TaylorMade Posted February 14, 2020 Share Posted February 14, 2020 18 hours ago, spartacat_12 said: Salmon are known for their long, grueling journeys upstream. I think you can come up with tons of marketing ideas revolving around that, especially with toughness & endurance being signature characteristics of hockey players. Quote Aggressive behavior displayed by dominant males is predominantly directed towards intruding dominant males. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sockeye_salmon#Competition Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CS85 Posted February 14, 2020 Share Posted February 14, 2020 If they do go with some kind of fish, I hope the mascot bursts open its abdomen between periods and sprays "eggs" (canisters with t-shirts) all over the crowd. Quote "You are nothing more than a small cancer on this message board. You are not entertaining, you are a complete joke." twitter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chromatic Posted February 14, 2020 Share Posted February 14, 2020 2 hours ago, CherryMX said: If they do go with some kind of fish, I hope the mascot bursts open its abdomen between periods and sprays "eggs" (canisters with t-shirts) all over the crowd. Seattle Xenomorphs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goalieboy82 Posted February 14, 2020 Share Posted February 14, 2020 14 minutes ago, Chromatic said: Seattle Xenomorphs so long and thanks for all the fish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JayMac Posted February 14, 2020 Share Posted February 14, 2020 1 hour ago, goalieboy82 said: "Oh no! Not again!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
henburg Posted February 14, 2020 Share Posted February 14, 2020 22 hours ago, Ridleylash said: Exactly; and the marketing possibilities with "Sockeyes" extend further then just a team name. The arena itself can get nicknames like "The Riverbed", the fanbase can be called "The Shoal", you can promote the team and it's players as having "the heart and endurance of a sockeye salmon swimming upstream", etc. Besides, this looks plenty "fierce" enough to work as a mascot, and has enough aggressive qualities to work well for an NHL franchise; Not an ounce of this is marketable at all, the team would get laughed at if they embraced any of that. The cultural significance is a decent enough argument, no need to go full tilt on the aquatic biology stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goalieboy82 Posted February 14, 2020 Share Posted February 14, 2020 2 hours ago, JayMac said: "Oh no! Not again!" which is funny because it WAS John Hurt in that scene. so long and thanks for all the fish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JayMac Posted February 14, 2020 Share Posted February 14, 2020 4 minutes ago, goalieboy82 said: which is funny because it WAS John Hurt in that scene. One of the best cameos ever Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goalieboy82 Posted February 14, 2020 Share Posted February 14, 2020 3 minutes ago, JayMac said: One of the best cameos ever and this one: so long and thanks for all the fish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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CreamSoda Posted February 15, 2020 Share Posted February 15, 2020 I would take Kraken over Renegades Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TenaciousG Posted February 15, 2020 Share Posted February 15, 2020 1 hour ago, TaylorMade said: Yikes. Probably not significant, but have they paid any attention to the football league that is currently playing? I’m pretty sick of teams trying to force fierce. I don’t get why Orcas (which are fierce and very relevant to the region), Seals or even Otters aren’t on the table. Is anyone else worried they are starting to overthink this to the point where it will be something awful? My teamsNCAA: Washington StateMLB: Seattle MarinersNFL: Seattle SeahawksNBA: Portland TrailblazersEPL: Liverpool FCMLS: Seattle Sounders FCNHL: Pittsburgh Penguins Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seasaltvanilla Posted February 15, 2020 Share Posted February 15, 2020 Interesting to hear complaints that Sockeyes isn't intimidating enough in a league that has Penguins and (Mighty!) Ducks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dynasty Posted February 15, 2020 Share Posted February 15, 2020 2 hours ago, TenaciousG said: Yikes. Probably not significant, but have they paid any attention to the football league that is currently playing? The definition for Renegades is "a person who deserts and betrays an organization, country, or set of principles." If they wanna go that route, just call them the Traitors or Defectors and have their logo be a portrait of Benedict Arnold. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
razorback447 Posted February 15, 2020 Share Posted February 15, 2020 3 hours ago, TaylorMade said: You’d have to truly be an idiot to screw up some of the layup names suggested to go with the Renegades instead. That would be an absolutely awful name for Seattle’s team. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaliforniaGlowin Posted February 15, 2020 Share Posted February 15, 2020 4 hours ago, goalieboy82 said: and this one: Oh man I haven't seen that since I was a teen. haha Last updated 2/26 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
docrocket Posted February 15, 2020 Share Posted February 15, 2020 10 hours ago, CherryMX said: If they do go with some kind of fish, I hope the mascot bursts open its abdomen between periods and sprays "eggs" (canisters with t-shirts) all over the crowd. We could name the mascot “Milt Schmidt”... I can haz sig? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tygers09 Posted February 15, 2020 Share Posted February 15, 2020 On 2/6/2020 at 3:32 PM, Fresno St. Alum said: I'm guessing no Metropolitans, because a team in a city w the Mariners doesn't want one of the their other teams called the Seattle Mets. Also the Metro conf in the NHL. It would be weird if the Nationals were in the AL and I don't think they'd go w Nationals if they were. So being named after a conf that isn't yours sounds wrong as well. And what IF the Washington team was in the American League (it wouldn't be because of Baltimore, but nether the less) and they were called the Americans? Same thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
king_mahalo Posted February 15, 2020 Share Posted February 15, 2020 19 hours ago, TaylorMade said: good lord that's terrible. I figured this was one of those red herring names that they'd never actually consider. Hopefully this just means that Palm Springs AHL team will be named the Renegades. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tygers09 Posted February 15, 2020 Share Posted February 15, 2020 I think Kraken is a ridiculous name, so touche! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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