Logos are Seattle Times illustrations. While this won’t settle anything, clearly, you should cast your vote below for which hockey name you prefer: Get your pass and access all of the great sessions, including Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Co-chair Bill Gates, Expedia Group CEO Peter Kern, Microsoft Chief Product Officer Panos Panay, and Dreambox Learning CEO Jessie Woolley-Wilson. First, obviously, no lawsuits, and preferably no legal battles or settlements whatsoever. are unrivaled with that name. Cookies help us deliver our Services. The Seattle Metropolitans (Pacific Coast Hockey Association) won the Stanley Cup in 1917, becoming the first American hockey team to do so. 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I just feel the logo, merchandise, marketing potential, etc. NHL Seattle threw a bit of cold water on the Kraken theory and “fishy rumors” with a statement and tweet after the name started trending on Twitter. (Like the last NHL expansion franchise.) Drop the gloves and vote: Should Seattle’s hockey team be called the Kraken or Sockeyes? She told The Seattle Times Wednesday that she’s a hockey fan, has a deposit on season tickets and is willing to work with the team. Seattle mayor Jenny Durkan also jumped on the much-repeated “Release the Kraken” bandwagon with a tweet featuring the Liam Neeson phrase and meme from the 2010 “Clash of the Titans” film. This year, your GeekWire Summit pass allows you to participate in networking opportunities, discussion forums, polls and view sessions on-demand. To make things interesting, we looked at every entry and selected four additional Editor’s Picks, which were revealed in the second-round matchups. Let's take a look at everything we know about Seattle's future team names. So be it. We took your nearly 2,000 submissions and narrowed it down to the top eight vote-getters. ... Seattle's team colors were born of the fans just like the name. - Seattle, WA - National Hockey League Commissioner Gary Bettman gave the thumbs up to a Seattle hockey team on Tuesday. The capsule, locked in the city's iconic Space Needle, will be opened on April 21, 2062, for the observation deck's 100th anniversary. Team CEO and president Tod Leiweke originally claimed the team's name would be announced in the spring of 2019. Kraken — a giant, ship-swallowing sea creature popularized in Scandinavian folklore, literature and film — is not without a backin’ based on the reaction from hockey geeks who weighed in. Cammi Granato: Joins Seattle as pro scout, "Those who think we are sitting on a predetermined name, nope," he told NHL.com. According to Sports Betting Dime, Sockeyes — named after the sockeye salmon — was the odds-on favorite as of last April. According to ESPN Sports Business Reporter Darren Rovell, oddsmakers in Vegas have the “Seattle Totems” as an early-minus favorite. I just can't believe that call.". The Eagles would be a derivative of Philadelphia's NFL team name but provide a safe and easy option for Seattle's ownership group to sell to the public. MORE: Seattle's future NHL franchise name possibilities, ranked from Cougars to Kraken. Totems, Emeralds, Rainiers, Sockeyes, Renegades, Sea Lions, Seals, Evergreens, Whales, Cougars, Eagles and Firebirds also made the list of 13 potential names the Seattle ownership group registered for the city’s latest expansion team. ), John Hoven of the hockey site Mayor’s Manor started the speculation when he said in a Sirius XM radio appearance that, from everything he had heard, Kraken is going to be the name, despite the fact that for a while it looked like the team was leaning toward “Seattle Sockeyes.”. 17.8m members in the sports community. By Rich Boudet, Frank Mina and Evan Webeck | The Seattle Times, Ackerley brothers, Adrian Hanauer, Amazon CEO among NHL Seattle minority owners, What's in a name?