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Shibbyone t1_iqpaeab wrote

As a Dallas Stars fan with an alien for a mascot, yeesh.

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nickbriggles t1_iqpd8pl wrote

They couldn’t get Barbossa from Pirates

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Hopglock t1_iqpq7rl wrote

That’s one way to go about it. Or they could have picked, jeez idk, a kraken?

Then again, still disappointed they didn’t name the team “The Rain City Bitch Pigeons”

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PJTikoko t1_iqpqju1 wrote

They couldn’t have just done a squid?

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rickyg_79 t1_iqps2bp wrote

Nah, no, we’re not gonna do troll boy. It can’t be troll boy, you get that troll boy, right? You get why it can’t be you? He gets it, it can’t be troll boy.

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Beforemath t1_iqpthuz wrote

For those wondering, in nearby Fremont there’s a giant troll statue under a bridge. I assume this is inspired by that landmark.

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Grady__Bug t1_iqptxsi wrote

It’s as good of a mascot as most. Not top tier, not bottom. I like it

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Safe_Ad5951 t1_iqq64qs wrote

It’s awful. The Disney-fication of the NHL was a terrible time after the Mighty Ducks movie. Now I gotta deal with a gap-toothed Fraggle?

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Zaethiel t1_iqq93il wrote

I wish this were a joke. Shoulda gone with seattle sea otters and picked a cute otter that smashes clams with a hockey puck

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PartyLikeItsCOVID19 t1_iqq9lmr wrote

Having a Kraken as a mascot just would have made too much sense

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Fast_Garlic_5639 t1_iqqf1vi wrote

Very rarely do you get to make your mascot a literal destroyer of worlds.. nahh let's make a Disney troll

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Kinglink t1_iqqm8qs wrote

Yeaaahhbh buoyyyyyy.

We definitely need flavor flav representing the Krakens now.

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J-Team07 t1_iqqvjm2 wrote

Replying to PartyLikeItsCOVID19 (#14,276)

Mascots and team nicknames are different things and having the mascot be the same thing as the team name is a missed marketing opportunity. The mascots should be fun and weird, which this is. I can’t think of anything less important than what the mascot is for a team.

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wychh t1_iqqxfv3 wrote

Nah, no, not Troll Buoy, it's not gonna be Troll Buoy, we're not doing Troll Buoy, alright?

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noplacecold t1_iqr0iu4 wrote

Can’t be troll boy. Troll boy you understand it can’t be you right?

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Ja3kFrost t1_iqr0pyz wrote

Replying to PartyLikeItsCOVID19 (#14,276)

I mean the flyers mascot is… gritty. Mascots are for the fans, especially the kids. So long as they got someone who can make the mascot funny and the kids enjoy it than isn’t that enough?

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shmurpp t1_iqr0vme wrote

how unfortunate

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Dbl_Trbl_ t1_iqr3bgq wrote

Stupid looking. I disapprove

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walkie73 t1_iqr4iea wrote

So it’s not a Kraken? WTF?

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Beforemath t1_iqrb4op wrote

Replying to [deleted] (#15,462)

Maybe I’m an asshole but I think it’s better than piles of garbage piling up, and it’s a draw that brings people to town and spend money at local restaurants and stuff. Better than just another empty dirty under bridge.

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Sofarbeyondfucked t1_iqrd20m wrote

First they fucked up on the logo, now this?! Stay weird, Seattle.

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jmradus t1_iqrdahl wrote

Hockey mascots are universally bizarre.

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Furniturewalker t1_iqrdh99 wrote

That’s actually just a person from downtown Seattle

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chrishammhamm t1_iqre5xu wrote

Missed oppurtunity to make it a cthlulu monster

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chrishammhamm t1_iqreixs wrote

Replying to Ja3kFrost (#15,169)

The flyers also aren't a specific creature. You can get away with making the mascot an amorphous blob. The Kraken had a golden oppurtunity to make something unique and be related to its team. Instead they choose... this.

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fattymaroon t1_iqrggst wrote

Can we just ship the team to Oklahoma already? Such a missed opportunity to 1: name the team the Seattle Sockeye (alliteration and local relevance) and 2: have the mascot be a boxing salmon who goes around with a black eye punching faces

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KingThermos t1_iqrgvlz wrote

It looks like Gritty fucked a sea sponge and this was the result

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noodles-_- t1_iqrj2xl wrote

Seattle would have a grungy furry as a mascot…

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bshaddo t1_iqrky9n wrote

It’s not okay to call him buoy.

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Skellephant t1_iqs4mrx wrote

What a terrible mascot. It was supposed to be so easy. Just make a Cthulu looking blue lobster thing. This is fucking horrible.

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wifespissed t1_iqsa36q wrote

Replying to luckydice767 (#15,366)

There's a massive concrete troll under the Fremont bridge in Seattle. Almost everybody knows about it and most have went to see it. It's a local thing that makes sense to me as a local. I love it.

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wifespissed t1_iqsazrb wrote

A troll named Buoy makes sense for most locals. It's going to be confusing to people not from here.

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Hispanicatthedisco t1_iqubmn9 wrote

Replying to luckydice767 (#16,504)

Seattle has a troll population of one. But that one is well known and loved by the locals.

It doesn't have to be "well known". Almost nobody outside of Cleveland knows what the hell "Guardians" has to do with the city or the team, but here we are.

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Safe_Ad5951 t1_iqusvt1 wrote

Replying to wifespissed (#16,890)

I’m from Seattle. I think it’s a very obvious marketing ploy to sell merch. No problem with that. It’s not to my liking, and I can’t put my finger on it other than it reminds me of when after the Mighty Ducks movie came out and many NHL teams tossed old logos and themes to introduce cartoony, cutesy, kid-oriented stuff on a violent game played by adult teams. It was just too much pandering to try to expand a fan base. I will probably buy my kid one of the plushies, but would have preferred something less “Barney The Dinosaur”.

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LiveJournal t1_iqxtksm wrote

damn I really hope whenever the Sonics come back they get back Squatch, only 2nd to the Moose for best Seattle mascots.

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