What Should we name the Salt Lake City Team? (Mod: stop with the religious comments)

[AintLifeGrand]

Fellas

Lets be adults here and respectful to the folks in Arizona .

Here are my top choices IMO as a part time Utah resident.

1. Grizzlies- Sick Jersey/ Logo plus they could have Jazz Bear show up for games as part time mascot
2. Golden Eagles
3.Miners/Prospectors - The wasatch mtns , particularly Park City and Alta were founded as mining towns. It also doesnt really have any divisive LDS connotation
4. Raptors or something Dino themed- this tracks: Dinosaur NM , tons of paleontology throughout the state

5. Could be something skiing themed/ in reference to “The Greatest Snow on Earth”

6. Lakers (GSL, Lake Powell). Utah is a big Lake State

7. Something canyon related- No state can come close to competing with Utah in terms or Canyons. Utah is the Canyon State

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[Mobiandi]

The Jazz

 

[Rangers79]

The Utah Salt Lake City Salt Lakes

 

[Jacob]

Grizzlies sounds cool. Or maybe upgrade them from Coyotes to Wolves.

 

[Lindys Lazy Eye]

The Salt Lake Bears/Utah Bears

Bear Creek is one of Utah's natural wonders and one of the most beautiful features of Utah. It looks like a Caribbean island with how blue the water is.

 

[hangman005]

The Utah Salt Lake City Salt Lakes

Utah Sal Tlay Ka Siti

 

[Voight]

The Utah Grizzlies are an old IHL team, so that would be an easy start.

 

[LOFIN]

How about being the first professional multisport club in North America?

Utah Jazz is just fine. Although I guess the St. Louis Blues might not like it because it's too similar...

 

[Coffey]

Salt Lake City Decaffeinates

 

[Machinehead]

I wanted to suggest the Utah Archers but their lacrosse team already took that

 

[No Fun Shogun]

Something bee-related would be nice and would be topical for the area given that Mormonism has a long history of beehive-related symbology. Salt Lake Bees is already taken, though.

Utah Yellowjackets sounds solid, but having two -jacket teams in the NHL would be a bit much.

Utah Wasps would be too open for a joke despite the P part of the acronym not fitting.

Utah Hornets works, but "Hornets" is already more famous as an NBA team, so no need to second fiddle themselves when they don't have a history with the name.

Utah Drones? Eh... nah.

Maybe go a different route.

Utah Raptors would be neat after the dinosaur utahraptor, but again, second-fiddle to an NBA team. Lakers as well, darn you, LA.

State fish is a cutthroat troat, so Utah Cutthroats sounds badass.... but that's not really a mental image you want in hockey for pretty obvious and morbid reasons.

Eh, maybe something basic, like Utah Pioneers?

 

[TheDawnOfANewTage]

How about being the first professional multisport club in North America?

Utah Jazz is just fine. Although I guess the St. Louis Blues might not like it because it's too similar...

Jazz and blues are very different, and if Kyrou and co. have any respect for their team then they know the difference between Muddy Waters and Pat Metheny.

Blues would naturally play a more structured game, Jazz more free flowing and improvisational. That’s just science.

Anyways- Utah Powderkegs? Powder as in snow, I assume powderkegs were used in mining. Also various jokes can be made regarding alcohol and illicit substances, so that’s fun.

 

[AngryMilkcrates]

 

[FOurteenS inCisOr]

Salty Dogs

 

[Coffey]

Utah Golden Plates

 

[These Are The Days]

Always found it funny the named the team Grizzlies because only black bears live out that way anymore

 

[The Hockey Tonk Man]

The Real Hockeyboys of Salt Lake City

 

[AintLifeGrand]

Jazz and blues are very different, and if Kyrou and co. have any respect for their team then they know the difference between Muddy Waters and Pat Metheny.

Blues would naturally play a more structured game, Jazz more free flowing and improvisational. That’s just science.

Anyways- Utah Powderkegs? Powder as in snow, I assume powderkegs were used in mining. Also various jokes can be made regarding alcohol and illicit substances, so that’s fun.

powderkegs also relevant to Avalanche Mitigation, which was first pioneered in the modern sense in Utah by the Utah Avalanche Center which is arguably the world’s leading Avalanche Center.

Little Cottonwood canyon , home of Alta and Snowbird is one of the snowiest places on earth as well and is extremely avalanche prone

 

[GKJ]

I’d prefer they just keep the Coyotes, and change the colors.

 

[MXD]

Salt Lake City Books would be so awful I'd like it.

 

[Coffey]

Utah Stay At Home Moms

 

[My Cozen Dylan]

I like the Salt Lake Eagles.

 

[Deadly Dogma]

Brine shrimp, fish food?

 

[hurdemz]

Salt Lake city Silly Nannies have a ring to it

 

[Filthy Dangles]

Mountaineers
Cougars/Mountain Lions