Social Media Erupts Over NHL’s New Seattle Kraken Dropping Hype Video On New Name & Logo (VIDEO + TWEETS)

The seas of the National Hockey League got slightly more terrifying after the NHL’s newest team made it official that they will be known as the Seattle Kraken when they take the ice at the Climate Pledge Arena for the 2021-22 season.

The league’s 32nd franchise made the announcement on Thursday. They will be the first expansion team to join the NHL since the Vegas Golden Knights began to play four years earlier in 2017-18.

Here’s the hype video:

Seattle has a new NHL team.

The Seattle Kraken have officially arrived ?

(via @NHLSeattle_)pic.twitter.com/SanwUZ9emL
— Bleacher Report (@BleacherReport) July 23, 2020

Here’s the logo:

The NHL's newest team is the Seattle Kraken.

Grade the logo and look. pic.twitter.com/weMqI0owvV
— CBS Sports (@CBSSports) July 23, 2020

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The Kraken has been released!

From the designers at Adidas to team owners and marketing execs, here's the behind the scenes story of how the Seattle NHL team's name, logo, colors & branding came to be. https://t.co/cOLvxylok9 pic.twitter.com/KzAG6q9o8k
— Emily Kaplan (@emilymkaplan) July 23, 2020

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Here’s how social media reacted to it:

The Seattle Kraken's mascot has been leaked: pic.twitter.com/bF2Xe1mgPu
— Michael (@TheLeafsIMO) July 23, 2020

The Seattle Kraken and the Washington Football Team announcements happening within 30 minutes of each other is the best sports moment of the year
— Nathan Bernhardt (@jonbernhardt) July 23, 2020

give me all the Seattle Kraken gear.
— Dianna Russini (@diannaESPN) July 23, 2020

Seattle Kraken is dope. Logo is sick. Stoked to have a close by rival
— Juicetra.eth (@Juicetra) July 23, 2020

"the seattle kraken" ok that's a lil dope
— dunefan69, m.d. (@zenyanna) July 23, 2020

Everything about the Seattle Kraken is dope. The name, the color scheme and the jerseys are all ???
— Patryk AKA José Blanco (@PatC9494) July 23, 2020

bruh. the Seattle Kraken. thats dope as SHIT
— GOOTS Enjoyer (@Franklinaire) July 23, 2020

Seattle Kraken is dope!
— Ryan ?? (@Ryan_S_Goff) July 23, 2020

Seattle previously had a hockey team and some credit that team for changing hockey forever. The Seattle Metropolitans became the first American team to win the Stanley Cup in 1917.

The team says general seats will start at $50 per game and there will be some single-game tickets starting at $20.