NHL Board of Governors approves sale of Coyotes and relocation to Salt Lake City (Mod warning post #157)

[Mosby]

Raptor is great but the brand will never be able to outgrow Toronto. And smith wants to build a brand.

 

[12ozPapa]

Utah HC
Utah Cutthroats
Those are my two favorites

 

[BB79]

Utah Yetis? lol god it sounds terrible.

I know, I don't know what Yeti have to do with Utah? I thought they were legend over in the Himalayan mountains? Or maybe we're talking about coffee tumbler Yeti?

 

[NYRfan85]

I really, really hope they do NOT go with the Euro-style team names, Utah HC is lame for a team name. I personally hate that MLS has adopted this moniker for half of their teams, it's so boring.

Utah Outlaws gets my vote, but I can see them going the Blizzard route, to have the double Z's with the Jazz, and because Utah has mountains and snow. Instant rivalry with Colorado, with both teams having snow-themed team names lol.

 

[Dog]

I really, really hope they do NOT go with the Euro-style team names, Utah HC is lame for a team name. I personally hate that MLS has adopted this moniker for half of their teams, it's so boring.

Utah Outlaws gets my vote, but I can see them going the Blizzard route, to have the double Z's with the Jazz, and because Utah has mountains and snow. Instant rivalry with Colorado, with both teams having snow-themed team names lol.

Utah Blizzards sounds right and yes the double z's.

 

[Machinehead]

I would just keep the name. It's cool. Several species of coyote are native to Utah. It's not exactly light-years from Arizona.

 

[ponder719]

I would just keep the name. It's cool. Several species of coyote are native to Utah. It's not exactly light-years from Arizona.

They can't. For whatever that will be worth, Alex Meruelo owns the rights to the Arizona Coyotes IP for the immediate future.

 

[kvladimir]

I'm starting to become convinced that I'm on to something here...

Utah Rebels. Lean in to a subdued Wild West theme, have the logo prominently feature a train ("rebels" = "train heist", not a perfect analogy, but it would work). Secondary logo could feature the "Golden Spike", metaphorically perhaps?

Deep purple primary colour with light blue / gold accents.

Please make this happen (wish I was more of a logo designer)!

 

[VivaLasVegas]

Utah being the Beehive State, would be great if they were called the Utah Bees so that the color commentators can remark, "They are really buzzing around out there!"

 

[CHRDANHUTCH]

Utah being the Beehive State, would be great if they were called the Utah Bees so that the color commentators can remark, "They are really buzzing around out there!"

Salt Lake Buzz.....

 

[Thallis]

I'm starting to become convinced that I'm on to something here...

Utah Rebels. Lean in to a subdued Wild West theme, have the logo prominently feature a train ("rebels" = "train heist", not a perfect analogy, but it would work). Secondary logo could feature the "Golden Spike", metaphorically perhaps?

Deep purple primary colour with light blue / gold accents.

Please make this happen (wish I was more of a logo designer)!

Rebels has too many ties to the Confederacy to name a professional sports team that

 

[Zbynek]

How about something reptilian. Rattlesnakes? Does Utah have those?

 

[tarheelhockey]

These are the 8 names that are trademarked right now

Outlaws
Mammoth
Blizzard
Venom


Utah HC
Fury
Ice






Yetis

 

[57special]

Can SLC actually support a team? Is this really a hockey starved area? Seems to me to be a small population that is not in a traditional hockey market, so you are betting on support from a small subset of a small number.

 

[Thallis]

Can SLC actually support a team? Is this really a hockey starved area? Seems to me to be a small population that is not in a traditional hockey market, so you are betting on support from a small subset of a small number.

71% white city, fast growing for tech with a winter sports culture. They filled the arena on a weekday afternoon for a team introduction. It's a bullseye on hockey's target demographic, it will be fine.

 

[Stephen]

Utah’s franchise branding feels about as inspired as a create a franchise mode in NHL 24.

Utah Ace. Utah Comets. Etc.

 

[SjMilhouse]

Can SLC actually support a team? Is this really a hockey starved area? Seems to me to be a small population that is not in a traditional hockey market, so you are betting on support from a small subset of a small number.

29k+ Season Ticket Deposits in <2 weeks
Sold out Delta Center (looked to be about 70-75% of capacity) for an event that was announced with 5 days notice at 4pm on a weekday to the point they had to turn hundreds of people away

I think we will be fine

 

[Zirakzigil]

29k+ Season Ticket Deposits in <2 weeks
Sold out Delta Center (looked to be about 70-75% of capacity) for an event that was announced with 5 days notice at 4pm on a weekday to the point they had to turn hundreds of people away

I think we will be fine

Arena was absolutely nuts from what I heard. Players are reporting to be really excited too. I think this will be a home run for the NHL.

 

[Kobe Armstrong]

I'm starting to become convinced that I'm on to something here...

Utah Rebels. Lean in to a subdued Wild West theme, have the logo prominently feature a train ("rebels" = "train heist", not a perfect analogy, but it would work). Secondary logo could feature the "Golden Spike", metaphorically perhaps?

Deep purple primary colour with light blue / gold accents.

Please make this happen (wish I was more of a logo designer)!

Teams are moving away from being named after criminals, rebels can't work because of the civil war

 

[Ace Card Bedard]

Elk, Cougars, Bison, Rattlers

Lots of native animals to choose from.

 

[GAGLine]

Salt Lake Spiders

 

[SjMilhouse]

Arena was absolutely nuts from what I heard. Players are reporting to be really excited too. I think this will be a home run for the NHL.

I couldnt go due to work, but watching the live stream it was LOUD in there the entire night. A really big "Let's go Utah" chant before player introductions and overall just a ton of energy. The key will be maintaining that going forward so hopefully they can continue to build off the foundation as an org and spend some money to be competitive quick and I think it will be great

 

[Voight]

Outlaws
Mammoth
Blizzard
Venom


Utah HC
Fury
Ice






Yetis

I would put Utah HC at the absolute bottom (think Davey Jones' locker) but other than that I agree with your rankings.

 

[McBeastMode]

Outlaws
Mammoth
Blizzard
Venom


Utah HC
Fury
Ice






Yetis

 

[BiolaRunner]

Teams are moving away from being named after criminals, rebels can't work because of the civil war

If the mascot of a college found in the deep south can be the Rebels (Ole Miss), then a team in Utah can be the rebels.

We have a team in the NHL already whose name is directly taken from the Civil War, granted the other side.