The Utah team should be called ...

[beowulf]

Didn't the owner say something about the name and colors will play of the Jazz name and colors?

 

[LOFIN]

Unironically, just a plain "Utah Hockey Team" would be nice. Something different for North American hockey, lands a pretty good nickname from the start (UHC), and has great potential for logos.

 

[Jersey Fan 12]

In deference to Real Salt Lake, HC Utah has an interesting ring to it.

 

[Rabid Ranger]

This is an interesting one as some of the things Utah is most closely associated with (such as Mormonism, Native Americans, etc.) are likely off the table. I think whatever they come up with will be catchy, family friendly, and non-controversial. Probably be weather, bee, or dinosaur related. I think something bee/hive/sting related would be a solid choice.

 

[TanguaySauce]

Salt Lake City Stags

 

[NyQuil]

Unironically, just a plain "Utah Hockey Team" would be nice. Something different for North American hockey, lands a pretty good nickname from the start (UHC), and has great potential for logos.

They already have Real Salt Lake.

Maybe they should be Bayern Utah.

Probably be weather, bee, or dinosaur related. I think something bee/hive/sting related would be a solid choice.

Yellow Jackets.

 

[The Gr8 Dane]

All 3 are quite awful

 

[BKarchitect]

Didn't the owner say something about the name and colors will play of the Jazz name and colors?

I definitely think there is room currently for a full-time purple team.

I really wish the Kings would stop depriving everybody of the Forum Blue and Gold throwbacks and just make those their full-time jerseys.

And the Ducks should stop mucking about with perhaps the most boring identity in the league and go back to the 90's eggplant and teal beauties.

But until those things happen...purple is there for the taking as an identity. Plus, the Yotes had a gorgeous purple alternate so you could kind of bring that forward a bit.

A purple/silver/gray look would be slick.

 

[Sergei Shirokov]

Utah Yeti is so bad I don't get the push for it at all, sounds like an ECHL name.

Out of these 3 Outlaws, I don't mind Falcon or Fury, not sure about Stingers or Utah HC. Blizzard is good but too close too Avalanche imo. Grizzlies is good but borrowing from ECHL/NBA.

Nothing has really jumped out to me so far

 

[Dog]

Utah Blizzards is best option. Go with the blizzard blue and purple option.

 

[Rabid Ranger]

They already have Real Salt Lake.

Maybe they should be Bayern Utah.



Yellow Jackets.

I don't think they will go there with Columbus. Could be something like hive, buzz, stingers, etc. though.

 

[NyQuil]

I don't think they will go there with Columbus. Could be something like hive, buzz, stingers, etc. though.

Yeah, I was being funny.

The CFL had the Rough Riders and the Roughriders at the same time so let's get on board!

 

[No Fun Shogun]

Didn't the owner say something about the name and colors will play of the Jazz name and colors?

That would make me think either musical or having a double Z, so Blizzard gets a boost there. But I jokingly suggested Utah Ska(tes) once before.

As for colors, the thing is that the Jazz have had all the freaking colors, more or less.

And I know that's an incomplete graphic, as it's missing at least one jersey that I rather quite liked.

They could go with borderline everything except all red and be an homage to a certain era of Jazz history, I think.

 

[Machinehead]

I'm here for Bayern Utah

 

[Kranix]

Do NBA teams even have a real uniform anymore, or is just 30 alternates that have no meaning

 

[Machinehead]

Do NBA teams even have a real uniform anymore, or is just 30 alternates that have no meaning

At this point, they pretty much mix it up every year. SImilar to soccer.

 

[Kranix]

At this point, they pretty much mix it up every year. SImilar to soccer.

that's...European

 

[Machinehead]

that's...European

I guess.

I like it. I get tired of literally the same uniforms my entire life.

 

[beowulf]

That would make me think either musical or having a double Z, so Blizzard gets a boost there. But I jokingly suggested Utah Ska(tes) once before.

As for colors, the thing is that the Jazz have had all the freaking colors, more or less.

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And I know that's an incomplete graphic, as it's missing at least one jersey that I rather quite liked.

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They could go with borderline everything except all red and be an homage to a certain era of Jazz history, I think.

Finally found the quote​

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Expect the Jazz And The Yet-To-Be-Named NHL Team To Share Some Colors Or Design Elements​

Smith also talked about what kinds of colors and uniforms we can expect with the new team, and he said he envisions they'll share some characteristics with the team's arena mates the Utah Jazz, which he and his wife, Ashley, also own.

"If you look at the mountains on the (Jazz) jersey, I think that kind of breeds a little bit of a color palette naturally, of fresh ice, the whole setup, blue skies, you see that," Smith explained.

"In a dream scenario, there's a Venn diagram where you've got the Jazz and this team... where things could kind of overlap."

 

[Asinine]

Utah Purple Ukuleles it is then.

 

[Legionnaire11]

They are all awful, hopefully something better. Outlaws is the best of the (bad) bunch.

With that said, the marketing dept/ops are brain dead if they delay naming the team until next year.

This team will never have more attention/eyes on them as they will in the lead up to their first ever game. To not already have your teams full brand/identity/jersey/nickname/colours in place during that period of attention would be so stupid.

Not to mention all of the jerseys/merch they stand to sell leading up to and at their first home game. Why would anyone buy a "Utah HC" basically practice jersey when they know the team will eventually have a proper logo/nickname eventually.

How long can it possibly take to think of a name? It's not that deep.

Now they get to sell all of the Utah HC merch for the first year, and then sell all of the new branding stuff in year two. Gotta make back a chunk of that gigantic price tag somehow.

 

[NyQuil]

"In a dream scenario, there's a Venn diagram where you've got the Jazz and this team... where things could kind of overlap."​

Utah Ragtime it is.

 

[tmg]

Isn't the plural form of Yeti ... "Yeti"?

While others have shown that the plural of Yeti is indeed Yetis…

The plural of Leaf is Leaves.

Avalanche and Wild were deliberately chosen to use a singular form.

Whether “Kraken” is meant to convey a singular instance of a multi armed sea monster or a school of them is a subject of debate.

All told, the NHL has played loose with singular/plural issues before and I don’t see any reason to assume they’d insist on plural Yetis here.

The USPHL has a “Yeti” (not “Yetis”) team. If the Utah nhl team decides to do the same, who’s gonna stop them? Merriam-Webster?

 

[banks]

Out of those options? Yeti.

But it's bonkers that they're not considering Utah Phoenix. Firebirds are awesome, it'd make one of the best logos ever, it'd be a reference to "rising from the ashes" of a failed franchise, while also being a cool reference to the team formerly being the Phoenix Coyotes.

 

[Evergreen]

Yetis is my favorite. I also really like Mammoths (emphasis on it being plural) but I do not like the singular Mammoth.

I really do not like the singular noun team names (Wild, Avalanche, Kraken, etc.).

Outlaws sounds like an ECHL team name. I would prefer it over Mammoth, but not Mammoths.

I like the raptor and the sonic suggestion, but both names are associated to a nba team (the sonic name is still owned by seattle I think)

There are multiple Kings, Cardinals, Giants, Jets, etc among the sports. Utah Raptors would be really cool.