Rantz: Seattle Kraken is a laughably awful NHL hockey name
Jan 29, 2020, 2:56 PM | Updated: 3:59 pm
NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman at a December press conference, where he officially announced Seattle's hockey team. (AP)
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A new report suggests the new Seattle NHL team will be called the Kraken. This is an awful name.
For starters, if true, it relegates our hockey team to a comic-sounding character. The Kraken doesn’t evoke fear in our future opponents. It evokes laughter. And what will fans be called? The Krakheads. This feels like a good way to get adults less interested in supporting the team, though I suppose more punk teens might enjoy it.
If their fans don't call themselves the "Krakheads," I'll lose all faith in humanity https://t.co/ezoQGQxpvm
— Greg Price (@greg_price11) January 29, 2020
The team name also will be used to remind the country that we’re a city filled with out-of-control homelessness, fueled by drug addiction. To be clear, few will say KeyArena. Instead, it will be called the Krack House. Remember when we were to call the South Lake Union street car a “trolley”? S.L.U.T. was rightly rejected because of how the name would be abused.
I'm with @jasonrantz and @johnkoetsier and so many others on this. Seattle KRAKEN? Seriously?
Stadium: Krak House
Fanbase: Krak Heads
Highway 99 tunnel on game days: Krak Pipe
Music during stoppages: Krak RockThis is a misdirection, right @NHLSeattle_? Do not #releasethekraken
— Cooper Hopkins (@CooperHopkins) January 29, 2020
Not everyone agrees with my hot take, including Congressman Rick Larsen.
What better way to start a game and celebrate a goal with the cry:
Release the Kraken! pic.twitter.com/gepddzGkOu
— Rep. Rick Larsen (@RepRickLarsen) January 29, 2020
Yes! A great name!
— PNWwoman (@PNW__woman) January 29, 2020
Nothing confirmed yet. It's not a great name but could be worse. Most other NHL names are lame too. Ducks? Golden Knights? Bruins? Everything grows on you eventually.
— Miles (@milzinga) January 29, 2020
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