Seattle franchise officially addresses reports of leaked team name

So… is it Kraken or not?!

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Seattle franchise officially addresses reports of leaked team name
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The NHL All-Star break has come and gone and hockey fans are left wondering, "Hey... what's the Seattle team going to be called?" You may recall that NHL insider Chris Johnston reported earlier this season that the Seattle Group would release their team name and logo as part of All-Star festivities... except that didn't happen. So... what gives?

No one quite knows what the deal is or when Seattle will officially name its franchise, but earlier today, John Hoven of mayorsmanor.com, joined SXM NHL Network Radio and reported that a name has allegedly been decided on... ready for this?

Really ready?

Welcome to the NHL... the Seattle Kraken!

From Hoven:

“From everything that I’ve heard, it looks like Seattle Kraken is going to be the name,” Hoven said on the broadcast. “Which is quite surprising, actually, when I was given that information just a couple of days ago. I was a little bit in shock personally, just because we had been told several times previously that that was not the name that they were going for. It looked like they were leaning toward Sockeyes. And then now, I guess it’s come out that that was a name that’s been used in a book by an author. Maybe it was a fantasy novel, I’m not exactly sure, I haven’t done the research on what the book series was about. But it’s been out there I guess now for about five years or so.

“That just then creates one of those legal issues that the NHL tends to try to shy away from, trying to secure the rights and that sort of stuff. It’s one of the reasons why they’ve been so reluctant to use names of the past teams and things like that. And the AHL, they experienced that as well, putting a team in San Diego. They had to buy the Gulls’ name, which had been through about seven different leagues and was actually owned by a local junior team in San Diego. So they had to buy the logos, and the trademarks, and the names, and all that stuff. It’s just yet another process that complicates an already complicated situation trying to get an expansion franchise off the [ground and] get it up and running.”

And what about team colors?

“It looks like it’s a red, and there’s like a, what I call a teal-ish color,” he said. “It’s a lighter teal-ish color, and black. Those seem to be the primary colors they’re going to be going with.”

Hoven makes it clear though that he has NOT received any official confirmation on the team name or colors, so don't come at him if he's ultimately found out to be wrong.

“I do just want to say, in one of these situations like this, I’m always a little reluctant if there’s somebody trying to do the ultimate swerve and misleak information,” Hoven said. “I was told by a source that’s very connected to the situation that it is the Kraken. I believe that it’s the Kraken. But save your tweets if they end up doing a giant swerve on everybody and going with something completely different like the Totems, or the Seattle Swarm, or whatever one of the million other names are out there.”

So... what say you, hockey fans. The Seattle Kraken. Pass or fail?

UPDATE: The Seattle franchise has OFFICIALLY addressed the Kraken rumors...

Check it out:



Hmmmm... so is it Kraken or not? The "fishy" part of the above Tweet leaves me to believe it might be "Sockeyes". Hmmmmm... stay tuned.


Source: Seattle NHL