No Fun Shogun
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I think it's more a factor of if a team deems an old name to have value or not to them. The Devils and the Chiefs clearly didn't care much, if at all, about the Rockies and Texans monikers, so they let others adopt them. If Quebec City ever gets a team back, I'm sure the Avs wouldn't put up road blocks to the Nordiques, use of a logo on a jersey not too long ago aside. An interesting one might be the Canes and the Whalers, though. They actively use and profit off that branding, so if Hartford ever got a team back there might be issues there even though Carolina would be wise to not be seen as blocking a return of the name and logo.
The ultimate example is the Titans' refusal to let the Texans do anything with the Oilers brand, going so far as to even wearing Oilers throwbacks versus Houston just last year. But that's more of an obviously petty bad blood situation that the Titans ownership have with their old city and current divisional rival.
The ultimate example is the Titans' refusal to let the Texans do anything with the Oilers brand, going so far as to even wearing Oilers throwbacks versus Houston just last year. But that's more of an obviously petty bad blood situation that the Titans ownership have with their old city and current divisional rival.