The Seattle Thunderbirds! The Seattle Totems! The Seattle Metropolitans! The Seattle Mighty Mouse! I don’t know if I’m alone in my way of thinking but every proposed new team name (not just in Seattle) sounds like it belongs more to a cartoon character rather than a professional sports team. In some cases, like the Anaheim Mighty Ducks, I’m actually right.
Team names like the Minnesota Wild, Vancouver Canucks, Tampa Bay Lightning, New York Islanders and others just seem unimaginative. A good team name should be “cool,” maybe even bring out some jealousy from opposing fans that their opponent has such a cool name and they’re stuck cheering for the Maple Leafs.
Thus far, the most commonly suggested names for a potential hockey team in Seattle are; Thunderbirds, Totems and Metropolitans, for the history that each name has locally. Personally I think Totems would automatically be the worst name in the league, but that’s just me.
Give us your opinion in the poll and feel free to leave comments on what you think would be a “cool” name for a NHL franchise in Seattle.
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Personally, I think the Seattle Freeze would be a great name.
The Seattle Sockeyes!! Totally appropriate hockey name. Totally appropriate regional name with the salmon, pike place market fish tossers. I envision salmon being tossed onto the ice.
Totems sounds too close to scrotums.
The Seattle Rain
Seattle Rain…. a million times this
Seattle Sasquatches
Seattle Cascades
Seattle Emeralds (after emerald city)
Seattle Chinooks
Seattle Shadow
Seattle Sleet, Seattle Slough, Seattle Slappers, Seattle slickers, Seattle Joes.
I thought a cool name in somewhat of a funny way is the
Seattle Lions because we would be the Sea Lions LOL
Sockeyes would be pretty sweet, especially if fans started throwing fish onto the ice. Plus it goes with the ‘Seattle S…’ theme that all but the Mariners have adhered-to. But it just doesn’t have that… ‘quan’… that makes it seem like the only logical name. Plus the Ultimate team would probably get pissed and sue. Maybe the Pilots?
Seattle Orca’s
Or
Seattle Killer Whales
That would create a pretty awesome logo I think
Breakers, Chinook, Bombers,
Vancouver has an orca whale as their primary logo. I don’t think they’d like that.
Sockeyes!!!! Check this jersey out
http://www.puckdrawn.com/.m/photos/seattle/seattle_sockeyes_muraro.jpg
I’d like to see the old Seattle Metropolitans S logo on the shoulder with a treble hook in front of it.
The Seattle Flight!
Why the hell does women’s basketball have the Storm! That wouldn’t be a bad one
Seattle Stealheads
Seattle Pacifics
Seattle Emeralds
Seattle Pioneers
Seattle Merchants
Emerald City Metropolitans (Mets)
Seattle RainStorm
Seattle JetLiners
Seattle Pike
Seattle Olympic(s)
JetLiners I think would be too close to Winnipeg. But I wouldn’t be opposed to something that follows Emerald City instead of Seattle, but that wouldn’t happen.
Seatte Pikes
Seattle Salmons
Seattle Sting (Ray)
Seattle Gophers
Seattle Ice Dogs
seattle sasquatch
seattle Reign or Rain.
The Breakers, a bit of heritage, appropriate for hockey and the city.
Seattle Red Hooks
Seattle Grays (Could relate to wolves or the sky)
Seattle Argonauts
Seattle Tigers, Lions, or Bears. Oh my!
Seattle Seamonkeys
Seattle Simians
The Seattle Kraken! Tell me it wouldn’t be awesome to have a video of Liam Neeson saying, “Release the Kracken!” before the puck drops. And we have the largest species of octopus right here in the Puget Sound. Perfect fit!
@ Kenji: Can’t name them the Orcas, that what Canucks translates to. The Seattle Rain sounds wimpy. For a hockey you want a smi-fierce name. However, I am fond of the Seattle Shadow idea.
I like:
Seattle Phantoms
Seattle Ice Breakers (old school name for the thunderbirds and the high incluence of the Coast Guard Ice Breakers home ported by the arena)
Seattle Gray Wolves
Seattle Vipers (in reference to the western rattlesnake)
Seattle Underground (makes them sound like underground brawlers)
Seattle Cougars (I know, we have a college team named that, but that’s ok)
Seattle Sturgeon
Seattle Cutlass (in refereance to the fish and the sword)
Seattle Sockeyes
Seattle Threshers (in reference to the shark)
Team Colors: Black, Silver, and Green
@mdothall: I support The Seattle Kraken! Alothough it’s spelled Kraken, no C. But fantastic idea.
The symbol could be a mean looking squid! When they play vancouver, out fans would throw dead squid on the ice for the first power play The Kraken get in the third period! Badass name.
Still down for the team Colors being black silver and green. Mainly forrest green with black highlights and silver piping. or mainly black with Forrest green Highlights (so they don’t get confused with the wild) and silver piping. I could also see a bronze colored piping vice silver.
Seattle Samurai.
Imagine it.
A warrior. Battle tested.
Imagine it.
A logo: Power forward-stick up ready to slice the puck in half.
Imagine it.
A logo: Goalie in his “battle rattle” reminiscent of the uniform of the Samurai-POISED TO DEFEND HIS CREASE.
Imagine it!!!
18,000 Seattle fans chanting, “Let’s Go SAM-U-RAI!!!”
Imagine it!!!
Two Closest Rivalries:
Vancouver: Orca Sushi.
San Jose: Shark Sashimi.
IMAGINE IT!!!!!
I say Seattle Pilots. It’s short, simple, and can refer to planes and boats. It’s also a part of our sporting history.
I also like:
Seattle Thunderbirds
Seattle Grays
Seattle Steelheads
Seattle Coyotes (just change the colors – maybe Sonics yellow and green?)
Seattle Sockeyes sounds a little too much like a sex act.
I liked Totems until DCK said it was too much like scrotums. Yeah, it is.
The Seattle Hipsters
Seatle’s Best. A play on Seatles Best coffee.
Seattle Tritons (after the mythical half fish sea god)
Seattle Tridents
Seattle Pioneers
Seattle Blades
Seattle Sockeyes
Seattle Seals
Seattle Sea Lions
Seattle Bulls (moose logo)
Seattle Krakens
Seattle Megladons
Seattle Drakes (duck)
Seattle Bears
Seattle Trackers
Seattle Tremors
The Seattle Pilots! Might be a bad memory for some, but remember in Denver, the Colorado Rockies was the name of their first NHL team, now the NJ Devils. The Colorado Rockies are the current MLB team in Denver. The name hasn’t hurt them at all.
Seattle Pilots just sounds better than Totems. The names Pilots and SuperSonics seem to compliment each other quite well.
Don’t worry, these aren’t the 1969 Pilots!
I honestly think the Everett team should be absorbed, and made into the Seattle Silvertips
I agree with Frank that Seattle Pilots sound the best. I would also like Seattle Mets’ as well..just so they could begin playing with a Stanley Cup banner…right?
Seattle Tomahawks.
Seattle Greenwaves
Seattle Cascades
Seattle Emerald Tide
Seattle Maelstrom
Seattle Green and Gold
Seattle Aces
Seattle Kelpies (part hot, hot woman-part kelp plant)