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Is Adam Cracknell available?

BluesSK wrote: Thu Jul 23, 2020 1:14 pmNot CHAZ?

It was already spoken for.

CaptSMRT wrote: Thu Jul 23, 2020 12:14 pm

Dave's a mess wrote: Thu Jul 23, 2020 11:14 am It's official:

My thoughts summed up:


I think the logo is pretty cool, but the team name is going to age poorly. I like everything besides the name, which is a pretty important part of team identity in my estimation.

What about Kraken won't age well? Do you think people will sour on giant monsters because Lovecraft was a racist?

What does a Kraken have to do with Seattle. As far as I know there have been 0 kraken sightings ever recorded in Seattle. Now do you have to have a tie in with the city? No, I don't believe LA has ever had a King, but at least that's a real thing that exists. To me Kraken is the equivalent of swapping an s for a z at the end of a word to make it seem XTREME!! But I do like the rum. Now excuse me while I go shake my fist at a cloud.

I think they nailed it. I love it!

Dave's a mess wrote: Thu Jul 23, 2020 1:24 pm... I don't believe LA has ever had a King, but at least that's a real thing that exists. ...

You slept through History class, didn't you? Charles III was the King of Spain in 1781, when the settlement of El Pueblo Sobre el Rio de Nuestra Señora la Reina de los Angeles del Río de Porciúncula was established within the colony of Spanish California.

BluesSK wrote: Thu Jul 23, 2020 1:15 pmIs Adam Cracknell available?

He played for the Kunlun Red Star in the KHL last season, but he finished the 2018-19 season with the ANA Ducks' AHL affiliate in San Diego. Maybe Anaheim would be willing to sell Seattle his North American rights at least for the Kraken's home opening night in 2021.

I can see some evangelicals having a problem with it, I know people from my old church did not like that I owned a shirt with a kraken on it (no I didn't wear it to services, I should have though). The evangelicals like to compare kraken to leviathan.

JMC-STL wrote: Thu Jul 23, 2020 1:42 pm

Dave's a mess wrote: Thu Jul 23, 2020 1:24 pm... I don't believe LA has ever had a King, but at least that's a real thing that exists. ...

You slept through History class, didn't you? Charles III was the King of Spain in 1781, when the settlement of El Pueblo Sobre el Rio de Nuestra Señora la Reina de los Angeles del Río de Porciúncula was established within the colony of Spanish California.

To be fair I slept through every class at least once a semester. Anyway another mark on the side of Kraken being a stupid name.

Has David Perron already been moved to their roster or will he still be eligible for the Blues in the playoffs?

Nice job on the jerseys. Kraken is fine I preferred some of the other options but it’s cool. Now we can have the squid vs octopus brawl we’ve always wanted when they visit Detroit.

CaptSMRT wrote: Thu Jul 23, 2020 12:14 pm

Dave's a mess wrote: Thu Jul 23, 2020 11:14 amIt's official:

My thoughts summed up:


I think the logo is pretty cool, but the team name is going to age poorly. I like everything besides the name, which is a pretty important part of team identity in my estimation.

What about Kraken won't age well? Do you think people will sour on giant monsters because Lovecraft was a racist?

Cthulhu attended weekend Klan cookouts.

Cthulhu is weak anyway Yog-Sothoth is where it’s at as far as cosmic elder gods go.

ratonmono wrote: Thu Jul 23, 2020 3:38 pm Cthulhu is weak anyway Yog-Sothoth is where it’s at as far as cosmic elder gods go.

Aleister Crowley is rolling in his newly acquired infant body.

Me and Mattyice at work were just Kraken the jokes about how bad that name is. Not crazy about the logo either. Jersey color/scheme was the only thing they got right.

Big whiff IMO, and you can add this to Nashville fucking it up when they chose Predators and Minnesota picking the Wild. Just bad. Bad, bad, bad.

My new favorite team. Might even depart from here and really lean into it

Dread_Pirate_Westley wrote: Thu Jul 23, 2020 5:24 pm My new favorite team. Might even depart from here and really lean into it

Do that and I’ll say you’re Kraken up.

Dave's a mess wrote: Thu Jul 23, 2020 11:14 am It's official:

My thoughts summed up:


I think the logo is pretty cool, but the team name is going to age poorly. I like everything besides the name, which is a pretty important part of team identity in my estimation.

After about 8 hours or so of hearing it, I tend to agree about it not aging well. Sounds cool when you first hear it and then it just seems dumb. It has no connection to Seattle whatsoever.

BluesSK wrote: Thu Jul 23, 2020 7:29 pm

Dave's a mess wrote: Thu Jul 23, 2020 11:14 am It's official:

My thoughts summed up:


I think the logo is pretty cool, but the team name is going to age poorly. I like everything besides the name, which is a pretty important part of team identity in my estimation.

After about 8 hours or so of hearing it, I tend to agree about it not aging well. Sounds cool when you first hear it and then it just seems dumb. It has no connection to Seattle whatsoever.

How do you shorten that name into some cool street lingo... The Krak? ... The Squid? ... Should Mike Camillari get a PTO?

Turk Sanderson wrote: Thu Jul 23, 2020 8:30 pm

BluesSK wrote: Thu Jul 23, 2020 7:29 pm

Dave's a mess wrote: Thu Jul 23, 2020 11:14 am It's official:

My thoughts summed up:


I think the logo is pretty cool, but the team name is going to age poorly. I like everything besides the name, which is a pretty important part of team identity in my estimation.

After about 8 hours or so of hearing it, I tend to agree about it not aging well. Sounds cool when you first hear it and then it just seems dumb. It has no connection to Seattle whatsoever.

How do you shorten that name into some cool street lingo... The Krak? ... The Squid? ... Should Mike Camillari get a PTO?

LOL Mike Calimari.

Dave's a mess wrote: Thu Jul 23, 2020 11:14 am It's official:

My thoughts summed up:


I think the logo is pretty cool, but the team name is going to age poorly.

I’m tired of it already.

BillP. wrote: Thu Jul 23, 2020 5:17 pm Me and Mattyice at work were just Kraken the jokes about how bad that name is. Not crazy about the logo either. Jersey color/scheme was the only thing they got right.

Big whiff IMO, and you can add this to Nashville fucking it up when they chose Predators and Minnesota picking the Wild. Just bad. Bad, bad, bad.

Green and gold should have been their colors....too many dark shades in the NHL already.

lovecraft did not invent the cracken. and leave crowley out of this entirely.

best name they could have chosen. brings a little WWE to the NHL, naming your team after a mythical beast. given what VGK did to their arena and games with the knight motif, i expect seattle to go beyond that embracing the giant sea monster thing. i expect lots of clash of the titans quotes spewing from their over-loud soundsystem. i expect scenes of krakens destroying boats, cities, and humans alike playing on their giant screens. and i expect their team posturing to embrace it.

The Seattle Times did a reader poll for team names and set it up NCAA bracket style. Sockeyes won the poll. Kraken was eliminated in the first round. FYI, in case you forgot, Jerry Bruckheimer is one of the team's minority owners. Among the movies he's produced are the Pirates of the Caribbean series, which features the "Release the Kraken" quote you're sure to hear 30 times at every Seattle game.

BluesSK wrote: Thu Jul 23, 2020 1:14 pmNot CHAZ?

They didn't want to get shot with lethal non lethal rounds...

My pick was always for Kraken. I just assumed the jersey/logo design would have been better.