[News] Coyotes relocating to Salt Lake City

[GreenLantern2814]

Utah Rocks.

That’ll be $6 million dollars.

[Toonage]

Utah Red Rocks

I'll take $3M of that

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Originally Posted by GreenLantern2814

Utah Rocks.

No, Cleveland Rocks.

[KelVarnsen]

Originally Posted by Icon

No, Cleveland Rocks.

Ohio!

[Monahammer]

Mammoth is pretty good. Sounds vaguely biblical as well, so probably appealing to the thumping masses.

[Calgary4LIfe]

After the latest NHL name being the Kraken, you know Utah is coming out as the Yeti. Yuck. Hmm.. Utah Yucks anyone?



None of the options sound good to me. Might as well call them the Utah Yaks. Import some nice yaks from Tibet. Call it a day. At least it sounds good.



Some answers that I would love to know but still too disinterested to look up myself:
Why does Pittsburgh have a team called Penguins?
Why did Boston name themselves Bruins if only black bears live in the state?
Ignoring Native American imagery here, why call yourselves the Chiefs, if we all know that chiefs just plan, while it is the warriors that go out and fight? Same concept as having too many chefs in the kitchen?

What exactly is a seahawk? What is a Tiger-cat? Is there a Tiger-Dog?
Looking at a map, it seems a bit weird to have pirates in Pittsburgh.
I definitely don't want to walk around the outskirts of Detroit in case there are some tigers in the woods, I guess. Ditto for Cincinnati? How many people are eaten by these wild tigers there yearly?

Raptors in Toronto? Maybe in museums.


Those just came from the top of my head. I am sure they all have sensible explanations as to how they have all arrived at their names.



I would love them to be the Utah Mules. I bet there is some history with using mules to go up and down those mountains. Maybe give the proverbial finger to Boston and just call themselves the Utah Grizzlies. If Boston complains, just state: "Well, at least there are actual grizzlies in our state."



Searching "Endemic Animals of Utah" (just to make sure other teams don't steal these amazing ideas for the future):
Utah Gunnison Grouse (what the heck is a plural of Grouse? Just Grouse? Grouses? Or Greese? That sounds like the Oilers).
Utah Thickshell Pondsnails. Tough to market, I know, but there is an idea here somewhere.
Utah Kangaroo Rats. Then 5 years later, drop one of the names. Worked for the Ducks. Utah Kangaroos. Now that's a cool name. Everyone loves Australia.

Utah June Suckers. There's a joke in there about playoffs.


Most of these team names are rather stupid, but they just take a while to grow on people (for the most part unless it is something stupid like Leafs - not even the right plural spelling and all fans of that team should be ashamed for cheering for them).


I bet they become they Yeti. That's the most noise I have heard. By 2048, I am sure that I will finally accept that name as not terrible.

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^ all of these questions just highlight why I ask why can't Utah just pick a name now / this summer instead of waiting a whole year.

Who cares what they're called, pick a name and run with it. There'll be positive and negative opinion no matter what they pick, just pick something and get behind it, it'll be fine.

I think it's rediculous to wait a year to try to hedge public opinion.

[FlamesAddiction]

Originally Posted by Jordan!

Nothing says UTAH like Scorpions and Rattlesnakes.

Sure, they probably have them in the South but it's gotta be some Ice/Snow type of name.

Sure, they might not be what people automatically associate with Utah, but it must be what they are getting at with the "Venom" concept.

Useless trivia, but the same scorpion species in Utah is also found in small pockets in BC and Alberta, which I didn't know before. Rattlesnakes are found all over the place, but they seem to be generally associated with the "Western" aesthetic, which I think applies to Utah.

[GioforPM]

Originally Posted by Calgary4LIfe

After the latest NHL name being the Kraken, you know Utah is coming out as the Yeti. Yuck. Hmm.. Utah Yucks anyone?



None of the options sound good to me. Might as well call them the Utah Yaks. Import some nice yaks from Tibet. Call it a day. At least it sounds good.



