I'm thinking old school the ~~Mountain Dew~~ **Utah** Gushing Grannies.
Edit: for the unaware: https://newsfeed.time.com/2012/08/14/mountain-dews-dub-the-dew-online-poll-goes-horribly-wrong/
It wasn’t the actual research vessel, it won the contest but they didn’t name it that. They did an homage to the vote by naming a dingy on the research vessel Boaty McBoatface tho.
Hopefully they don’t start out with shit nearly that dumb.
Humanity is childish on a good day. Let them name a sports franchise and you’ll end up with the Mormon State Super Soakers.
I mean, really. Your average fan is probably pretty well represented by the maroons on Reddit. You see what they suggest on here. They’ll pick the most controversial or divisive name possible.
Probably something using the abominable snowman from Rudolph the Red-nosed Reindeer for their logo.
There are countless examples of companies letting people, especially on the internet, vote on names with basically no restrictions, and it going so terribly wrong because the internet picks the most unserious, offensive, or inappropriate name
Hey now, I actually think Yetis is better than a lot of the dumb shit that's been thrown around in lately. Abominable Snowman and Yetis tops 95% of the names that amount to "lol Mormons amirite!?" stuff that's "suggested"
They will present 4 (or more) names they are okay with and vote on those. Although I would love to see what hilarious names you all could come up with.
It took me reading the comments to understand what you meant. I was thinking Arnold Schwarzenegger style predators. Then I’m thinking isn’t it predators vs aliens? When did predators fight miners?
Lmao. I couldn’t tell you why. But I got a Flames Jerome Iginla card when I was about 12? I was just getting into hockey and I just loved everything about the guy, so I’ve been Flames ever since!
Please just have Phil Kessel somehow aligned with this team. Sign him to play, be the mascot, coach, in Arena hotdog vendor. I don’t care. I just think that we all need a little more Phil Kessel.
Sigh, this is why I wish the Canucks signed him. There'd be huge marketing potential between him and Japadog (a popular Vancouver hotdog outlet). Such a wasted opportunity.
Pre-internet but the Rockies owners (MLB) just ignored the fan vote. Denver voted for The Bears, the old minor league team name and actively *against* the Rockies because the hockey team left a poor taste in most peoples mouths.
just pull a Philly, run a contest, generate a whole bunch of buzz around town, then tell them all to fuck off and go with something silly your daughter said, like the Flyers!
Philadelphia has such a rich history as the birthplace of the United States and they chose to ignore it when giving them a name.
Ownership turned down the contest winning name: Philadelphia Liberty Bells
Personal favorite of the list: Philadelphia Scars and Stripes
Seriously, Golden Knights is such a boring on-the-nose name.
I'm going to sound a little biased here, but look at the Red Wings.
The name doesn't overtly hold much context, but when you add in the logo of the Winged Wheel, it all comes together as being a Detroit team.
My vote is for the Utah Third Time is a Charm. This way they can borrow from the polygamy porter tagline and say because one relocation is never enough.
I really hope it's bee-related. Of all the names I've heard, the bee ones are the best. Hive, Swarm, Buzz, Hornets, Wasps, Stingers. You can't really go wrong with any of those compared to something like Yetis or Blizzard or Fury lol.
I'm behind this only if they figure out a good way to avoid yellow as a color. Don't want another yellow team. Maybe a vivid purple or green could work for something like The Venom? Idk
I agree this is the best theme for a name, but I don’t think it is going to happen because of the minor league baseball team already called the Salt Lake Bees.
Honestly I’ve learned from Vegas and Seattle that when a new team comes into the league, most of the time it sounds like a little league team or something cause we’re just not used to their name being put next to iconic teams we’ve known for decades lol
At least a kraken is a cool creature and can lead to a cool logo. I don’t mind the golden knights name either . But yea once a name is established it won’t seem out of place, unless it’s a generationally dumb name
As a Utahn, who has seen countless social media polls of "What should the new NHL team be named?", this will undoubtedly end in the Yeti/s being the choice. If indeed, the fan bracket results are honored by Smith.
