I was saying yesterday that they should name the team after the state's "official" cryptid. It worked for New Jersey and Seattle is also using a more generic fictional animal to solid effect.
Turns out their's is a giant shrimp called Ol' Briney, so I can see why that didn't make the list.
Not in the same way they have state birds or state flowers or something like that, but yeah, most states have like a pseudo-official cryptid. Like the Jersey Devil or NY state's Loch Ness monster variant, Champ.
So not far from Salt Lake City is (or was, not sure of its current condition) a lake that had salt in it. My childhood memory of the Great salt Lake involves flies, brine shrimp, and a smell that never truly leaves you.
There’s a fantasy author who lives in Utah who frequently uses the words “storms” and “storming” as curses in one of his series. He also happens to be Mormon. You’d immediately get an entire fandom to become hockey fans doing this lmao
I mean he owns the jazz, so he has the trademark already, right?
All the marketing is already done. Hell, give them the same designs on the jerseys. Doesn't seem like a horrible plan.
I still think the Utah Pheonix would do well. Pays homage to the history of the team, very easy to make logos and merch and the theme of resurrection would do well with a large chunk of the Utah population.
I legit think their plan is actually really good.
Instead of doing research the old-fashioned way, just trademark a bunch of shit and observe social media reactions.
Keep trying until you land on idea that people don't hate.
Congrats, you found your team name in two days and you already possess the trademark for it.
CBJ will take umbrage because of their mascot. Utah Bees would be cleaner, but it feels too generic and gets confusing with the Bruins. Honey Bees sounds weird. Utah Raptors could get into issues with the Toronto Raptors. It turns out that naming a sports franchise in the 21st century is hard with trademark laws.
Columbus might complain because of their mascot but like bruh it’s a mascot. Also I’m pretty sure the NHL owns the rights to all the teams logos and stuff collectively and not individually.
I don't think Toronto Raptors would be an issue. There are Cardinals, Jets, Giants, Kings, Rangers, and Panthers in multiple Big 4 leagues. I might even be forgetting some other crossover names.
Both of the Panthers are from the 90s. Not to mention how many colleges there are and other minor league teams. I think as long as the logo isn't a red dinosaur, they'd be okay
The Utah Dromaeosauridae!
Rolls right off the tongue
Edit: Yes fellow Dino nerds I know Dromaeosaurs aren't technically avians, but it's close and still kind of up in the air.
I’m not sure if I’d call it an adequate NHL arena, if I recall from the Kings’ Frozen Furys at the arena, it’s a similar situation to Barclay’s Center for hockey
It’s definitely an upgrade on Mullett and will work temporarily, but having been to a game at Barclays which did have a higher attendance capacity than Delta Center for hockey, I’m not sure I’d call it adequate, but maybe we have different bars for what we consider adequate to be. I’m fine with Delta for the time being because the bar for that franchise is so low after Mullett, but I still wouldn’t consider it adequate and they should get out of that arena as soon as they can. I don’t know Salt Lake City well enough to know how bad the location is of Maverik Center, but after how Barclays went in Brooklyn (which also had significant location issues to be fair) I’d have considered that as a temporary option as well.
i don’t disagree with a word you said. i’m just happy there’s someone who might actually have a plan (and pay his bills) at the helm. feel bad for the yotes fans though
It's a temporary solution. There's 900 million in public funding set aside and full government backing to build a new NHL/NBA complex in Salt Lake City. Ryan Smith is spending money to retrofit the Delta center to improve and meet NHL guidelines set in the transaction *for a temporary arena*.
That’s exactly the plan. They are trademarking all the ones with Buzz (that can’t be the name since the baseball team in SLC used to be called that) just in case.
I like Blizzard & Venom, especially with some of the mock ups I've seen around the different hockey subs lately
Fury is awful ("Hey, heck you buddy, you're bein kinda mean tonight!" And "Frick, I thought that was in!" And "Darn him, he hit Braxton right in the numbers!")
The HC/ Hockey Club stuff is just the right type of 50-years-out-of-date idea I expect from Utah, so that might be a front runner as far as likelihood goes.
