If the Tampa Bay Barracuda had an affiliate team I would place it in Tallahassee as it's a major city that is not only deprived of hockey, but the whole area around it is also deprived of hockey. It is local to Pensacola, located on the border of Georgia which we all know tragically lost their Atlanta NHL team, and not too far from Alabama which has shown decent support for it's Southern Pro Hockey League team, but has nothing more outside of that, especially near Mobile. As well, it's also local and makes an easy drive for players being sent down/called up of course. For the mascot, I'd go with the Tallahassee Gators obviously being known for its gator population, being located in Florida and all. For the management, I think the franchise would look at @Toivo, former GM for the Barracuda so he has plenty of experience and can use that to help kick start the team.