What Should the new Atlanta NHL team be named?

[AintLifeGrand]

As a new Atlanta NHL team becomes more likely, should this organization resurrect the Thrashers branding , colors, identity or forge ahead with something new?

As discussed in the Atlanta thread on the biz forum, there really isnt a better name/ mascot than the Thrashers.

Additionally, Millenials who will comprise a plurality of the Season Ticket base has strong nostalgia for The Thrashers and incorporating a modernized version of the team’s branding/jerseys / identity will do alot to galvanize support for the team

If for whatever reason The Thrashers name and identity cannot be leveraged here are some suggestions for potential team names

1. Olympics
2. 96’ers
3. Stags/Bucks (we have alot of deer)
4. Cutthroats (decent trout fishing in the Chattahoochee)
5. Terminus HC
6. Firebirds
7. Raptors (as in birds of prey)
8. Kudzu
9. Paladins
10. Gladiators (but in the Knights color scheme)

 

[Five Alarm Fire]

The Thrashers branding was amazing, would love for it to come back.

 

[John Mandalorian]

Lynx?

 

[Saltcreek]

Arizona 2.0 or mulligan

 

[Carbooja]

Thrashers man, these guys knew all along which is why they never took the sign down:

 

[tfwnogf]

Atlanta "3rd times the charmers"

 

[FerrisRox]

Arizona 2.0 or mulligan

You think the third incarnation of an Atlanta NHL team should be called "Arizona 2.0?"

I don't think you understand the assignment.

 

[Metroid]

The Nordiques, will make the transition easier for everyone

 

[Teemu]

Atlanta Peanuts. Here's the mascot

 

[MXD]

The Future Nordiques, because Quebec is pretty much the only credible Canadian city in which an Atlanta franchise hasn't been relocated to yet.

 

[Kristopher Letang]

Atlanta YSLers. Young Thug as a GM.

 

[RogerRoger]

Kudzu lmao

I quite like Firebirds.

 

[JianYang]

The hat tricks.

 

[ponder719]

Given my druthers, I'd lean away from Thrashers, because I never liked the branding to begin with (the color scheme was too muddied and muted for my taste, I think I'd have liked it better if either the red or the blue were brighter), but my opinion isn't worth much here. They should go with whatever option they feel will have the most traction within the market, which probably would be Thrashers.

I do like the odd old scenarios where teams in the same market shared the same branding (New York Baseball and Football Giants, St. Louis Baseball and Football Cardinals) so I would personally love to see Arthur Blank buy into the ownership group and have the new team be either Atlanta United HC or the Falcons, but that is of course vanishingly unlikely.

 

[Nazzlind]

Atlanta YSLers. Young Thug as a GM.

Atlanta Slimes

 

[Dirty Dog]

Do-Overs?

 

[Bgav]

Thrashers

 

[BigBadBruins7708]

just save the future hassle and call them the Nordiques

 

[mogs]

Something not specific to Atlanta. Something that will work well in other more northern locations in ten years.

 

[Maverick41]

Do-Overs?

My first thought was Movers, but I like yours.

 

[Bakayoko Ono]

Trashers

 

[Deadly Dogma]

combine all 3?
Flaming Peach Thrashers?

 

[NVious]

Yeah Yeahs

 

[Washed Up 29YearOld]

cut throat should never be an ice hockey team after what happened in Britain lately. Thrashers is fine

 

[Darcy Tucker]

Fake news.