Some answers that I would love to know but still too disinterested to look up myself:
Why does Pittsburgh have a team called Penguins?
Why did Boston name themselves Bruins if only black bears live in the state?
Ignoring Native American imagery here, why call yourselves the Chiefs, if we all know that chiefs just plan, while it is the warriors that go out and fight? Same concept as having too many chefs in the kitchen?

What exactly is a seahawk? What is a Tiger-cat? Is there a Tiger-Dog?
Looking at a map, it seems a bit weird to have pirates in Pittsburgh.
I definitely don't want to walk around the outskirts of Detroit in case there are some tigers in the woods, I guess. Ditto for Cincinnati? How many people are eaten by these wild tigers there yearly?

Raptors in Toronto? Maybe in museums.


Those just came from the top of my head. I am sure they all have sensible explanations as to how they have all arrived at their names.

Seahawks are ospreys, just another name.

Tiger-cats are tigers. And also big cats. Supposedly there are more tigers in the US than almost any other country (counting zoos and privately owned).

Penguins - because the original owner's wife thought it was a good name and alliterative.

Bruins - the teams original colours were brown and yellow and the owner liked bears.

Raptors - fan vote when Jurassic Park had come out.

[Buff]

I like Outlaws. I have no idea if it fits regionally but I like that nickname.

[SnipeShow]

Not a huge fan of the list they had, but Yetis could be alright and has a ring to it, sticking with a similar mythical monster theme Utah Griffins would've been decent. Better yet, get some agreements in place and be the Utah Thundercats or Utah and the masters of the universe

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[FlamesAddiction]

Originally Posted by Buff

I like Outlaws. I have no idea if it fits regionally but I like that nickname.

Butch Cassidy and his gang were famous for the heists they pulled off in Utah.

[EVERLAST]

Salt Lake City Samsquatch!! Or Samsquatches?

Look at them Samquatch , them son of a Samsquatchery! I dunno.

Regardless of whether they call them Yeti , Samsquatch, they need to make sure the character is blurry.

Bigfoot is blurry. According to MITCH Hedburg anyway

[Gugstanley]

The most popular idea was to bring back the Salt Lake Golden Eagles. Now that is dead I must say the name choices are terrible.

Red Rocks is already taken by the University of Utah Women's Gymnastics team.

Off the list, I would go with outlaws.

Let me propose they go with the Utah Elders and wear white top with black pants. The first year they should wear white tops with Utah in black and be the Utah Generics.

[Finger Cookin]

I like the mouth feel of both Utah Yeti and Utah Outlaws. Whatever name they pick will grown on people over time.

[Reggie Dunlop]

The Utah Sundancers

[Acey]

I too would like it to be Outlaws.

Being next door to the Avs they should have eliminated any ice-related one immediately... but that's like half the options?! You're one state over and you're considering Glaciers/Blizzard/Ice/Frost/Squall or something such? Give me a break.

[Wastedyouth]

The Utah Great Odin's Ravens

[Radio]

Asked AI to give me some lesser known facts about Utah and it gave me this gem.

Home to the World's Largest Organism: In Fishlake National Forest lives a massive colony of Quaking Aspens referred to as "Pando." This colony is treated as a single organism since all the trees share a root system, and it's considered the heaviest and potentially oldest living organism on the planet.

Utah Pandos it is! Our machine overlords have spoken!

It also said Utahns consume more Jell-O per capita than any other state and the Frisbee was invented in Utah.

[Sidney Crosby's Hat]

Originally Posted by GioforPM

Seahawks are ospreys, just another name.

Tiger-cats are tigers. And also big cats. Supposedly there are more tigers in the US than almost any other country (counting zoos and privately owned).

Penguins - because the original owner's wife thought it was a good name and alliterative.

Bruins - the teams original colours were brown and yellow and the owner liked bears.

Raptors - fan vote when Jurassic Park had come out.

Tiger-Cats were a merger of two teams: Hamilton Tigers and Hamilton Wildcats.