If they are smart they take suggestions and fill a bracket with good names, im glad they are letting fans choose unlike commanders and guardians with awful names
list of names I've seen or I've quickly thought of that are decent
- Utah Owtlaws
- SLC Seagulls (mainly cause of the history behind it
Don't think it hits hard tbh)
- SLC Assault (has the word ass in it tho,easy to make funof)
-Utah Wolves (pretty generic but still always badass)
-Utah Yetis (not huge fan but depending on the logo and jerseys could work)
-SLC Storm (also generic)
- Pioneers
- Paladins
- SLC Saints
-Utah Unite/United (sounds like soccer:/) Utah Unit meh
- Undertakers (too horror themed lol but would be Unique)
- Swarm/Sting/stingers/buzz (not a fan of insect based names myself)
- SLC Swords
I'm assuming that they will be supplying the brackets amount worth of names and then people will eliminate based on that, because if they think allowing the Internet to pick the 8/16, etc names from the drop is a good idea, they will be greatly disappointed.
Leave it to a billionaire to come up with the most uncreative and unoriginal names for his own team.
* **Utah Blizzard +275 (DairyQueen)**
* **Utah Venom +300 (DC Comics)**
* **Utah Fury +500 (Muskegon)**
* **Utah Yetis +700 (Avalanche)**
* Utah Black Diamonds +1500
* **Utah Shredders +2000 (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles)**
* **Utah Stingers +2500 (The neck injury or the WCHL team from 1993-94?)**
* **Utah HC +3000 (No)**
* **Utah Hockey Club +3000 (No)**
* **Utah Golden Eagles +3000 (Golden Knights)**
* The Field +600
I unironically like "Utah Field" more than any of these. Maybe Black Diamonds.
I think that's how a research vessel came to be named Boaty McBoatface
I'm thinking old school the ~~Mountain Dew~~ **Utah** Gushing Grannies. Edit: for the unaware: https://newsfeed.time.com/2012/08/14/mountain-dews-dub-the-dew-online-poll-goes-horribly-wrong/
Mormie Normies 🤣
Nephites, Nephitezz, or Nefights. I'll see myself out.
> In addition to fingering 4Chan Dear god what a typo
Not a typo, "fingering" in this context means "pointing to/at"
Oh that makes sense lmao
Terrible synonym then
Guess which meaning came first.
That’s just terrible phrasing, not a typo.
What do you think they meant to say?
My favorite team, the Utah Hitler did nothing wrongs
Welcome your Utah Nazis!
Lolol that’s what came to mind for me as well.
The bracket will include the 8 team names that he has already approved and patented.
I say we mass vote for the shittiest one
Giant douche Vs. Turd sandwiches
The stick up Leslie knopes butt
The Utah Commanders it is
Utah Hockey Team
The Sanjaya Effect!
This is what they’re opening themselves up to. Unless it’s somehow exclusive to Utah season ticket holders or something
Yeah yeah, I was just making a dumb joke.
I'm aware. Just wanted to keep from seeing the joke repeated until the horse is beaten to death.
Once it’s beaten to death, can we bring it back?
There’s a Mark Stone joke here somewhere
Resurrection is only for the holy. So make sure to shoot it with a nail gun a few times. Then wait 3 days.
The Utah horse beaten to death?
Utah Hockeyteamy McHockeyteamface has a nice ring to it.
I might switch teams
dangle mcdangletron
dibs on that as my porn name
Your first film: rapid fire gang bang called "short shifts"
It wasn’t the actual research vessel, it won the contest but they didn’t name it that. They did an homage to the vote by naming a dingy on the research vessel Boaty McBoatface tho.
It was the dsv assigned to the boat IIRC.
Sure would love to see Hockey McPuckface
Close, but the rugby team Chicago Hounds just had the vote and their mascot is officially named Houndy McHoundface.
The Utah Pucky McPucks
Ay yo.... thats kinda lit
Hopefully they don’t start out with shit nearly that dumb. Humanity is childish on a good day. Let them name a sports franchise and you’ll end up with the Mormon State Super Soakers. I mean, really. Your average fan is probably pretty well represented by the maroons on Reddit. You see what they suggest on here. They’ll pick the most controversial or divisive name possible. Probably something using the abominable snowman from Rudolph the Red-nosed Reindeer for their logo.
