Utah Hockey Club down to final 3 names: Hockey Club, Mammoth, and Outlaws (upd: Wasatch already nixed)

[Rubi]

Hockey Club is a stupid nickname, Mammoths will end up being shortened all the time to Mams... which is also stupid.
Therefore Outlaws wins by default.

 

[Ncit3]

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If they're still want to go cryptids, but Wasatch is out, why not The Skinwalkers. I could see the uniforms now.

Or howbout The Flats?

I think things like Skinwalker (and Wendigo for northern teams) are basically a bit taboo to use as team names because they are important to the traditions of tribes in those areas. I still think they'd be cool names but sadly probably not viable for a team name. With that said, there are plenty of stories about Skinwalker Ranch with aliens that you could end up with something like the Utah Visitors.

And not only would Utah Visitors allow for an alien themed logo, but you'd also get a bit of a double entendre about Mormons visiting every house they see.

 

[stewy04]

Hope it's the Outlaws so we can call them the Inlaws.

 

[Hasbro]

The Rough Riders were founded in 1876, The (Sask) Roughriders in 1910, so there's a chance copyright/trademark laws weren't what they are now when the Saskatchewan team was founded.

They could have sued Teddy Roosevelt.

TR shooting “Bully!” at the top of San Juan Hill and gets met by a process server.

 

[Hasbro]

Agreed, the Avalanche had less time than Utah did and were able to change their name.

And managed to fit in the abortive Rocky Mountain Xtreme concept too.

 

[Sniper99]

I'd love these, or just stick with the current jerseys and add that same logo.

 

[Video Nasty]

If we don’t mind there being the Sacramento Kings and the Los Angeles Kings, there’s zero reason we shouldn’t have the Utah Raptors. It’s the only one that has made sense since the start and doesn’t feel forced.

 

[Sniper99]

If we don’t mind there being the Sacramento Kings and the Los Angeles Kings, there’s zero reason we shouldn’t have the Utah Raptors. It’s the only one that has made sense since the start and doesn’t feel forced.

How does Outlaws or Mammoth feel "forced"

 

[CanadienShark]

I kind of like Hockey Club. It's funny and they already eliminated the better options like Yeti.

 

[BB79]

I kind of like Hockey Club. It's funny and they already eliminated the better options like Yeti.

Better? Yeti was terrible, I'm glad it's out...they're really running on empty for names though.

 

[Ratsreign]

I kind of like Hockey Club. It's funny and they already eliminated the better options like Yeti.

They can go full Euro football and use HC, then they can have the Yeti corp pay them a sponsorship fee and have “Yeti” on their jerseys

 

[Video Nasty]

How does Outlaws or Mammoth feel "forced"

Outlaws is trying too hard and Mammoths is a clear substitute for the right choice.

Hockey Club of all things has somehow emerged as the choice they should just stick with.

 

[AnomX]

I’ll say it again -

Salt lake sentinals

/thread

 

[Ratsreign]

I’ll say it again -

Salt lake sentinals

/thread

Could have badass pregame intro song as they take the ice.

 

[SirKillalot]

I feel like the league should step in and punish the Utah ownership for all this name drama by forcing them to temporarily adopt the name 'Utah Drama Queens' for the '25-'26 NHL season.

You think they will want to take those titles away from the bigger market areas like the Vancouver Canucks, New York Rangers & Philadelphia Flyers who creating all that fuzz on their own?

Btw with the Outlaws name they could sort of honor the Coyotes with going with some similar color schemes they had, though not the same.

 

[Bubbles]

These are the three logos/names, no real leaks yet but these are very close to the actual ones confirmed by people who went to the games.

 

[Bandit]

The Outlaws is the best name. Doesn’t really work with the current color scheme though. That Mammoth POC logo looks pretty good, but not a fan of names like Mammoth, Wild or Avalanche.

 

[IamNotADancer]

I don't even understand how Hockey Club is on the table.

Stumbling unknowingly into sentences like "alright, we've got a road trip coming up where we play the Avs, the Wild, the... Hockey Club, and the Predators" has been the absolute worst part of this current season in my opinion.

Still don't think it was acceptable to just twiddle their thumbs all year last year and not pick a damn name.

I don't think anyone calls them by their fantasy names unless it's a team from a city with two teams.

Chances are they just say, "next week we are in Colorado and after that we are playing Utah".

 

[rojac]

Hockey Club is a stupid nickname, Mammoths will end up being shortened all the time to Mams... which is also stupid.
Therefore Outlaws wins by default.

You mean the way that Rangers is shortend to Rains, Flyers to Flies, and Panthers to Pans?

 

[BKarchitect]

How does Outlaws or Mammoth feel "forced"

Because of the same reason for all of the “logic” in this thread….”I don’t personally like it”. And anything I don’t like or understand is “forced”, “juvenile”, “amateur”, “dumb”.

 

[BKarchitect]

The Outlaws is the best name. Doesn’t really work with the current color scheme though. That Mammoth POC logo looks pretty good, but not a fan of names like Mammoth, Wild or Avalanche.

Yeah this is where my preference would be. I think Outlaws has tons of potential and glad they brought it back into the mix.

I imagine you lean more into the black than the baby blue in that case. There is something that seems kinda off about the amount light blue in those concept logos.

I think they could make something work though.

 

[BKIslandersFan]

I like Mammoth the best. There is Colorado Mammoth indoor lacrosse team, but maybe their owner Stan Kroenke will let them slide.

 

[majormajor]

Outlaws has long been my favorite, I think the wild west branding opportunities are endless with that. But Mammoth is also cool if they want to do that. Just no HC.

Utah Outlaws would be perfect. Outlaws is the exact opposite thing I think of when it comes to Utah. But they also have the Utah Jazz. Utah is also the absolute last place I think of when it comes to Jazz music. So its fun to be ironic I guess.

For someone who knows some semblance of history, or even like, who Butch Cassidy is, Utah and Outlaws goes together. That was the epicenter of the Wild West. Look up Butch Cassidy's hideout.

 

[Anglesmith]

I don't think anyone calls them by their fantasy names unless it's a team from a city with two teams.

Chances are they just say, "next week we are in Colorado and after that we are playing Utah".

Your very premise is faulty.

And this isn't from personal experience exclusively. Listening to hockey broadcasts you hear commentators go through this too, and you can almost hear the bitter resentment in their voice as they just gut their way through it. I'm guessing it's a real "how did we get here and should I just retire" moment every time it happens.

 

[Weztex]

I can't believe some people actually like the Mammoth.

We're big, hairy, slow and extinct, let's go team!

I never really understood that reasoning. A fierce or speedy team name won't make the team fierce nor fast. Why not go for a name that carries historic or local significance, or simply something people like, instead of trying to characterize the individual players with something they're not anyway?