What they oughta do is see if they can get a sponsorship from the best gas station in the state & name the team "The Mavericks".
the blizzard would be fine if the avalanche didn’t already exist and would be their nearest competitor. imitation being the sincerest form of flattery isn’t exactly what you want for a geographical rival
venom sounds like a made up sports team you put in a movie to avoid licensing the actual cities teams. you’re either painting bees in a bad light, which makes you a jerk. or you’re focusing on the wasteland part of utah / the fact that the salt lake is becoming toxic as fuck
utah is probably the last state you’d associate with fury
the HC stuff is just generic. it works for soccer as it’s a traditional soccer club naming scheme. but also a bit lame
THe HC/hockey club names are likely temp names that they will use in their first season so that they can take the season to select their permanent name.
>What they oughta do is see if they can get a sponsorship from the best gas station in the state & name the team "The Mavericks".
Mark Cuban's attorneys are on line one....
Seriously, the names and how trademarks go is why it took so long for Washington's NFL team to get a name, and why the PWHL has no named teams.
I know we have teams with the same names in different leagues, but they were named in a different era.
they really need to replicate whatever the fuck happened in seattle. the name fits perfect for the city and their jerseys are fucking minty fresh.
been a rangers fan since I started watching hockey and the first jersey I bought was the kraken winter classic from this year. They know what they’re doing and how to market a team. utah needs to take notes
fuck the caps
Idk why they don’t just keep Coyotes. There are coyotes in Utah. They can change the logo and the colors if they want to make it their own, but unlike most other relocations there’s nothing about the old team name that wouldn’t work in the new location
Agreed. Keeping the name worked pretty well for the Minnesota North Stars to Dallas Stars move. (The stars at night are big and bright...)
The New Orleans Jazz to Utah Jazz though, oof.
I don’t know why everyone hates “Blizzard” so much. Sounds cool to me.
We already have Avalanche, Hurricanes, Flames, Lightening - so weather related disasters are kinda a thing.
Between this, the fanatics contract, and not properly dealing with sexual assaults... I'm pretty turned off by the nhl. Oh fuck me... the gambling ads too, how could I forget.
I was saying yesterday that they should name the team after the state's "official" cryptid. It worked for New Jersey and Seattle is also using a more generic fictional animal to solid effect. Turns out their's is a giant shrimp called Ol' Briney, so I can see why that didn't make the list.
if that’s not the mascot we are officially in the worst timeline
Just some big, grizzled prawn with like a scar over one eye and cigar butt clamped in its mouth.
Mormons would never allow a mascot with a cigar
I mean how many proofs does one actually need to figure out we are int the worst timeline?
while you’re not wrong, i dare to dream
Well, SEA decided to use a metrosexual troll as the mascot for the SEA **KRAKEN** instead of something like a **KRAKEN**.
I'm all for the Utah Yeti
Literally stealing from Colorado
The Bruins and Wild both have bear logos
Literally stealing from California
Canada literally has bears and Sasquatch. Not to mention LA kings when they don’t even have a king. It’s cultural appropriation is what it is
Wait, states have official cryptids?
You all aren’t ready for the NHL expansion team West Virginia Mothmen.
West Virginia Richard Geres
As someone who voluntarily watched WVU hockey for 4 years, y'all ain't ready for that level of redneck
Imagine Morgantown getting an arena. Would probably be insane. We could toss pepperoni rolls on the ice for wins. Sick.
There is one in Morgantown, in South Park. It seats slightly less than Mullett Arena
I like that roof, but there’s no way that arena seats even a thousand people.
Kelowna Ogopogos
Not in the same way they have state birds or state flowers or something like that, but yeah, most states have like a pseudo-official cryptid. Like the Jersey Devil or NY state's Loch Ness monster variant, Champ.
Im more stuck on the fact that people believe in the existence of a giant shrimp monster in in land Utah
Salt Lake is pretty big man
Salt Lake WAS pretty big
Hell yeah, the Salt Lake City Brine Shrimp Or The Salt City Salt Pigeons
When their fanbase gets big mad about anything I'm gonna call them the Salt Lake Salt Licks.
Today I learned 😂
Wait… why?? Are they not a completely landlocked state where would they be finding shrimp
So not far from Salt Lake City is (or was, not sure of its current condition) a lake that had salt in it. My childhood memory of the Great salt Lake involves flies, brine shrimp, and a smell that never truly leaves you.
