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Re: Seattle expected to begin play in 2021

17 by ccfan22
Dave's a mess wrote: Tue Dec 04, 2018 3:29 pm Yeah the Red/Black thing is disappointing. I'm just generally not a fan of black jerseys, and there are already enough red teams. Green would've provided a nice little change. I'm guessing this rules out the Seattle Emeralds as a potential team name.
Everything I'm hearing is saying the Metropolitans are a done deal. I hate that - I really wanted the Kraken!!!

Re: Seattle expected to begin play in 2021

18 by NHLTIM
ccfan22 wrote: Tue Dec 04, 2018 3:43 pm
Dave's a mess wrote: Tue Dec 04, 2018 3:29 pm Yeah the Red/Black thing is disappointing. I'm just generally not a fan of black jerseys, and there are already enough red teams. Green would've provided a nice little change. I'm guessing this rules out the Seattle Emeralds as a potential team name.
Everything I'm hearing is saying the Metropolitans are a done deal. I hate that - I really wanted the Kraken!!!
I still prefer Totems but I do think Kraken would have been fantastic.
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Re: Seattle expected to begin play in 2021

19 by bradleygt89
I think everyone is getting ahead of themselves. Red and black are also common design templates to use, and the 'players in the arena' picture was from back in April. Could it be the future team colors? Possible, but changing the websites and social media pages theme colors ain't a big deal.

However, interesting article here with perspectives on the colors in the models: "Everything from team logo to uniform colors will be driven by the name.


For instance, if called the Seattle Emeralds, it’s unlikely they’d go for a red color uniform. Likewise, a “Firebirds” name might prevent traditional Seattle green and blue uniforms.

That raises an important issue for the NHL Seattle group, which is in a unique position to break clear of this city’s traditional pro sports colors. That tradition, after all, hasn’t exactly produced rafters full of championship banners.

Artists’ renderings of a future, remodeled KeyArena have featured hockey players wearing red and white uniforms, prompting speculation that’s what the new team here will go with.

A 2005 study by Russell A. Hill and Robert A. Barton of the University of Durham in England found Olympic athletes randomly assigned red uniforms for combat sports tended to win more often that those given blue uniforms. The same held true for soccer teams wearing red at the Euro 2004 competition.

Subsequent studies suggest referees favor athletes wearing red. And that teams in red uniforms win more because the color causes elevated blood and testosterone levels among athletes wearing it.

The reigning Stanley Cup champion Washington Capitals? Decked out in red.


Throw in the fact that one of the future Seattle team’s owners, Hollywood film producer Jerry Bruckheimer, is a lifelong Detroit Red Wings fan, and color red conspiracy theorists could have a field day. Not to mention, Bruckheimer’s the guy who put the fictional “Kraken’’ sea monster into his Pirates of the Caribbean movies.

But what do a make-believe Kraken and the color red have to do with Seattle? Would fans identify with that?

Branding specialist Passikoff says it may not matter. Though teams nowadays almost always pick traditional, region-identifying names, he says his detailed surveys show they account for only a small percentage of the “loyalty” fans show those franchises.

“At some point, every league has a new team they have to carry because they lose a bunch of games,’’ Passikoff said. “It doesn’t matter what the name of the team is. They’ll eventually have to start winning, regardless of what the name is if they want fans to follow.’’

The Golden Knights certainly had a better first season than some of our Seattle-based teams that struggled for years after inception. Two of them – the Seahawks and Mariners – nearly left town before turning things around.

The NHL Seattle group hopes to win a lot sooner, helped by the same expansion draft rules that benefited the Golden Knights. And if they do, the right name and branding would go a long way to helping fill their coffers the way the Vegas franchise did last season."

https://www.seattletimes.com/sports/hoc ... n-the-ice/
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Re: Seattle expected to begin play in 2021

20 by Dave's a mess
NHLTIM wrote: Tue Dec 04, 2018 3:56 pm
ccfan22 wrote: Tue Dec 04, 2018 3:43 pm
Dave's a mess wrote: Tue Dec 04, 2018 3:29 pm Yeah the Red/Black thing is disappointing. I'm just generally not a fan of black jerseys, and there are already enough red teams. Green would've provided a nice little change. I'm guessing this rules out the Seattle Emeralds as a potential team name.
Everything I'm hearing is saying the Metropolitans are a done deal. I hate that - I really wanted the Kraken!!!
I still prefer Totems but I do think Kraken would have been fantastic.
Here's a list of the team names they've registered:
https://www.sportsnet.ca/hockey/nhl/ran ... nhl-group/
I know it's a bit of a retread, but I actually like the Seals best from this list. We know they won't be Golden.

*Edited to fix link.
...but whatever, the Blues won the Cup!!!!!
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