[News] Utah to name its NHL team via fan vote bracket- Mammoth is the winner

[OutOfTheCube]

I liked Washington Football Team too, they should've stuck with that.

[Locke]

Originally Posted by Ba'alzamon

Generic = boring = bad

Look...the NHL can suffer all kinds of terrible crap and turn it into gold, so I'm not overly concerned about it.

I mean, Anaheim went with this for a bit:

[VilleN]

Every team is a hockey club. It's redundant, and you could put HC after every single team name in the league. Calgary Flames HC - yeah guy, we know it's a hockey team.

[SuperMatt18]

Originally Posted by Locke

Look...the NHL can suffer all kinds of terrible crap and turn it into gold, so I'm not overly concerned about it.

I mean, Anaheim went with this for a bit:

Best. Jersey. Ever.

(I own 2)

[Yeah_Baby]

Originally Posted by CroFlames

Are there any prominent Mormons in the NHL? Just like how Montreal loves their Francophone players, I'm sure Utah would love a couple Mormons on their club.

I believe Derek Ryan is only publicly LDS NHLer

[devo22]

Originally Posted by OutOfTheCube

I liked Washington Football Team too, they should've stuck with that.

I'd say it's not that WFT was all that great, but more that Commanders is just not very good, to put it mildly (I believe Redtails was a favourite among fans back then, would have been a better option IMO). Would probably be the same with Utah ... the HC thing is super lame, but when the alternative is Wasatch ...

[Cappy]

Utah Utes. Get sign off from the Ute Tribe. done.

Utah 96ers. 1896 was the year it became a state. done. (47 was the first Morman settlement, but doesnt have the same ring to it).

Utah Colonials.

Saints wouldve worked, but alas.

[GioforPM]

Originally Posted by Coach

The reason soccer teams have names like that is they were originally community clubs that became big enough and good enough to be professional. It'd be like if the Bowness Hockey Association somehow grew into a global brand juggxrnaught. Most of the clubs do have "nicknames" like NA sports teams, they just don't really use them. I think Liverpool is the Reds, ManU is Red Devils, etc...

Anyways I feel like HC brings that sort of timeless vibe with it, things like Mammoth and Yeti (and Kraken and Golden Knights) etc... sound like exactly what they are....expansion teams at best. Really they sound like roller hockey names or (literally) lacrosse teams. Like something a bunch of 13 year olds would name their PeeWee team.

Still -maybe some of your distaste is just about familiarity with older names. What's more roller hocky-ish about Kraken versus Blue Jackets or Devils or Ducks or even the grammatically incorrect Maple Leafs?

[OutOfTheCube]

Originally Posted by devo22

I'd say it's not that WFT was all that great, but more that Commanders is just not very good, to put it mildly (I believe Redtails was a favourite among fans back then, would have been a better option IMO). Would probably be the same with Utah ... the HC thing is super lame, but when the alternative is Wasatch ...

I just liked the audacity of this huge multi-million dollar professional sports team literally being named 'Football Team'. It's like someone naming their dog 'Dog' but on a scale of billionaires.

[devo22]

I guess the most disappointing thing for me is that they've had so many months to come up with options and then end up with these three finalists. Super uninspiring (HC), corny (Mammoth) and whatever the hell Wasatch is. I'll give them a tiny bit of credit for that one because that one at least has meaning, but talk about about a terrible name for a team ...

I will say though, I'm one of those who generally dislike team names that don't end with an -s. Just doesn't sound right.

[Coach]

Originally Posted by GioforPM

Still -maybe some of your distaste is just about familiarity with older names. What's more roller hocky-ish about Kraken versus Blue Jackets or Devils or Ducks or even the grammatically incorrect Maple Leafs?

Like I said, the names become what you make of them eventually. Something like the Leafs I think is a good example of what I'm saying where maybe it seems dumb, but for some reason is classic, even if it was named that way today. The same way calling the Seattle team the Metropolitans maybe have seemed lame compared to GIGANTIC OCTOPUS! but Mets has a classic sports feel despite being kind of a stupid name. Or tying something to the city like the music scene or the aeronautic history.

The teams you mentioned I think actually fall into an interesting set of categories where a combination of name, jersey and logo can determine the feeling of longevity (or not). The Blue Jackets I think have a great name, but took way took long to get to the actual Civil War imagery and away from weird 2000's bug. If their team had had any success they'd probably fit into a better category. The Devil's name is pretty lame, but a good jersey and logo (despite their logo being simple and kinda crappy, it works) along with some stints of success have given them a good historical standing. The Ducks ended up changing their name away from what would be some surely rooted in the 90s forever to something a little more palatable, but then changed their jersey from what was a great hit. They're just now getting to a place where they properly own it. The Preds are the same. If their name wasn't super lame 2000's, their strong teams and revamp style to reflect their city more would probably have them in a more classic category. The Wild in a similar boat minus any good teams.

Anyways, it's all subjective. I just think when coming up with these things it's good to take a step back and just think ahead to 30-40 years from now. Looks at some old newspaper headlines of classic team match ups. And maybe reconsider whether or not Kraken or Yeti is a good name for your sports team.

[Johnny Makarov]

Utah Golden Flames. They just have to send us a 7th rounder every year.

[devo22]

well, it seems Wasatch is already out lol. Instead, Outlaws has been added. Weird stuff.

https://twitter.com/user/status/1885083081855688737

[PepsiFree]

Outlaws? In Utah?

What did they do, order a full pint of beer?

[Yeah_Baby]

Originally Posted by PepsiFree

Outlaws? In Utah?

What did they do, order a full pint of beer?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mountain_Meadows_Massacre

[CroFlames]

Outlaws is not a bad name at all.

[CroFlames]

Originally Posted by PepsiFree

Outlaws? In Utah?

What did they do, order a full pint of beer?

As the Pittsburgh Penguins have shown us, your nickname can be as absurd as you want it to be. LA Kings, Vegas Golden Knights, etc.

[Yeah_Baby]

Originally Posted by CroFlames

As the Pittsburgh Penguins have shown us, your nickname can be as absurd as you want it to be. LA Kings, Vegas Golden Knights, etc.

Utah Jazz

[Locke]

Originally Posted by PepsiFree

Outlaws? In Utah?

What did they do, order a full pint of beer?

Yeah...I thought that was really odd as well? Outlaws? In Utah? Did they steal someone's magical Gold plates?

What Outlaws?

[Sidney Crosby's Hat]

Originally Posted by VilleN

Every team is a hockey club. It's redundant, and you could put HC after every single team name in the league. Calgary Flames HC - yeah guy, we know it's a hockey team.

There literally already is a "Hockey Club" in the NHL:

Club de hockey Canadien