I-90 W Posted January 9, 2020 Report Posted January 9, 2020 Out of curiosity, when will their name be announced? Wonder if they will have a community poll like we did. Quote
DarthEbriate Posted January 10, 2020 Report Posted January 10, 2020 (edited) 2 hours ago, I-90 W said: Out of curiosity, when will their name be announced? Wonder if they will have a community poll like we did. The Seattle Times did a poll of the names known to have been submitted for trademark. https://www.seattletimes.com/sports/hockey/sockeyes-or-totems-announcing-the-winner-of-our-unofficial-tournament-to-name-seattles-nhl-team/ Sockeyes won locally. Edit: As to when... it's got to be soon. Probably after football season ends and before spring training reports. (No basketball, so there's ample down time for hockey to take center ice) Edited January 10, 2020 by DarthEbriate 1 Quote
Taro T Posted January 10, 2020 Report Posted January 10, 2020 41 minutes ago, DarthEbriate said: The Seattle Times did a poll of the names known to have been submitted for trademark. https://www.seattletimes.com/sports/hockey/sockeyes-or-totems-announcing-the-winner-of-our-unofficial-tournament-to-name-seattles-nhl-team/ Sockeyes won locally. Edit: As to when... it's got to be soon. Probably after football season ends and before spring training reports. (No basketball, so there's ample down time for hockey to take center ice) Seriously? Sockeyes? That might be even more demeaning than the Scheisskopfen. Quote
DarthEbriate Posted January 10, 2020 Report Posted January 10, 2020 (edited) 13 hours ago, Taro T said: Seriously? Sockeyes? That might be even more demeaning than the Scheisskopfen. Ach, der Scheiβkopf! Nicht, nicht, und immer nicht. Der Kopf? Das Kopf? I had it right, der Kopf. Seattlelites are really big into their alliteration. Sounder/Sonic/Storm/Seahawk. So Sockeye works. (And I'd go Sockeye, no s. Refer to it as a school of spawning sockeye.) They're beautiful fish. edit: Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.... they're sorta crazy fish, but beautiful. Just no kraken or metropolitan for me. I'd love to see them be the geoducks just for a larf. For those of you who don't know a geoduck: it's a clam. Delicious clams that you can saute or eat as sushi. Local to the Puget Sound. However, if you look up an image of a geoduck, then you'd realize the joke and why the one local college with a geoduck as its mascot is having fun with it. Go ahead, look up an image of a geoduck. Edited January 10, 2020 by DarthEbriate Quote
Weave Posted January 10, 2020 Report Posted January 10, 2020 Seattle Steelhead. Same idea, better sounding fish. 1 Quote
DarthEbriate Posted January 10, 2020 Report Posted January 10, 2020 22 minutes ago, Weave said: Seattle Steelhead. Same idea, better sounding fish. But Steelhead, what's with this thingy? (RIP Ironhead) Steelhead certainly sound cooler, but they're not as delicious (in my opinion). Quote
Stoner Posted January 10, 2020 Report Posted January 10, 2020 Sockeye is a pretty good hockey name. Quote
Taro T Posted January 11, 2020 Report Posted January 11, 2020 7 hours ago, DarthEbriate said: Ach, der Scheiβkopf! Nicht, nicht, und immer nicht. Der Kopf? Das Kopf? I had it right, der Kopf. Seattlelites are really big into their alliteration. Sounder/Sonic/Storm/Seahawk. So Sockeye works. (And I'd go Sockeye, no s. Refer to it as a school of spawning sockeye.) They're beautiful fish. edit: Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.... they're sorta crazy fish, but beautiful. Just no kraken or metropolitan for me. I'd love to see them be the geoducks just for a larf. For those of you who don't know a geoduck: it's a clam. Delicious clams that you can saute or eat as sushi. Local to the Puget Sound. However, if you look up an image of a geoduck, then you'd realize the joke and why the one local college with a geoduck as its mascot is having fun with it. Go ahead, look up an image of a geoduck. After dropping their entry back a year, they'll always be den Scheiβkopfen zum mir. ? Quote
apuszczalowski Posted January 11, 2020 Report Posted January 11, 2020 I thought I heard around the all Star game they were supposed to announce something? Can Seattle pass on having to take someone from the Sabres Roster? Might be the first time an expansion team gives the other team a pick to just not have to make a pick..... 2 Quote
DarthEbriate Posted January 11, 2020 Report Posted January 11, 2020 3 hours ago, Taro T said: After dropping their entry back a year, they'll always be den Scheiβkopfen zum mir. ? Such an annoyance! We wouldn't have had to protect Dahlin. Seattle punks! But... to be fair to them... they didn't want their inaugural season to feature a lockout. Quote
Drag0nDan Posted June 22, 2020 Report Posted June 22, 2020 So post-season i was thinking about this... what does this look like? FWD-Eichel, Reinhart, Skinner (NMC, must be protected), Olofsson, Mittelstadt, Thompson, Okposo D-Dahlin, Jokiharju, Montour/Risto (still holding out hope they trade one), McCabe, Borgen, Miller G-Ullmark The protected forwards are probably not even on the roster, and it doesn't make sense to protect 8 skaters unless they still have both montour and risto - or borgen shows some usefulness. I don't think it matters either way as i think this team will be reshaped a bit before 2020-2021 anyway. Quote
