The NHL's Seattle Kraken are already facing their first opponent before even putting together their official roster.
The league's newest expansion club is the subject of a $3.5 million lawsuit filed on Thursday by a local bar and music venue that claims the team's branding and plan to open a nearby practice facility restaurant risks "irreparably harming its brand," according to Geoff Baker of the Seattle Times.
Punk-rock dive bar Kraken Bar & Lounge filed the trademark infringement and tortious interference suit in King County Superior Court and is asking the team be prohibited from using "The Seattle Kraken.