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.
Probably be weather, bee, or dinosaur related. I think something bee/hive/sting related would be a solid choice.
Didn't the owner say something about the name and colors will play of the Jazz name and colors?
I don't think they will go there with Columbus. Could be something like hive, buzz, stingers, etc. though.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.
Didn't the owner say something about the name and colors will play of the Jazz name and colors?
At this point, they pretty much mix it up every year. SImilar to soccer.Do NBA teams even have a real uniform anymore, or is just 30 alternates that have no meaning
that's...EuropeanAt this point, they pretty much mix it up every year. SImilar to soccer.
I guess.that's...European
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.
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.
"In a dream scenario, there's a Venn diagram where you've got the Jazz and this team... where things could kind of overlap."
Isn't the plural form of Yeti ... "Yeti"?
There are multiple Kings, Cardinals, Giants, Jets, etc among the sports. Utah Raptors would be really cool.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)