NHL Seattle responds after report that team will be named Seattle Kraken

We may have a break in the case of the NHL Seattle team name. Then again, we may not.

In an interview on Sirius XM’s NHL Network Radio, it was reported that Seattle Kraken will be the name by John Hoven, editor of Mayors Manor, a website that covers the Los Angeles Kings. NHL Seattle responded Wednesday afternoon and made no indication whether the rumor is correct, however.

First, here’s what Hoven said, according to Russian Machine Never Breaks, a website that covers the Washington Capitals: “From everything that I’ve heard, it looks like Seattle Kraken is going to be the name. … I was a little bit in shock personally, just because we had been told several times previously that that was not the name that they were going for.”

In response to a request for comment from hockey reporter Andy Eide, who covers the WHL’s Seattle Thunderbirds for 710Sports.com, NHL Seattle responded Wednesday afternoon with an official statement that said it “will not be commenting on any rumors.”

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