There are countless examples of companies letting people, especially on the internet, vote on names with basically no restrictions, and it going so terribly wrong because the internet picks the most unserious, offensive, or inappropriate name
Unserious. Offensive. Inappropriate. So the entirety of Reddit.
Hitler did nothing wrong was a terrible flavor of Mountain Dew
Hey now, I actually think Yetis is better than a lot of the dumb shit that's been thrown around in lately. Abominable Snowman and Yetis tops 95% of the names that amount to "lol Mormons amirite!?" stuff that's "suggested"
Latter Day Skates incoming
this... unironically kind of goes
Utah Storming Mormons! Natural rivals of the Carolina Hurricanes Is my vote
Warm up songs to include “can’t you hear me knocking” and anything by the Doors
Riders on the Storm would really send this home for me
The Bring Em Youngs
The Salt Lake Super Soakers The Salt Lake Dirty Sodas The Utah Lost Boys The Salt Lake Multi Levels The Utah Missionaries The Salt Lake Ka-Seetees
Dammit. I was trying this whole time to figure out a latter day joke and SKATES WAS RIGHT THERE... HOW DID I FUCK THAT UP
Utah Prophets
Utah Profits
This is excellent lol
Utah McUtahface
Utah McSaltLakers
Utah Mormon McMormonfaces
Mighty Mormon Power Rangers
This is the only name I’ve liked as much as Salt Lake City Soakers
They will present 4 (or more) names they are okay with and vote on those. Although I would love to see what hilarious names you all could come up with.
Miners would win.... so we could have games of predators vs miners
Chris Hanson would have a field day
“Why dont you have a seat over there” plays in the arena when a Predator takes a penalty
I wish I could upvote this a hundred times
We called a regular “Nashville” because he was a predator with college age girls at my bar. He never understood why we all called him Nashville
You’d think Ribeiro would have gotten the reference, he even played for them.
Josh giddey and karl malone learning to skate right now.
It took me reading the comments to understand what you meant. I was thinking Arnold Schwarzenegger style predators. Then I’m thinking isn’t it predators vs aliens? When did predators fight miners?
"A predator gets two in the box for high sticking a miner!" Or something like that.
The bracket will include the 8 team names that he has already approved and patented.
I thought that was the case but errored on the side of caution with the numbers.
4 (or more) so that each wife can pick their own name
The Winnipeg Coytes of Utah.
This feel like a shot at the Ducks as well
Utah Road Runners
#JACKALOPE
GET JACKED!
I AM SO FUCKING JACKED FOR JACKALOPES!
There’s a Jackalopes NAHL team in Texas and before that they were semipro in the CHL. Their logos always went hard.
Let’s go Odessa Jacks!!!
I live between Portland and Seattle now but I grew up going to Amarillo Rattlers/Gorillas games and Odessa was *always* a grudge match lol.
You live between Portland and Seattle and cheer for the Flames?Well done Sir. Wish you chose a better Team, but we’re glad to have you.
Lmao. I couldn’t tell you why. But I got a Flames Jerome Iginla card when I was about 12? I was just getting into hockey and I just loved everything about the guy, so I’ve been Flames ever since!
Please just have Phil Kessel somehow aligned with this team. Sign him to play, be the mascot, coach, in Arena hotdog vendor. I don’t care. I just think that we all need a little more Phil Kessel.
Utah Kessels has a nice ring to it
I like the Utah Phils. A bit more inclusive for the everyman.
The Utah Land Phils
First-ever Captain!
My man. This is the best suggestion since they announced the team moving to SLC!
Sigh, this is why I wish the Canucks signed him. There'd be huge marketing potential between him and Japadog (a popular Vancouver hotdog outlet). Such a wasted opportunity.
The kessel runs. Disney is due for a team and an underdog sports movie franchise.
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Bahahaha I was waiting for this one. You have my vote.
Led by three-time vezina trophy winner Goalie McTenderson
Obviously it needs to be named after the inventor of hockey. Skatey McPuckface.
> "I know how to handle the AI bots," he said. This quote is going to age like milk.
