2023-24 NHL News Thread
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That’s obviously the best one.
I kind of like Utah HC (as long HC stands for hockey club) as well.
It’s old-timey. Classic.
The entire first page sucks except for Utah Outlaws, which does have a great flow to it. Other than yeti, I’m on team Outlaws or Black Diamonds.
Yeti is the best one. Venom is odd... does anyone correlate Utah with anything venomous? There's too many bland ice/winter/snow options (although Blizzard is just begging for a Dairy Queen uniform ad). The action names are super generic and sound like something Nike would love for their inane brand storytelling. "Since 1854, intrepid gold miners knew that when a loud Blast erupted from a bull moose's butt, it was time to get to work. The Utah Blast honor that legacy."
I wouldn't be surprised if they took Blizzard since the double Zs pair well with the Jazz. I believe that the new owner mentioned that when he bought the club a month ago, but said that he'd let the fans decide. A lot of those names are downright dumb. But I also like HC too. And I can be talked into Mammoth or Black Diamonds (especially if the logo is Gene Simmons' face -- sans makeup).
And so it begins....Keefe out in Toronto.
View: https://twitter.com/MapleLeafs/status/1788570889035919850
View: https://twitter.com/MapleLeafs/status/1788570889035919850
Yeti is great, and Mammoth could be fun (great mascot/logo possibilities), but I think the Kraken beat them to this.
My favorites -- Distinctive and sound good as a team name: Black Diamonds, HC, Caribou.
I could talk myself into it: Blizzard (the double-z synchronicity with the Jazz is interesting). Also Squall and Powder.
Just don't sound good: Frost, Freeze (though I'm all in for Frosty Freeze), Venom, Canyons, Ice. [Just don't see referring to a player as a Venom or a Canyon or an Ice, etc..]
Boring retreads: Outlaws, Mountaineers
My favorites -- Distinctive and sound good as a team name: Black Diamonds, HC, Caribou.
I could talk myself into it: Blizzard (the double-z synchronicity with the Jazz is interesting). Also Squall and Powder.
Just don't sound good: Frost, Freeze (though I'm all in for Frosty Freeze), Venom, Canyons, Ice. [Just don't see referring to a player as a Venom or a Canyon or an Ice, etc..]
Boring retreads: Outlaws, Mountaineers
Having had family in SLC for a while, there is going to be an underdog push for Hive and Swarm. Mormons love bees.
I don't think that any of those proposed Utah nicknames are great, and many are downright awful (the Frost? the Venom? the Powder? Ugh.), but Yeti, HC, and Blizzard are probably the best of a weak lot.
We'll see, I'm not sure that this is any indication of Shannhan's future. Keefe was gone no matter what. 5th year, 1 playoff series victory, GM that didn't hire him. Nobody survives that scenario.
MLSE just hired a new President, Keith Pelley, in April. He's going to make the call on Shannahan and, FWIW, there was some speculation from Friedman on 32 Thoughts this week that Pelley might not even want a President of Hockey Ops position in the organization.
ChatGPT suggests "Slicers" When asked for more:
Certainly! Here are a few more options:
Certainly! Here are a few more options:
- Salt Lake Slapshots
- Rocky Mountain Rink Raiders
- Salt Lake City Icebreakers
- Wasatch Warriors
- Salt Lake Freeze
- Great Salt Lake Glaciers
- Mountain Majesty Hockey Club
- Salt Lake City Blizzard Brigade
- Rocky Mountain Rampage
- Salt Lake Summit Smashers
I can't believe people like HC. It's boring, it's terrible, and it makes them sound like a third tier European soccer team.
It's an echo of the Washington Football Club name before they became the lackluster Commanders. Thing is, emulating that name comes across as mere trend chasing. The US sports brand equivalent of trying to make "fetch" happen.
It's not great, but it's among the best of a bad bunch for me. It's simple and different. (But I was thinking that it sounds like a Euro soccer team, too.)
It was Washington Football Team. And I would have kept that over Commanders.
I like Yeti. If not that, then I think they should be the Flying Squirrels.
I hoping for HC. Everyone can fill in with their own interpretation of HC, like Hell’s Children. When they play the Devils the crowd can chant “Whose your Daddy”.
Keanu Reeves needs to drop at least one first puck this season for them.
Yeti is fine. But I'll go with Utah Glaciers.
Yeti is fine. But I'll go with Utah Glaciers.
Maybe one day their head coach can scrawl on a napkin, "I resign as the HC of the HC."
This fucking guy in Toronto? View: https://twitter.com/friedgehnic/status/1791551812115300603?s=46&t=IVL2VrlFgLlpc3mjGGto8Q
While that tweet implied it was in motion, it is now official:
https://www.sportsnet.ca/nhl/article/maple-leafs-hire-craig-berube-as-head-coach/
Good grief.
Cuz Berube will bitch his way to a series win. Honestly this should be self explanatory.
Couple of days old and perhaps strategically announced during some of the most intense playoff action, but it looks like the Blackhawks need to re-hire the Sexual Harassment Panda again:
https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/5496618/2024/05/15/blackhawks-lawsuit-sexual-harassment-fraud-breach-of-contract/
https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/5496618/2024/05/15/blackhawks-lawsuit-sexual-harassment-fraud-breach-of-contract/
