Release The Kracken

Well, we have ourselves a new franchise to join the National Hockey League. Starting with the 2021-22 NHL Season, hockey will be played in the great Northwest. Seattle has a franchise and now we have a name for it. The Seattle KRACKEN have been released on the NHL. A lot of work went into making sure they had the right name that fits in with the market and team concept.

General Manager Ron Francis is all on board with the name and color scheme of the franchise. It looks a little something like this:

At least that's the general concept. The idea seems cool and things look to be taking shape for the team to start playing games at Climate Pledge Arena. That building hasn't seen a major professional sporting event in it, at least not with regularity, since the Super Sonics lefts for Oklahoma City. Climate Pledge Arena is trying to become the first arena in the world to earn net zero carbon certification by the International Living Future Institute. They will also play host to the WNBA Seattle Storm.

As far as the hockey team goes, its an interesting name choice, but one that could work. its a name that, according to some, "That mystique, that intensity, and that power that people have long talked about with the Kraken is what we expect our NHL team to play with." (per ESPN).

It does have a unique look to it, something not really seen anywhere in the sport of hockey. or in any of the big four sports for that matter. Its an outside the box thinking that has taken on a cool and different vibe to it. And now that they have the name and colors picked out, next up is the product on the ice. Hockey could work in the Seattle market. There's plenty of support from the community for it in the area. And we saw what happened with the embracing of the game in Vegas when the Golden Knights. There's strong hope that the same will take place in Seattle. Only difference is, they might not catch lighting in a bottle as fast as the Golden Knights did, making the finals in their first year in the league. Still should be a lot of fun to watch this franchise develop.