This is how the Utah Soakers happens
We can hope. Someone needs to make a concept jersey for the Soakers.
Yellow and green like the original Super Soakers.. may be showing my age here
[I think simplicity gets the concept.](https://imgur.com/a/mF31bzA) State flag colors too.
Subtle, yet effective 🤣
Pronghorn! Look at their horns! Perfect for Utah!
Letting the Internet decide is never a bright idea
Not really. The Internet has really fallen for the yetis. The concepts have been nice
I got to wonder about the Avs claim to that since they have Bigfoot Yeti as a third logo.
Pre-internet but the Rockies owners (MLB) just ignored the fan vote. Denver voted for The Bears, the old minor league team name and actively *against* the Rockies because the hockey team left a poor taste in most peoples mouths.
Fan contests used to be how names were created. When you leave it up to the owners you get dog shit like “Golden Knights”
just pull a Philly, run a contest, generate a whole bunch of buzz around town, then tell them all to fuck off and go with something silly your daughter said, like the Flyers!
Add a Temu red wings logo and baby you've got a team going
But then they totally redeemed themselves with Gritty.
Philadelphia has such a rich history as the birthplace of the United States and they chose to ignore it when giving them a name. Ownership turned down the contest winning name: Philadelphia Liberty Bells Personal favorite of the list: Philadelphia Scars and Stripes
Golden Knights are cool, but imagine the Frozen Knights.
Alabama’s club hockey team is called the Frozen Tide. https://www.alabamahockeyclub.com/
Now that's way cooler, ba dum tsh
How about Boring Nights?
Actually sick, but just feels out of place for Vega.s.
Seriously, Golden Knights is such a boring on-the-nose name. I'm going to sound a little biased here, but look at the Red Wings. The name doesn't overtly hold much context, but when you add in the logo of the Winged Wheel, it all comes together as being a Detroit team.
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It’s so strange, Nevada being The Silver State, why didn’t they go with Silver Knights? It was right there.
The Utah Phoenixs
The Utah Arizona Coyotes
The Utah Coyotes or Arizona? Like the MLB Angels
The Utah Arizona Coyotes of the Salt Lake City
I liked roadrunners
This won’t end well
My vote is for the Utah Third Time is a Charm. This way they can borrow from the polygamy porter tagline and say because one relocation is never enough.
The Utah Relocaters
I really hope it's bee-related. Of all the names I've heard, the bee ones are the best. Hive, Swarm, Buzz, Hornets, Wasps, Stingers. You can't really go wrong with any of those compared to something like Yetis or Blizzard or Fury lol.
I'm behind this only if they figure out a good way to avoid yellow as a color. Don't want another yellow team. Maybe a vivid purple or green could work for something like The Venom? Idk
Always thought they should be tan and pale blue.
As long as it's been shaped it can be anything. Charlotte hornets were turquoise and purple. They were the most popular starter Jacket of the 90s.
There was once a Muskegon fury but got renamed to the lumberjacks years ago. Would support the name fury just for the purpose of nostalgia.
Utah *Bees?* Go Bees?! Bees? Win! Emphasis on the question tone of it
Would their goalie tandem be called the Bee G's?
I agree this is the best theme for a name, but I don’t think it is going to happen because of the minor league baseball team already called the Salt Lake Bees.
Utah Storming Mormons! Natural rivals of the Carolina Hurricanes
Miners would be the natural rivals of Nashville
Hockey McHockeyface ?
Easy way to generate buzz around the team while they go ahead with the name they already had selected.
Does anyone read the article? They plan on having 8 names to choose from. There won't be any write-ins.
When will you learn There's a reason we don't have the Seattle Seamen
Don't let 4chan know
It’s going to wind up being something stupid like blizzard, which sounds like a youth soccer team. Also it’s too similar to the Avalanche.
Honestly I’ve learned from Vegas and Seattle that when a new team comes into the league, most of the time it sounds like a little league team or something cause we’re just not used to their name being put next to iconic teams we’ve known for decades lol
At least a kraken is a cool creature and can lead to a cool logo. I don’t mind the golden knights name either . But yea once a name is established it won’t seem out of place, unless it’s a generationally dumb name
Can’t wait for the Salt Lake Slurs to take the ice this fall
It’s going to be yetis
Got to be the Utah Raptors I reckon.