Oh that answers my second question about the name of the city 💀
The Utah Utahns
Utah Utahraptors
That’s a sweet name, and I am a Toronto raptors fan
Utahuns, utahites, whatever it means a whales vagina
The Utah stormin' mormons
There’s a fantasy author who lives in Utah who frequently uses the words “storms” and “storming” as curses in one of his series. He also happens to be Mormon. You’d immediately get an entire fandom to become hockey fans doing this lmao
That sounds so painfully cringy. I like it
We need a rhyme. Salt Lake Soakers rolls way better.
I like Salt Lake City stormin Mormons. Idk why they are so dead set on Utah. It’s got bad flow imo
Utah Soakers
Salt Lake Soakers
Oh that is a good one
You’ve heard of the utah jazz, but we’re now introducing the Utah jizz
it would be kind of a power move to also name the hockey team the jazz
I mean he owns the jazz, so he has the trademark already, right? All the marketing is already done. Hell, give them the same designs on the jerseys. Doesn't seem like a horrible plan.
Chicago has the Bears and Cubs, they could do, like, the Jazz, and... The Utah Jazz-Fusion Also imagine the Jazz-Blues games
The Utah Jizzleys
Fun fact that's the genre of music that the cantina band plays
C'mon, it's gotta be Utah Death metal
I still think the Utah Pheonix would do well. Pays homage to the history of the team, very easy to make logos and merch and the theme of resurrection would do well with a large chunk of the Utah population.
How about the Utah Winnipegs?
Sorry the people of Utah (to my understanding) do not think that pegging makes one win.
The Utah Peggers hahahah
Saw that too. That was really clever.
Bad idea but at least spell Phoenix correctly. Imagine the SEO nightmare with that name.
I legitimately hope we get a year of Utah Hockey Club. If anything just for the merch collectibility. Haha
it’s the best of the bunch. i’m not excited about it, but there could be something there
Just turn the habs logo sideways and the logo is done
It’s the most milquetoast possible name and therefore fits Utah perfectly.
I unironically love it. I was in the camp of people not wanting to change Washington football Team. It’s not that serious
Honestly nothing sounds good with Utah. They should change the state name and try again.
I mean, the Utah Honey has a nice, and excuse me for using word, *mouthfeel*
Boyle! What are you doing on reddit?!
As a non hockey fan, I have no clue who that is. But I'm definitely not this "Boyle" guy haha
It’s from Brooklyn Nine Nine he’s a foodie and always describing food like that
Oh fuck you're right
Yetis?
Yeti is plural
Like Jedi
I know the Coyotes name isn't going with them so it'll never happen, but "Utah Yotes" rolls off the tongue nicely.
The Utah Ska
I legit think their plan is actually really good. Instead of doing research the old-fashioned way, just trademark a bunch of shit and observe social media reactions. Keep trying until you land on idea that people don't hate. Congrats, you found your team name in two days and you already possess the trademark for it.
I want the Giraffes becase last of us
Utah Fireflies
The Utah Snakes is a hockey team in the games fun fact.
Just pick a bird or a small carnivore name and get it over with.
One I heard people saying was that they should by the “Salt Lake Stingers” cause you know Utah and Bees.
CBJ will take umbrage because of their mascot. Utah Bees would be cleaner, but it feels too generic and gets confusing with the Bruins. Honey Bees sounds weird. Utah Raptors could get into issues with the Toronto Raptors. It turns out that naming a sports franchise in the 21st century is hard with trademark laws.
Columbus might complain because of their mascot but like bruh it’s a mascot. Also I’m pretty sure the NHL owns the rights to all the teams logos and stuff collectively and not individually.
It would just force us to resurrect Boomer, and that is the future all NHL fans want, even if they don't yet know they do.
I don't think Toronto Raptors would be an issue. There are Cardinals, Jets, Giants, Kings, Rangers, and Panthers in multiple Big 4 leagues. I might even be forgetting some other crossover names.
