Around the NHL 2023-24 season thread - part II

[BurntToast]

I would be pretty gutted as a fan if the Devils relocated. I always felt NHL/hockey teams integrate with the fans/community better than most other sports (biases opinion).

I live in a small Midwest town and they had some junior team that relocated years ago and people still talk about the team.

 

[Ripshot 43]

Saw this on the main board lol...

Shane Doan, plays first year in WPG, team moves to Arizona... His son Josh Doan, plays first year in Arizona, team moves to Utah lol

You’ve been warned future drafting team of Shane’s future grandson.

 

[njdevils1982]

 

[Brodeur]

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[Brodeur]

Utah not having a name/jersey ready brought flashbacks to past draft years:

1995 - Marc Denis drafted by Colorado Hockey Club

Phoenix had the logo ready but not the full jersey by 1996.

1997 - Nikos Tselios (cousin of Chris Chelios, his side of the family kept the Greek spelling) by Carolina. According to the broadcast there had been some litigation over the Hurricanes name which delayed things.

They announced the Jets name at the 2011 Draft for Winnipeg 2.0. But Mark Scheifele only got the generic jersey.

 

[My3Sons]

If it really takes two years for them to come up with a name and logo and all that then it is a complete joke on top of playing in that shit arena? Man this franchise really is cursed

Well it turns out they got a lot of pushback when they rolled out the Saints. Then they got more pushback when they pivoted to the Pelicans. Then they got pushback when they tried to go with Voodoo and were stunned to learn there is an indoor football league and New Orleans has a franchise int hat too. They may go with Zephyrs since that team relocated.

 

[njdevils1982]

Utah not having a name/jersey ready brought flashbacks to past draft years:

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1995 - Marc Denis drafted by Colorado Hockey Club

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Phoenix had the logo ready but not the full jersey by 1996.

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1997 - Nikos Tselios (cousin of Chris Chelios, his side of the family kept the Greek spelling) by Carolina. According to the broadcast there had been some litigation over the Hurricanes name which delayed things.

They announced the Jets name at the 2011 Draft for Winnipeg 2.0. But Mark Scheifele only got the generic jersey.

the pwhl did generic jerseys for the entire league for similar reasons

 

[MadDevil]

Just call them the Utah HC for a year lol

And then I saw this. I swear I didnt steal the idea lol

 

[Captain3rdLine]

I don’t get why they even gave this asshole another chance, does he have blackmail on them or did he grease palms?

The whole thing seems like the NHL covering their asses. Set a benchmark he probably won't meet, and when he doesn't they can say "See, we gave him a chance". And if he does actually meet it they've got a new arena to put an expansion team in.

Because they had no choice. He had to actually agree to sell the team you know. And he seems very set on keeping the Arizona Coyotes. I’d be surprised if he doesn’t figure out an arena by then given that.

But ya he agreed to sell the hockey part of the team only if he got to keep the franchise aspects of it and had an easy way back in once he figures the arena out. Sounds like he doesn’t even have to be approved by the Board of Governors to come back and just has to pay back the 1 Billion he’s getting.

The NHL didn’t have much of a choice and I don’t mind this resolution at all

 

[Based Anime Fan]

Just call them the Utah HC for a year lol

And then I saw this. I swear I didnt steal the idea lol

NGL, seeing an NHL team listed as Utah HC would be sick AF.

 

[BurntToast]

Blizzard vs Avalanche … gross

 

[Davegarri]

Just call them the Utah HC for a year lol

And then I saw this. I swear I didnt steal the idea lol

These all suck, just obtain the rights to use the Grizzlies name and logo and call it a day

 

[njdevils1982]

Blizzard vs Avalanche … gross

i remember this as a kid.

Toronto Blizzard (1971–1984) - Wikipedia

www.google.ca

 

[NJDevs26]

Because they had no choice. He had to actually agree to sell the team you know. And he seems very set on keeping the Arizona Coyotes. I’d be surprised if he doesn’t figure out an arena by then given that.

But ya he agreed to sell the hockey part of the team only if he got to keep the franchise aspects of it and had an easy way back in once he figures the arena out. Sounds like he doesn’t even have to be approved by the Board of Governors to come back and just has to pay back the 1 Billion he’s getting.

The NHL didn’t have much of a choice and I don’t mind this resolution at all

Boy the NHL's really come a long way in their vetting process since the days of John Spano and Bruce McNall

 

[OmNomNom]

Just call them the Utah HC for a year lol

And then I saw this. I swear I didnt steal the idea lol

Blizzard? Venom? Fury?

Did a teenage eSports gamer come up w these names? wtf?

isn't there something people from Utah want to be known for other than Mormons? What about Utah Boulder or something, there's a lot of rocks there

 

[MadDevil]

Utah Buzz. They're the Beehive state and it has a double Z to match the Jazz.

And it's the NHL, so they'll probably either go with something boring or dumb.

 

[Blackjack]

I don’t get why they even gave this asshole another chance, does he have blackmail on them or did he grease palms?

Because he's one of them

 

[njdevils1982]

Utah Buzz. They're the Beehive state and it has a double Z to match the Jazz.

And it's the NHL, so they'll probably either go with something boring or dumb.

or they could go with Utah Jokes. a fitting tribute to the whole history of the franchise

*savage laughter*

 

[Goptor]

1970s era name creation. Have to be special and pick a name that isn't pluralized.

 

[Patrik26]

1970s era name creation. Have to be special and pick a name that isn't pluralized.

So edgy.

 

[njdevils1982]

So edgy.

the avs were considering Rocky Mountain Extreme as a name back when the 90s loved edgy right after the 80s 'radical' time

 

[JrFischer54]

Just call them the Utah HC for a year lol

And then I saw this. I swear I didnt steal the idea lol

Those are horrible names

 

[Bleedred]

Can someone who is a better statistician than I am confirm that the 2023-2024 San Jose Sharks with 47 points is the lowest point total in an 82 game season since the 00-01 Atlanta Thrashers who had 44?

That 16-17 Avalanche team finished with one more point at 48.

I’m still laughing at the “Hard work” comments from the media and those charts that came out in December when they had that brief heater by their standards. I think around the same time they beat us.

One of the guys that does the models was clalming that the Sharks weren’t THAT bad. They weren’t trying to claim the Sharks weren’t bad, just they were not historically bad. That’s aging very well right now.