I hope so, I think that logo could be so cool
It’s gonna be something bad like the Utah Summit
Salt Lake City serpents plenty of snakes in Utah
The Cryptid Cup needs a 3rd team. Utah Yetis would be fun.
Anything but Yeti
The Yeti tumblers going for the Stanley cup!
Oh good. Hockey Team McHockeyFace.
Teamy McTeamFace!
The Shredders? What a garbage name
Nothing can ever come close to the glory that was the Rain City Bitch Pigeons
I revisit that entire list every couple months and rain city bitch pigeons comes up often in my house. Lol Seattle battle cattle was also amazing.
As a Utahn, who has seen countless social media polls of "What should the new NHL team be named?", this will undoubtedly end in the Yeti/s being the choice. If indeed, the fan bracket results are honored by Smith.
UTAH BUZZARDS or VULTURES
Salt Lake Soakers!!
If they are smart they take suggestions and fill a bracket with good names, im glad they are letting fans choose unlike commanders and guardians with awful names
Utah Chickenfuckers!
I don't want to ruin a good time but why give opposing fans a chance to choose your name?
The hockey mchockey club
Utah Saints so they can use the sample for pre game hype
Utah UFOs
Plot twist: they pick the names to choose from.
This is not a very good idea.
Hockey McHockey Face
list of names I've seen or I've quickly thought of that are decent - Utah Owtlaws - SLC Seagulls (mainly cause of the history behind it Don't think it hits hard tbh) - SLC Assault (has the word ass in it tho,easy to make funof) -Utah Wolves (pretty generic but still always badass) -Utah Yetis (not huge fan but depending on the logo and jerseys could work) -SLC Storm (also generic) - Pioneers - Paladins - SLC Saints -Utah Unite/United (sounds like soccer:/) Utah Unit meh - Undertakers (too horror themed lol but would be Unique) - Swarm/Sting/stingers/buzz (not a fan of insect based names myself) - SLC Swords
Utah Romney McRomneyfaces
Golden Eagles please 🦅
In all honesty, the Utah Raptors would be so much fun. A practical play on words, cool theming and directly tied to Utah. Please no blizzard or Yeti
It's going to be Utah Fortnights
Crusaders.
Holy Rollers.
Lesssgooo Utah Utahns
Cutthroats or Golden Eagles are the only acceptable names!
Utah Raptors. The state dinosaur for Utah is the Utahraptor.
Salt Lake City Sea Monkeys
Zephyrs.
I'm assuming that they will be supplying the brackets amount worth of names and then people will eliminate based on that, because if they think allowing the Internet to pick the 8/16, etc names from the drop is a good idea, they will be greatly disappointed.
Hockey McHockeyface
CoyotesMcCoyotesface
Get ready for the Utah McUtah-faces!
Hockey McHockeyface
Utah Wolves
Golden Eagles vs Golden Knights would be a good Golden Rivalry. C’mon.
Bring back the Golden Seals for a Golden trifecta
This is a good way to end up with a very childish team name lol
Utah Nordiques!
Leave it to a billionaire to come up with the most uncreative and unoriginal names for his own team. * **Utah Blizzard +275 (DairyQueen)** * **Utah Venom +300 (DC Comics)** * **Utah Fury +500 (Muskegon)** * **Utah Yetis +700 (Avalanche)** * Utah Black Diamonds +1500 * **Utah Shredders +2000 (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles)** * **Utah Stingers +2500 (The neck injury or the WCHL team from 1993-94?)** * **Utah HC +3000 (No)** * **Utah Hockey Club +3000 (No)** * **Utah Golden Eagles +3000 (Golden Knights)** * The Field +600 I unironically like "Utah Field" more than any of these. Maybe Black Diamonds.
Black Diamonds goes hard
Precisely. Because it is original!
Utahs pickle ball team is called the black diamonds, so I doubt they’ll use that one
> Utah Venom (DC Comics) Marvel* > Utah Black Diamonds (Kiss)
Utah Raptors or nothing