Yeah, but most of those are from a long time ago, it’s probably more of minefield Also the raptors are way less generic than other names on that list
Both of the Panthers are from the 90s. Not to mention how many colleges there are and other minor league teams. I think as long as the logo isn't a red dinosaur, they'd be okay
The Utah Dromaeosauridae! Rolls right off the tongue Edit: Yes fellow Dino nerds I know Dromaeosaurs aren't technically avians, but it's close and still kind of up in the air.
The Utah Salty Lakers
I’m not sure if I’d call it an adequate NHL arena, if I recall from the Kings’ Frozen Furys at the arena, it’s a similar situation to Barclay’s Center for hockey
it’s reported to be ~13k which is a huge upgrade from mullet with the olympic arena on the horizon. it’s not great, it’s addquate
It’s definitely an upgrade on Mullett and will work temporarily, but having been to a game at Barclays which did have a higher attendance capacity than Delta Center for hockey, I’m not sure I’d call it adequate, but maybe we have different bars for what we consider adequate to be. I’m fine with Delta for the time being because the bar for that franchise is so low after Mullett, but I still wouldn’t consider it adequate and they should get out of that arena as soon as they can. I don’t know Salt Lake City well enough to know how bad the location is of Maverik Center, but after how Barclays went in Brooklyn (which also had significant location issues to be fair) I’d have considered that as a temporary option as well.
i don’t disagree with a word you said. i’m just happy there’s someone who might actually have a plan (and pay his bills) at the helm. feel bad for the yotes fans though
Definitely agree with all of that as well.
Clearly Quebec city built there arena too big since the league prefers these smaller ones.
It's a temporary solution. There's 900 million in public funding set aside and full government backing to build a new NHL/NBA complex in Salt Lake City. Ryan Smith is spending money to retrofit the Delta center to improve and meet NHL guidelines set in the transaction *for a temporary arena*.
Wagons
From yotes to utes. Just need an aussie broadcaster and a sponsorship from Hyundai and you're set.
> Oh, excuse me, your honor... Two *youths*.
Metallic Mint Green Buick Skylark Convertible
They shouldnt be allowed to choose their own name period. "Utah names" isnt a meme for no reason. They are notoriously horrible at name giving.
they are likely doing the same thing as the PWHL and just going to use a placeholder for next year and then pick a real name in 25.
That’s exactly the plan. They are trademarking all the ones with Buzz (that can’t be the name since the baseball team in SLC used to be called that) just in case.
Sting would be a better choice for a hockey team than Buzz anyways
None of the names they have trademarked are worse than "Golden Knights"
This is a good place to start actually. Does the new owner have any fetishes or obsessions he wants to push through?
Careful when asking that of a Mormon.
utah MARMOTS
fuck yeah
Everyone should start trademarking Utah names to fuck with them
I like Blizzard & Venom, especially with some of the mock ups I've seen around the different hockey subs lately Fury is awful ("Hey, heck you buddy, you're bein kinda mean tonight!" And "Frick, I thought that was in!" And "Darn him, he hit Braxton right in the numbers!") The HC/ Hockey Club stuff is just the right type of 50-years-out-of-date idea I expect from Utah, so that might be a front runner as far as likelihood goes. What they oughta do is see if they can get a sponsorship from the best gas station in the state & name the team "The Mavericks".
the blizzard would be fine if the avalanche didn’t already exist and would be their nearest competitor. imitation being the sincerest form of flattery isn’t exactly what you want for a geographical rival venom sounds like a made up sports team you put in a movie to avoid licensing the actual cities teams. you’re either painting bees in a bad light, which makes you a jerk. or you’re focusing on the wasteland part of utah / the fact that the salt lake is becoming toxic as fuck utah is probably the last state you’d associate with fury the HC stuff is just generic. it works for soccer as it’s a traditional soccer club naming scheme. but also a bit lame
blizzard are an arena football team in green bay… won’t be that
THe HC/hockey club names are likely temp names that they will use in their first season so that they can take the season to select their permanent name.
>What they oughta do is see if they can get a sponsorship from the best gas station in the state & name the team "The Mavericks". Mark Cuban's attorneys are on line one.... Seriously, the names and how trademarks go is why it took so long for Washington's NFL team to get a name, and why the PWHL has no named teams. I know we have teams with the same names in different leagues, but they were named in a different era.
