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According to Greg Wyshynski of ESPN.com, the NHL Seattle franchise has said that even with the state of Washington in a “social distancing” period to try and limit the impact and spread of the coronavirus, the announcement of Seattle’s next professional franchise’s name could still happen in the near future as long as the team gets through various legal hoops.
“The team told ESPN that it is still going through the name and logo trademarking process with the NHL, ensuring that it won’t have the same obstacles the Vegas expansion team did in trying to secure exclusivity on ‘Golden Knights,'” Wyshynski said in his story. “There was no date determined to reveal the name, logo and colors for the team before the global outbreak, nor was there a public event scheduled for the reveal.”
Wyshynski got a statement from NHL Seattle’s vice president of corporate communications Katie Townsend, who said that there’s a chance that the coronavirus won’t have any impact on the team unveiling the name.
“In theory, coronavirus will not delay our name and will not affect it, but we’re in unprecedented times. So I can’t say that as soon as the legal process is wrapped up that we’ll go with the name,” said Townsend. “We’re working as hard as we can. We know how badly our fans want it.”