What Should the new Atlanta NHL team be named?

[The Great Mighty Poo]

Oh goodie where do they relocate to this time?

 

[The Jerk Store]

The Nomads
The Colonels
The Candlers
The Hubs
The Martas

 

[KeithIsActuallyBad]

The Charms, as in "The third time won't work either."

 

[FirstRowUpperDeck]

Thrashers are the third type of bird in Atlanta, with the Falcons and Hawks already in existence, so it was a sort of play on the old city themes, like Cubs and Bears, etc. It probably works fine as a name, but IMHO it will need some refinement as a brand, i.e., new scheme for the sweaters, logos, etc.

That said, the Georgia Peach wouldn't be terrible, although a little too nice for hockey.

 

[1878rgw]

Atlanta Zero
The Zero in Coca Cola Font, so team name is an add, like the Red Bull teams doing it.

 

[D34DLYB1RDS]

Oh goodie where do they relocate to this time?

If the team actually gets a good owner, don't expect a relocate this time.

 

[GRob83]

Mumble Rappers

 

[Crosby2010]

The Toronto Maple Leafs won't let Hamilton happen. Even if the NHL wanted them to, I don't think they can.

That's exactly it. It was never Buffalo that was the problem it was Toronto. Although I would suspect that Buffalo would have preferred Hamilton not to be there also.

 

[Roomba With a Bauer]

The Atlanta Ramblers.

Because they won't be there long.

 

[BB79]

Flames is taken


So Atlanta Flamers it is!

 

[NYR94]

Atlanta Rizz

 

[TKB]

The Atmospehric Rivers.

 

[boredmale]

Not sure which one I like the best but I would go with either Stooges, Amigos or Blind Mice.

 

[kook10]

What about the Atlanta Redjackets?

my brain is struggling to make sense of your profile pic alongside the team name you suggested. maybe there is more to it?

 

[Choralone]

Wind
Shermans
Peanuts
Peaches

 

[Chainshot]

my brain is struggling to make sense of your profile pic alongside the team name you suggested. maybe there is more to it?

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I could get this if it was renaming the Sabres - Sagoyewatha aka Red Jacket as a local to Buffalo. But that reference above is just... no.

 

[Bitz and Bites]

How about the Vagrants? since they’ll be getting the bum rush outta town an a couple years.

Heck, just call them the Atlanta Bum Rush, that will definitely sell some jerseys.

 

[These Are The Days]

The bitterness is astoundingly hilarious

 

[Honour Over Glory]

Misinformed Atlanta Pathetic Trolls of Laziness is too long of a name.

Atlanta Luda Jon's is my vote.




Although I'm a big Killer Mike and RTJ fan and would love to see Mike repping that team over Luda and LJ.

The bitterness is astoundingly hilarious

Really is. Atlanta deserves a team and I would be happy to see them get one again and this time without a shitty owner.

 

[nhlfan79]

If/when this happens, I'll be here joyfully eating everyone's tears of unfathomable sadness, Cartman style.

 

[Diamonddog01]

The Atlanta Grey Jackets. Would make for some epic CBJ games.

 

[Porter Stoutheart]

Somebody already said "Atlanta Coyotes" in this thread, right? Ok, ok, I have been to Atlanta and Phoenix both. Wile E. is the only coyote that could ever be found in either place, so I don't see a problem.

 

[These Are The Days]

The Atlanta Grey Jackets. Would make for some epic CBJ games.

I silently considered greyshirts but I don't think it would work or market. It's one of those things that's purely historical but so touchy it'll never fly. Blue Jackets can at least be connected to emancipation. You don't want to risk marketing the old rebellion and having it connected to slavery. Some history you have to leave in the past even if you can find the Civil War to be an intriguing and fascinating subject

 

[nhlfan79]

I silently considered greyshirts but I don't think it would work or market. It's one of those things that's purely historical but so touchy it'll never fly. Blue Jackets can at least be connected to emancipation. You don't want to risk marketing the old rebellion and having it connected to slavery. Some history you have to leave in the past even if you can find the Civil War to be an intriguing and fascinating subject

That, and Atlanta, more than practically anywhere else in the South, does not live in the past. It's the literal birthplace of the civil rights movement. People who associate present day Atlanta with Civil War stuff are just parroting movie tropes, not reality.

 

[aufheben]

Atlanta Leavers because they’re going to leave amirite?