Bettman meeting with Ryan Smith, owner of Utah Jazz and Real Salt Lake (upd: Smith asks NHL to open expansion process)

[AtlantaWhaler]

I've seen some suggestions for Moutaineers. I like that one.

 

[Tawnos]

I've seen some suggestions for Moutaineers. I like that one.

Half along the same lines and half keeping with the music theme (which admittedly they inherited)

Utah Rock

No, I’m not serious

 

[aqib]

If Utah had gotten the A's the could have called the Coyotes the C's so you would have the A's, Bees, and C's. Salt Lake City could have been nicknamed "Alphabet City"

I'll see myself out...

 

[GindyDraws]

Would be, but also tough to pull off in hockey, of all sports.

Denver Cutthroats existed

 

[Goalie_Bob]

One idea that I have literally seen nobody suggest is a train based name in honor of Utah being the spot where the transcontinental railroad was completed.

Sadly, Vegas probably ruined the opportunity for them to be called the Utah Golden Spikes

I agree I didn't think of that. Utah Express sounds pretty cool. I always liked train based names for a hockey team. But I don't think there is a major league team that uses that name, but tons of minor league teams.

Another I thought of was Miners. Utah Miners.

My favorite is in honor of the bees, and beehive on the state flag. Utah Swarm.

 

[GKJ]

Personally, i have no real issues with either one f those names.

But I fear you are going to be disappointed. When Ryan Smith, the new owner, was interviewed by Elliotte Friedman and Jeff Marek for the 32 Thoughts podcast last spring, he expressed admiration for Seattle's branding.

Ryan Smith seems like a ‘do things differently’ person in that way, so I’d imagine you’d see a pretty creative name. Something no one else is using but extremely Utah and only ends in S of it’s really good.

 

[LadyStanley]

Swarm? Dragons?

 

[Bixby Snyder]

Utah Riverboat Gamblers

 

[EvilDecoy]

Utah Techbrozz

But in all seriousness, I like Utah Thunderbirds.

 

[GKJ]

Swarm? Dragons?

Scorpions is the best name on this list

 

[No Fun Shogun]

Bighorns

Also, looking forward to very confused hockey folk discovering dirty soda as an alternative to coffee in Salt Lake City.

 

[sneakytitz]

Salt Lake or SLC Swarm just makes too much sense.

 

[rsteen]

dirty soda

Why isn't soda also verboten because of the caffiene?

 

[sneakytitz]

Can we please have a good name? NHL can’t afford another “Kraken” or “Wild”.

What godawful names.

Kraken is pretty bad ass. I love when teams embrace folklore. The New Jersey Devils, Brampton Beast, etc.

 

[GKJ]

I just hope the colors aren’t boring. No red or blue. Not even yellow.

 

[TheGreenTBer]

Utah’s official state fish is the cutthroat trout. Cutthroats would be a cool name

...

I really want to make a joke here but I don't feel like getting an infraction atm lol

 

[No Fun Shogun]

Why isn't soda also verboten because of the caffiene?

I won’t pretend to be a specialist on Mormonism, but my understanding is that their caffeine prohibition is limited to being against “hot drinks,” as understood to be coffee or tea (even if iced). Soda didn’t exist at the time, and later interpretation of it has not included soda as being not allowed.

 

[TheGreenTBer]

Kraken is pretty bad ass. I love when teams embrace folklore. The New Jersey Devils, Brampton Beast, etc.

Yeah kraken is good but I'm still disappointed the arena isn't called the krak house.

Atlanta's better be the WAFFLE HOUSE. Every good save by a goalie should be called "smothered and covered" and fights should be called "hashbrowns and haymakers." Don't tell me this isn't a great idea. Get sponsored by WaHo and put this shit on the jumbotrons. Instant awesome.

 

[No Fun Shogun]

And yeah…. Maybe a couple of years ago Cutthroats could’ve been considered, but man alive would everyone feel real squeamish after Adam Johnson’s passing and the recent push to more throat protective measures.

That should probably be left untouched as a name for the purposes of conversation here.

 

[sneakytitz]

Yeah kraken is good but I'm still disappointed the arena isn't called the krak house.

Atlanta's better be the WAFFLE HOUSE. Every good save by a goalie should be called "smothered and covered" and fights should be called "hashbrowns and haymakers." Don't tell me this isn't a great idea. Get sponsored by WaHo and put this shit on the jumbotrons. Instant awesome.

"Hashbrowns and Haymakers" is the greatest thing I've ever read.

 

[EvilDecoy]

Utah Talons with a golden eagle incorporated into the logo.

 

[TheGreenTBer]

"Hashbrowns and Haymakers" is the greatest thing I've ever read.

Regretfully, I cannot take credit for the quote.

The idea for the hockey stuff, though, came all out of my problem-filled head. Coating the visiting dressing room in syrup is another idea. This could work and fite me otherwise.

 

[Puckrobber]

I've heard a few that I'm kinda leaning towards, such as:

Pioneers
Yeti
Blizzard (Rivalry with the next door Avalanche?)

 

[No Fun Shogun]

Utah Yeti is just dumb enough to work, not going to lie.

 

[BKIslandersFan]

Utah Missionaries.