city with a proud hockey history that includes being the home for the first American team ever to win the Stanley Cup, is finally joining the NHL."

 

[julius]

https://www.nhlseattle.com/news-return-to-hockey.html

It'd be nice if Portland had anyone who gave a shit about bringing a team to Portland.

 

[Mediocre Man]

So stupid. Portland is such a great hockey town. I really hope they get a team someday. If not then Houston

 

[julius]

So stupid. Portland is such a great hockey town. I really hope they get a team someday. If not then Houston

Agreed. It's pathetic how little effort is truly made to bring an NHL team here. They already have an existing arena, that won't be being rebuilt for at least the 3rd time (and still small).

Oh well, Portland might get a baseball team in 7 years...

 

[The Professional Fan]

Bovida list of potential team names with odds:

Totems -105
Emeralds +400
Rainiers +700
Sockeyes +700
Kraken +700
Renegades +1600
Sea Lions +2200
Seals +2200
Evergreens +2800
Whales +2800
Cougars +2800
Eagles +2800
Firebirds +2800

I like Sockeyes the best I think. Seattle Sockeyes. Though they'd probably go by "The Socks" and that might not be the best in Mariner country.

 

[santeesioux]

 

[santeesioux]

You really think they'd risk a a name like the Totems in a town like that in today's political climate?

 

[The Professional Fan]

You really think they'd risk a a name like the Totems in a town like that in today's political climate?

I believe the Totems used to be a hockey team in Seattle. So were the Metropolitans.

 

[blue9]

I wish we were getting an NHL team so that we could think of team names for a hockey team rather than a baseball team.

Bovida list of potential team names with odds:

Totems -105
Emeralds +400
Rainiers +700
Sockeyes +700
Kraken +700
Renegades +1600
Sea Lions +2200
Seals +2200
Evergreens +2800
Whales +2800
Cougars +2800
Eagles +2800
Firebirds +2800

I like Sockeyes the best I think. Seattle Sockeyes. Though they'd probably go by "The Socks" and that might not be the best in Mariner country.

First four are goodish.

 

[The Professional Fan]

I wish we were getting an NHL team so that we could think of team names for a hockey team rather than a baseball team.

First four are goodish.

Agreed. A lot of the Seattle people I follow on Twitter are in favor of Kraken.

 

[blue9]

Agreed. A lot of the Seattle people I follow on Twitter are in favor of Kraken.

Nooooooooo!! Kraken and Renegade are THE WORST. (And Firebirds. Seriously, WTF?)

 

[Rozay]

It’ll be Emeralds

 

[blue9]

I like Emeralds.

 

[The Professional Fan]

Nooooooooo!! Kraken and Renegade are THE WORST. (And Firebirds. Seriously, WTF?)

Kraken sounds dumb but the gear could be pretty cool.

 

[ripcityboy]

https://www.nhlseattle.com/news-return-to-hockey.html

It'd be nice if Portland had anyone who gave a shit about bringing a team to Portland.

Look at the baseball discussion. Why would the apathy suddenly change if it was hockey?

 

[jlprk]

This new competition for the fan dollar reduces the chance of the NBA returning to Seattle. Not that I expected it to return.

 

[julius]

Look at the baseball discussion. Why would the apathy suddenly change if it was hockey?

I wouldn't put the feelings of basketball fans on a basketball forum as the barometer for interest

 

[ripcityboy]

I wouldn't put the feelings of basketball fans on a basketball forum as the barometer for interest

If there is a hockey team here I am sure they will have to draft enough neophytes to fill the seats.

 

[PDXFonz]

Bovida list of potential team names with odds:

Totems -105
Emeralds +400
Rainiers +700
Sockeyes +700
Kraken +700
Renegades +1600
Sea Lions +2200
Seals +2200
Evergreens +2800
Whales +2800
Cougars +2800
Eagles +2800
Firebirds +2800

I like Sockeyes the best I think. Seattle Sockeyes. Though they'd probably go by "The Socks" and that might not be the best in Mariner country.

But which name lends to the best insult?

Seattle Suckeyes ?

 

[PDXFonz]

The classic.

 

[The Professional Fan]

But which name lends to the best insult?

Seattle Suckeyes ?

Honestly? I think it has to be Totems (Scrotums)

 

[blue9]

 

[hoopsjock]

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I love the "Seattle Pete Carroll Should Have Given The Ball To Marshawn Lynch On The One Yard Line During The Super Bowls"

 

[Mediocre Man]

Seamen would be brilliant.

Speaking of....These 2 whales cruising around the ocean when the male whale spots the ship that harpooned his parents.

He tells the female whale he wants to swim under the boat, blow out their spout and capsize the ship, killing all the sailors.

The female whale agrees, and it works to perfection, but a few sailors survive and are swimming to the shore.

The male whale has none of it and starts swalowing them so they drown, but the female whale will have none it.

The male asks why and the female says she has no trouble blowing, but she refuses to swallow any seamen.

 

[PDXFonz]

Honestly? I think it has to be Totems (Scrotums)

Hahaha yes, this is good!

 

[SlyPokerDog]

I like it!

 

[TorturedBlazerFan]

Seamen would be brilliant.

Speaking of....These 2 whales cruising around the ocean when the male whale spots the ship that harpooned his parents.

He tells the female whale he wants to swim under the boat, blow out their spout and capsize the ship, killing all the sailors.

The female whale agrees, and it works to perfection, but a few sailors survive and are swimming to the shore.

The male whale has none of it and starts swalowing them so they drown, but the female whale will have none it.

The male asks why and the female says she has no trouble blowing, but she refuses to swallow any seamen.

 

[ripcityboy]

How about the Seattle Fratricide. That way Portland can be reminded of how Seattle's NHL expansion team killed any immediate chances of the city getting one.

Oh that right. There is always the hope that Seattle's success will spark chances of an NHL team moving here. I am sure after we kill the MLB stadium project and drive out Barrett's investment group, potential owners will be just dying to move their franchises here.

 

[MARIS61]

Learn something new every day.

I've been to a few Winterhawks games decades ago, but never followed hockey.

I figured there were maybe 6-8 franchises in the NHL.

 

[TorturedBlazerFan]

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From this list I really like Seattle Affectice Disorder