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Thank you, Bill!
Whether they’re temp or not has nothing to do with the design being boring. And I’m not familiar with the Winnipeg Ice so I’ll take your word for it but just ripping off a team with a boring jersey makes it even worse…
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LOFIN
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Even if you hate the concept of "City X Hockey Club", that's still better than the f***ing abominations they have for options. Mammoth? barf. Yeti? barf. Venom? Are you kidding me. You will get used to UHC, and you will love it. Fans of Washington Commanders already miss WFT
I might be the only person in the universe who thinks those colours and logo are shit but the name itself is fine.
Crazy talk. Mammoth would have been an awesome name. UHC sounds like the name of a hospital system.
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Absolutely f***ing shit. What is it with you North Americans and your gimmicky kindergarden style names? I bet you also have nicknames at your jobs like "warehouse packers" or "financial sector shadows" for your co-workers. Why?
Some of the NA sports teams names are fine, actually have a story connected to them. Most of them are a nickname for a sake of a nickname.
Utah Hockey Club actually sounds like a sports team, not a kindergarden club.
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Almost any name is better than "hockey club", which isn't a name.
LOFIN
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It is a name. An official sounding name, not a kids kindergarden nickname.
Obviously, if sports are just all fun and games for kids, then that's fine... Over here in Europe, sports are serious business though, not just something we made for our kids entertainment.
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Utah Hockey Team sounds bland, like not a team at all. Utah Hockey Club does not. There is a stark difference.
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"Hey, you catch the Colorado Football Club game?"
"No, I'm not really into the MLS."
"No, no, the Colorado American Football Team game."
"Oh, I'm more into the Colorado Hockey Club, or the Colorado Basketball Team, myself."
"I'm surprised Dallas is losing the series so badly."
"Huh, the Dallas Hockey Club lost in the conference finals. Oh you meant the Dallas Basketball Team."
"...Why didn't they just give each team a different name?"
"No, I'm not really into the MLS."
"No, no, the Colorado American Football Team game."
"Oh, I'm more into the Colorado Hockey Club, or the Colorado Basketball Team, myself."
"I'm surprised Dallas is losing the series so badly."
"Huh, the Dallas Hockey Club lost in the conference finals. Oh you meant the Dallas Basketball Team."
"...Why didn't they just give each team a different name?"
LOFIN
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How do you guys fare with Olympics when US Athletes are competing? Are you always mixing up the swimmers and long jumpers?
Or, maybe, it depends on the context?
You know how I deal with this stuff with my multisport club?
"Want to go to a TPS game on the weekend?"
"Football or hockey?"
"Hockey"
Man, so tough
UncleRisto
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Yeah, and that context is the tradition of branding, which didn't exist when they were picking team names in Europe in 1880.
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Like it was pointed out in the earlier pages "branding" of the NA style was tried in the 90s and thank f***ing God went out of fashion because everyone hated it. You don't have to be from the 1800s to pick a smart name for your sports club.
Frankly, even nick name style of names can work, if they really have a proper connection and a reason to exist. But most are just nick names for the sake of nick names. My crusade for Utah Hockey Club mostly stems from the fact that all of their other proposals are God awful. Like really, really awful.
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LOFIN
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Is it? Washington Football Team was a more liked brand than what they introduced after it.
UncleRisto
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Give it a few years. Also, we know who liked "Football Team" and why, and it's not because it's a mature brand. Quite the opposite.
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This isn't a team problem, this is an other people for liking things that aren't hockey problem.
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Utah Hockey Club sucks as a name, but thankfully it will only be a year.
I feel like there is more dignity to names like "xxx football club" or "xxx united".
But in a league where every team is named after an animal, force of nature etc., it would be weird to have one team that stands out too much by calling themselves a "hockey team".
But in a league where every team is named after an animal, force of nature etc., it would be weird to have one team that stands out too much by calling themselves a "hockey team".
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If you are going to name something "sport club," you had better be a 100 year old "club." Otherwise you are just forcing some historical sentemental crap that doesn't exist.
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LOFIN
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This, but unironically. They also mean different things. A sports club might have multiple teams.
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