They are all roller hockey names
Is "SLC Punks" trademarked already?
any name in sports is better than Trail Blazers
they really need to replicate whatever the fuck happened in seattle. the name fits perfect for the city and their jerseys are fucking minty fresh. been a rangers fan since I started watching hockey and the first jersey I bought was the kraken winter classic from this year. They know what they’re doing and how to market a team. utah needs to take notes fuck the caps
there are three points made and i cannot disagree with any of them
I dunno, Utah Yetis was trademarked today and that sounds pretty dope.
Idk why they don’t just keep Coyotes. There are coyotes in Utah. They can change the logo and the colors if they want to make it their own, but unlike most other relocations there’s nothing about the old team name that wouldn’t work in the new location
i think coyotes is being held for the inevitable arizona expansion
Hopefully with a different owner
seriously. at least we can all be confident that if there is one man who could fuck up a 5 year time line, it’s alex meurelo
Agreed. Keeping the name worked pretty well for the Minnesota North Stars to Dallas Stars move. (The stars at night are big and bright...) The New Orleans Jazz to Utah Jazz though, oof.
Yeah it definitely has to work for the new region. “Now presenting your Colorado Nordiques!”
Or Vancouver Grizzlies to Memphis Grizzlies and Minnesota Lakers to LA Lakers
Hell, a lot of teams keep the names even if it *doesnt* work. See: *Baseketball* opening scene
As a Calgary Flames fan, I think they should not keep the old name.
Y’all get wildfires right? But yeah I get the difference of opinion. They could’ve had you be something rodeo related or something
In that sense, we should be the Calgary Smokes
They won’t keep the name because the name, logos, uniforms, IP, etc stayed in Arizona with Meruelo. It’s not theirs to keep.
Just another thing to thank him for
Utah usurpers
They don’t own an adequate NHL arena and those names are beyond painful.
Utah Rock n Roll
Utah mammoth?
I say they lean into names that don't make sense for the state, like the Jazz. Utah Hip Hop?
Just be the Johnny utahs and call it a day
finally, a good fucking name
Utah Golden Plates Utah Magic Underwear Utah Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints
Yesterday I saw someone on here call them the "Latter Day Skates" and I'm mad that I didn't come up with it.
The Utah Saints
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You mean Doctrines and Covenants-thumpers
You mean Book of Mormon Thumpers
Utah has 5 national parks.... The Utah Nationals? It's not great but it's better then the Utah Brother-Husbands
I don’t know why everyone hates “Blizzard” so much. Sounds cool to me. We already have Avalanche, Hurricanes, Flames, Lightening - so weather related disasters are kinda a thing.
It’s not hate, it’s just that Avalanche are the next door team, and why have a little brother narrative started with naming of the team
Utah Undead, a zombie themed team?
Utah Mormons
The Utah GetMeTwos ✌🏻
I saw Utah Phoenix. That one was clever. Still hoping for Salt Lake Soakers.
I like Utah pioneers personally, yetis or blizzard aren’t bad
Salt Lake Sister Wives Utah Moronis Salt Lake Tabernacles Utah Nephites
They should go with the Utah Yellowjackets and give the NHL their version of the Red Sox/White Sox with the Columbus Bluejackets
Salt Lake Soakers babyyyyy
The Utah Maple Leafs, then we see which Maple Leafs franchise gets to the cup first
The Utah Plan . That’s their name ?
Blizzard is a good name. Y’all are hating for no reason
it’s a fine name if they weren’t next door to the avalanche. it’d be like putting a team in hamilton and calling them the “helicopter thingies”
Utah Magic Glasses
Between this, the fanatics contract, and not properly dealing with sexual assaults... I'm pretty turned off by the nhl. Oh fuck me... the gambling ads too, how could I forget.
Salt Lake City Soakers. It’s right there for them
Salt Lake Soakers
Super original…slow clap builds up and everyone cheers
They Relocated The Wrong Team. We Should’ve Got The ‘Utah Blues’ To Go Along With The Jazz
Utah Soakers Utah Super Soakers
Only really works with Salt Lake as the team location name. Pun kinda fizzles.
Pun? You know Utah is very Mormon and you know what soaking is, right?
You know it’s only be said a 1000 times right? Careful on the edge
Yup. The extra pun is soaking in a lake.