2024-2025 Around The League Part 2
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Foppa2118
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Man, I thought this whole thing was a marketing stunt, and they'd have a name to begin the season.
Turns out they're just indecisive and dumb. Just pick a name you idiots. Not like you're suddenly gonna have an epiphany on a great name years later.
Also, are they suggesting "Hockey Club" could be their permanent name? That can't be an option can it?
Q: "How do you feel about being traded to Utah?"
A: "I'm proud to be a Hockey Club."
Q: "Uhhhhh, do I really have to ignore how stupid that sounds?"
A: "Yes."
I don't know about Saad, but I too recall Gru saying that our window was closing and he thought we'd only have 1 or two more runs.
I also looked around and can't find a link.
Foppa2118
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That might actually be the worst name in the history of sports. How are they so bad at this?
Captain: "I'm Captain Wasatch and I'd like to introduce you to our team."
Team: "Today, we are all Wasatch (in unison)"
Media Relations: "Ok, lets take the first question."
Press: "What the hell is a Wasatch?"
Owner: "It's a mountain range."
Captain: "Also a digital printing company."
Team: "Also an investment group, a spectrometer, and a quilting company."
Great Grandson of Native American Chief Wahsatch: "Are they really gonna do this again?"
I don't remember having any animosity towards Saad after, but didn't want them to give him a big contract. Whatever it was it wasn't earth shattering. I still remember Quincy talking shit though lol.
Fact is he is good around the net, and we need that badly right now. They should be looking at him, and finding out what he wants.
Foppa2118
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Saad said something along the lines of the Avs need to mature and learn how to win. He was right, they weren't ready yet. They learned from that playoff loss and won the next season.
Can't remember the context. I think it might have been a presser after they lost, but I can't remember for sure.
I pushed for them to sign him the first time because I thought he'd be a good fit, and he was, but I'm not seeing the need for him now unless Val can't come back or something.
He's not a great fit as a 4th liner IMO. He's a top 9, net front presence, power play, offensive guy. Not much defense or physicality to his game. Not the fastest either, so not the optimal winger for Bednar, but he's smart so he gets where he needs to when he needs to be there.
You can do a Yeti logo with mountains in the background with that name tbh.
Mammoth needs to be the winner here, honestly. It was my favourite even though we all know the team should be called the Utah Raptors. Trademarks are weird AF, there are a billion teams called "knights" and Vegas got it, but Utah can't have Raptors? It's a common name IMHO.
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You know what i always find really amusing? It’s whenever there is a national broadcast, and let’s say Avs are playing, the announcers always praise guys like MacK and Makar saying stuff like, no one skates as fast as MacKinnon, or no one moves lateral at the blueline better than Makar etc..
Then the same broadcast crew says the exact same thing about McDavid, no one skates as fast as McDavid whenever the Oilers are playing, or no one has better lateral movement than Hughes when Nucks are playing…
It’s like, can you make up your minds who’s actually the best at those things? It’s both amusing and annoying at the same time
Then the same broadcast crew says the exact same thing about McDavid, no one skates as fast as McDavid whenever the Oilers are playing, or no one has better lateral movement than Hughes when Nucks are playing…
It’s like, can you make up your minds who’s actually the best at those things? It’s both amusing and annoying at the same time
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Quinn Hughes is carrying that team. Guys going to win the Hart and Norris.
SoundwaveIsCharisma
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Avs need to find some solid blackmail material so we can acquire him. I'm just saying Hughes on one pairing, Makar on the other, you'd have at least one of them out there for 90% percent of the game.
In Nashville: "Today we are all Predators" Camera pans slowly to Chris Hansen walking into the dressing room...
(Also, "Stormin' Mormons" is still the best Utah choice.)
The Kingslayer
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Avs would win the cup if they had that. I guess we can hope Gulyayev can be mini Hughes. That is if they dont trade him for Lars Eller.
Tralfamadore
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Y'all gonna be ok when Van passes the Avs in the standings and Hughes wins his 2nd straight Norris over Makar?
a mangy Meowth
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Hockey Club would guarantee Utah has the worst-named professional sports franchises in North America so I’m kind of okay with that.
I’m down with Wasatch among those names. If nothing else, it’s unique.
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Does "I'm proud to be a mammoth" sound any better?
I've already said. Stop calling them "Hockey Club", just call them Utah. It's not hard.
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