What Should the new Atlanta NHL team be named?

[Kane One]

Atlanta Nordiques to make the transition a lot easier.

Atlanta Nordiques, so it's easier rebranding the team when it eventually moves to Quebec.

Crap. I guess I wasn’t original with saying the same thing lmao.

 

[CanadienShark]

Thrashers is a good name. Go back to that.

 

[AlainVigneaultsGum]

Atlanta Herpes.

They keep coming back.

 

[Nogatco Rd]

Atlanta Nordiques to make the transition a lot easier.


Crap. I guess I wasn’t original with saying the same thing lmao.

that joke has been made by 20+ different people at this point

 

[Kimota]

Atlanta Scarletts

Get it?

 

[MetalheadPenguinsFan]

The Atlanta Horseshoes

No other city has ever been given this many lucky chances.

 

[AtlantaWhaler]

that joke has been made by 20+ different people at this point

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Also pretty dumb as the Nordiques were moved too.

 

[Llewzaher]

lol was going to say what’s the state bird? But it’s the thrashers

 

[Spargon]

The Charm, since its the third try.

 

[John Price]

thrashers

 

[Jovavic]

Atlanta Again

Logo is the Thrasher on fire

 

[Chuck Norris Trophy]

The Charm, since its the third try.

Damn, was coming here to post Atlanta Charms.

 

[The Flying Octopus]

Atlanta Exits

 

[ponder719]

The Atlanta Peanuts, in honor of the budget Ted Turner gave them the last time around.

 

[Sombastate]

The Here for a Good Time, Not a Long Times of Atlanta

 

[Vukotal Recall]

The Atlanta Tax Subsidies

 

[Axe Man]

Atlanta Overkill because continued expansion is just that.

 

[The Nuge]

Also pretty dumb as the Nordiques were moved too.

Not really, since they haven’t been moved twice. The Nordiques also had pretty middle of the pack attendance compared to the Thrashers who were competing with the Coyotes and Isles for worst attendance in the league. Even the Flames in their last season in Atlanta were only ahead of two teams that would end up relocating.

It stings to lose your team, but you can’t really be surprised that people think it’s a bad idea can you?

 

[AtlantaWhaler]

Not really, since they haven’t been moved twice. The Nordiques also had pretty middle of the pack attendance compared to the Thrashers who were competing with the Coyotes and Isles for worst attendance in the league. Even the Flames in their last season in Atlanta were only ahead of two teams that would end up relocating.

It stings to lose your team, but you can’t really be surprised that people think it’s a bad idea can you?

I do think it's comical to keep discussing the Flames which was moved almost 50 years ago. I mean, Quebec had the Bulldogs 100 years ago...just as irrelevant to include them. Atlanta has more than doubled in size since the Flames moved.

Depends on which seasons you're focused on for attendance. In each season after the Spirit bought the team, attendance dropped by roughly 1K (shocking). In multiple seasons, the Thrashers had better attendance than the Bruins, Blackhawks, Preds, Blues, Devils, and Caps.

Atlanta is a metro of almost 6.2 million people growing at an average annual pace of 2% over the last 30years. It's added over 1.5 million people since the Thrashers left. Tons of corporate $$ here as well. Not sure why you wouldn't put a team here.

 

[PattyLafontaine]

Atlanta Gotye - Somebody that I used to know

 

[The Nuge]

I do think it's comical to keep discussing the Flames which was moved almost 50 years ago. I mean, Quebec had the Bulldogs 100 years ago...just as irrelevant to include them. Atlanta has more than doubled in size since the Flames moved.

Depends on which seasons you're focused on for attendance. In each season after the Spirit bought the team, attendance dropped by roughly 1K (shocking). In multiple seasons, the Thrashers had better attendance than the Bruins, Blackhawks, Preds, Blues, Devils, and Caps.

Atlanta is a metro of almost 6.2 million people growing at an average annual pace of 2% over the last 30years. It's added over 1.5 million people since the Thrashers left. Tons of corporate $$ here as well. Not sure why you wouldn't put a team here.

They’re just kind of an aside. The point is that the failure isn’t a once off.

It’s kind of weak to blame an ownership group when their 2nd and 4th worst years of attendance came before that ownership group, and their numbers actually went up when they took over.

That’s fine. Population only matters if people want to attend the sport. Atlanta gets great attendance to Football and Soccer, but hockey clearly doesn’t have the same following there. It’s not that Atlanta isn’t a sports city. They’re just not really a hockey city. Lots of sports have failed in Edmonton too and they’re as die hard of sports fans as you’ll find. They just prefer hockey.

 

[Jericho111091]

The Shermans

 

[Gregor Samsa]

Probably something around General William Tecumseh Sherman’s March to the Sea

ETA: guy above beat me

ETA #2: I suppose the Flames were a homage to Sherman? Tbh I don’t know a single thing about the ATL Flames. They were before my time and a forgotten team

 

[PaulD]

Atlanta Beer Leaguers

 

[CTHabsfan]

They’re just kind of an aside. The point is that the failure isn’t a once off.

It’s kind of weak to blame an ownership group when their 2nd and 4th worst years of attendance came before that ownership group, and their numbers actually went up when they took over.

That’s fine. Population only matters if people want to attend the sport. Atlanta gets great attendance to Football and Soccer, but hockey clearly doesn’t have the same following there. It’s not that Atlanta isn’t a sports city. They’re just not really a hockey city. Lots of sports have failed in Edmonton too and they’re as die hard of sports fans as you’ll find. They just prefer hockey.

The Thrashers existed for eleven seasons. They qualified for the playoffs once, getting swept in the first round. Seems like a good reason why people wouldn't want to attend Thrashers games.