I have a pretty hard time believing that this didn't just get said in the haphazard and indefinite passing along of the message that new public transit plans will make it easier for a future NHL team to be part of a realistic regional rivalry. After all, the sports' crazy fans of Seattle also pay taxes, and taxes tend to get raised by the construction of things that benefit tax payers. Therefore, it only made sense to pander to them via the insanely premature ignition of proximity-based animosity in hockey. I just don't necessarily think that the previously used team name that the Governor accidentally slipped in while doing so is some sign that a decision has already been made this early in the process. Unfortunately, I have just as hard of a time believing that NHL has the societal wherewithal to do something as simple as say "no" to a team name that is somehow even crappier than it is insensitive if the Seattle Totems was indeed suggested. Let's be honest, evening up the conferences by introducing a new franchise to a city as deserving and alluring to out-of-market fans as Seattle is a decision that is far too universally accepted for a league that is in a constant state of controversy. There's almost only one way in which that decision could be screwed up and that's by signing off on the re-appropriation of Native American culture that serves as an ode to a time in which we were too stupid to see why a proud people might not want their tradition trademarked by those that are hardly familiar with it. Never mind that the Seattle Totems fails both the alliteration and the relevance test in sounding like a team that would get denied the opportunity to participate on Legends Of The Hidden Temple, because - if Kid Rock's performance at the All Star Game is any indication - there's nothing the NHL loves more than being tone deaf to the present while living in the past!
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