GASabresIUFAN Posted June 25, 2020 Author Report Posted June 25, 2020 On 6/22/2020 at 4:17 PM, Drag0nDan said: So post-season i was thinking about this... what does this look like? FWD-Eichel, Reinhart, Skinner (NMC, must be protected), Olofsson, Mittelstadt, Thompson, Okposo D-Dahlin, Jokiharju, Montour/Risto (still holding out hope they trade one), McCabe, Borgen, Miller G-Ullmark The protected forwards are probably not even on the roster, and it doesn't make sense to protect 8 skaters unless they still have both montour and risto - or borgen shows some usefulness. I don't think it matters either way as i think this team will be reshaped a bit before 2020-2021 anyway. Kahun is going to be protected. Quote
dudacek Posted June 25, 2020 Report Posted June 25, 2020 2 hours ago, GASabresIUFAN said: Kahun is going to be protected. Botterill’s last move going to be his best? I think it might be. Quote
GASabresIUFAN Posted June 25, 2020 Author Report Posted June 25, 2020 (edited) 1 hour ago, dudacek said: Botterill’s last move going to be his best? I think it might be. better then Jokiharju for Nylander? Interesting fact on Kahun from the Hockey News Quote In two NHL seasons, Kahun, 24, quietly ranks 30th in first assists per 60 and 66th in points per 60 among 683 NHL skaters with at least 500 minutes played at 5-on-5. Edited June 25, 2020 by GASabresIUFAN Quote
Drag0nDan Posted June 25, 2020 Report Posted June 25, 2020 10 hours ago, GASabresIUFAN said: Kahun is going to be protected. knew i was forgetting something. Quote
LGR4GM Posted June 25, 2020 Report Posted June 25, 2020 I keep wondering if Kahun was Botterill's idea. Or if Kahun was only acquired so he could shed salary and get Simmonds. Quote
Drag0nDan Posted June 25, 2020 Report Posted June 25, 2020 3 minutes ago, LGR4GM said: I keep wondering if Kahun was Botterill's idea. Or if Kahun was only acquired so he could shed salary and get Simmonds. Quote
Thorner Posted June 25, 2020 Report Posted June 25, 2020 12 hours ago, dudacek said: Botterill’s last move going to be his best? I think it might be. Honestly, I think the jury is still out on Kahun. We've seen so little. 2 Quote
sabresparaavida Posted June 25, 2020 Report Posted June 25, 2020 28 minutes ago, Thorny said: Honestly, I think the jury is still out on Kahun. We've seen so little. Right now, I view Kahun as a good 3rd liner that's likely gonna get stuck playing 2RW, where he likely won't quite be up to snuff. I have a feeling we won't view him quite so positively next season, but that's more due to not having 2 good top 6 Rw than him being bad. Quote
Thorner Posted June 25, 2020 Report Posted June 25, 2020 (edited) 6 minutes ago, sabresparaavida said: Right now, I view Kahun as a good 3rd liner that's likely gonna get stuck playing 2RW, where he likely won't quite be up to snuff. I have a feeling we won't view him quite so positively next season, but that's more due to not having 2 good top 6 Rw than him being bad. I definitely see this being the case if we don't bring in a true 2C. With a good C there, and one of Skinner or Reinhart, I'd think Kahun has a fighting chance to slide into the top 6 adequately. Left wing/right wing. But if we're looking at a Johansson-Kahun type 2C-2RW pairing, where Kahun is arguably the 2nd/tied for 2nd best player on the line, I don't think we'll be looking at him in the same way. He's the EXACT type of player (a good, useful asset with strong utility) we've been manually mitigating the results of for so long by asking too much of them. Edited June 25, 2020 by Thorny 1 Quote
Stoner Posted June 25, 2020 Report Posted June 25, 2020 Are we allowed to mention the name of the new arena in Seattle? I'm quite serious. @spndnchz @nfreeman 1 Quote
MattPie Posted June 25, 2020 Report Posted June 25, 2020 10 minutes ago, PASabreFan said: Are we allowed to mention the name of the new arena in Seattle? I'm quite serious. @spndnchz @nfreeman That's actually a really cool concept. I applaud them for giving it a go. Quote
Stoner Posted June 25, 2020 Report Posted June 25, 2020 21 minutes ago, MattPie said: That's actually a really cool concept. I applaud them for giving it a go. I bet it doesn't get named on certain news sites. Unmitigated capitalism? Fine. Social cause? We won't mention the name. Quote
Taro T Posted June 25, 2020 Report Posted June 25, 2020 1 hour ago, PASabreFan said: Are we allowed to mention the name of the new arena in Seattle? I'm quite serious. @spndnchz @nfreeman It's their money; they can call it what they want. Better than calling it Lemon Scented Pledge Arena. Quote
Andrew Amerk Posted June 25, 2020 Report Posted June 25, 2020 25 minutes ago, Taro T said: It's their money; they can call it what they want. Better than calling it Lemon Scented Pledge Arena. I thought it was gonna be called “The Krak House?” 1 Quote
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