Seattle Kraken

[DarthEbriate]

33 minutes ago, IKnowPhysics said:

I want Bubo on the screen. Maybe when an opponent takes a bad penalty. Instead of playing the Dragnet theme or some such.

[Andrew Amerk]

The Kraken have become only the 4th NHL team with a name that doesn’t end in “s.”

Without looking, name the other 3. 

[SABRES 0311]

12 minutes ago, Andrew Amerk said:

The Kraken have become only the 4th NHL team with a name that doesn’t end in “s.”

Without looking, name the other 3. 

Avs

Wild

[shrader]

1 minute ago, SABRES 0311 said:

Avs

Wild

Lightning

But it is funny when people throw an S at the end of that one. 

[sabresparaavida]

6 minutes ago, Andrew Amerk said:

The Kraken have become only the 4th NHL team with a name that doesn’t end in “s.”

Without looking, name the other 3. 

Without looking: Lightning, Wild, and Avalanche. Thought of Lightning right away, took a minute for the others.

[SABRES 0311]

17 minutes ago, shrader said:

Lightning

But it is funny when people throw an S at the end of that one. 

I cheated. Conscience.

[Andrew Amerk]

Looks familiar. 

[PromoTheRobot]

35 minutes ago, Andrew Amerk said:

The Kraken have become only the 4th NHL team with a name that doesn’t end in “s.”

Without looking, name the other 3. 

Avalanche

Lightning

Wild

[Brawndo]

7 hours ago, IKnowPhysics said:

Based on the VGK expansion deal?  Even odds, although replicating VGK's meme-worthy historic run might be a stretch.

They don't have George McPhee, but they do have some interesting hires in GM Ron Francis, Francis' longtime righthand man Ricky Olcyzk and an interesting cast of Pro Scouts in Cammi Granato (the first female full-time Pro Scout in the league), Ulf Samuellsson, Stu Barnes, Dave Hunter, and John Goodwin.  The owners have also mandated analytics as the way of life, hiring former War-On-Ice analytics guru Alex Mandrycky initially as the Director of Hockey Administration (now as Director of Hockey Research and Strategy), giving her and analytics a say in the vetting of the GM hiring and all player personnel decisions.  They also picked up award-winning analytics pro Dani Chu.  This was all before November of last year, and they still haven't hired a coaching staff- that's how deep they're embedding analytics.  It's a fascinating approach to have perhaps the most data-driven intelligence in the league.

This is the primary reason Risto can be left exposed in the expansion draft and probably won’t be selected 

[Brawndo]

Something else interesting about Alex Mandrycky, she was not a hockey fan until she met her husband, who is from Buffalo and a Huge Sabres Fan

[LGR4GM]

3 minutes ago, Brawndo said:

This is the primary reason Risto can be left exposed in the expansion draft and probably won’t be selected 

See, now you're playing chess and we NHL gms play checkers

[Indabuff]

3 hours ago, DarthEbriate said:

I want Bubo on the screen. Maybe when an opponent takes a bad penalty. Instead of playing the Dragnet theme or some such.

 

Edited July 24, 2020 by Indabuff
Calibos just wants some love

[Curt]

17 hours ago, LGR4GM said:

This tweet was a typo.  Should have said “Some welcome wins are on the way.”

[Zamboni]

1 hour ago, Curt said:

This tweet was a typo.  Should have said “Some welcome wins are on the way.”

[FogBat]

20 hours ago, LGR4GM said:

They are on the coast and chose a sea monster as a name, it makes sense to me. 

This just crossed my mind. They should have gone with Seattle Chaz.

[LGR4GM]

8 minutes ago, Crosschecking said:

This just crossed my mind. They should have gone with Seattle Chaz.

already joked about

[FogBat]

3 minutes ago, LGR4GM said:

already joked about

Sorry I missed that. Been a busy day yesterday.

[LGR4GM]

2 minutes ago, Crosschecking said:

Sorry I missed that. Been a busy day yesterday.

It was joked about so much on twitter I don't even know if it was here. 

[Pimlach]

After reading the history of Seattle hockey it appears the name and logo are quite creative.  
 

Vancouver has a true rival now.  

[IKnowPhysics]

13 hours ago, Brawndo said:

This is the primary reason Risto can be left exposed in the expansion draft and probably won’t be selected 

Your lamentation game is weak, son.  You gotta go all in. 

If you're that convinced about Risto, then you know he would be selected after Seattle favorably deals with Buffalo to take both the contract and an analytics-strong prospect.

And then because self-loathing Buffalo, Risto would inevitably be better on the other team after the trade, making the deal look like a fleece.  Fans will need to kneejerk denounce the GM and, and by falsely perceived causation, ownership decisions, ownership style, the owners themselves, the franchise, the PR twitter account, ticket prices, the arena, the donut shop next to the arena, the city, the county, NYS taxes, Bethlehem Steel, and Gary Bettman, with shoutouts to Leon Czolgosz and the Kensington Expressway.

Get on our level.

Edited July 24, 2020 by IKnowPhysics

[MakeSabresGrr8Again]

13 minutes ago, IKnowPhysics said:

Your lamentation game is weak, son.  You gotta go all in. 

If you're that convinced about Risto, then you know he would be selected after Seattle favorably deals with Buffalo to take both the contract and an analytics-strong prospect.

And then because self-loathing Buffalo, Risto would inevitably be better on the other team after the trade, making the deal look like a fleece.  Fans will need to kneejerk denounce the GM and, and by falsely perceived causation, ownership decisions, ownership style, the owners themselves, the franchise, the PR twitter account, ticket prices, the arena, the donut shop next to the arena, the city, the county, NYS taxes, Bethlehem Steel, and Gary Bettman, with shoutouts to Leon Czolgosz and the Kensington Expressway.

Get on our level.

Boy, did you leave out a whole bunch. But I must say it was a gallant effort to say the least.

 

Edited July 24, 2020 by MakeSabresGrr8Again

[Marvin]

On 7/23/2020 at 6:40 PM, carpandean said:

Note: Not my concepts.  Some violate good practice "rules" (no words, no sticks, etc.)

 

The problem with hockey sticks is that EVERY team which had a hockey stick in its logo was one of the 50 worst teams in NHL history at some point in their history.  That, in an of itself, is enough of a reason to avoid hockey stick logos.

[Taro T]

1 minute ago, Marvin, Sabres Fan said:

The problem with hockey sticks is that EVERY team which had a hockey stick in its logo was one of the 50 worst teams in NHL history at some point in their history.  That, in an of itself, is enough of a reason to avoid hockey stick logos.

And the Aisles, Pens, & Caps have also won the Stanley Cup wearing sweaters with hockey sticks on them.

Pretty sure the sticks didn't win them the Cup nor did they make the '74-'75 Caps the worst team ever.

[Sabel79]

Must say, I've come around on the logo now that it's been pointed out how close it is to Trogdor the Burninator.  The, probably, one of you who gets this reference will make it worth it. 

[Rasmus_]

I look forward to the added element for next season.  So who's the early bet on who we'll lose?