Voting Opens for Utah's NHL Team Name | SLC Puck! Ep. 7
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- čas přidán 7. 05. 2024
- It's time to Pokemon Go...to the polls and vote for the name of Utah's NHL team! Owner Ryan Smith tweeted out a link to the poll, with a list of 20 names to choose from. Which will win? Time will tell. But not only that, the team found out its NHL Draft fate and showed off exciting new plans for downtown Salt Lake City.
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Caribou are over 1k miles from Utah. Mostly in Canada, Alaska, and Russia
Don’t we have one at Hogle Zoo?
@@SLCPuck probably more than one. Although if domesticated they are technically reindeer. I wish Utah elk sounded cooler. It would be a great mascot
Yeti is so much better than Yetis
I feel the exact opposite. It should be plural because there's more than one Yeti. It would be like calling them the Utah Cat instead of Utah Cats. Bears, Eagles, Ravens, Penguins all are plural.
Both sound corny af to me. Nothing rolls off the tongue imo better than Utah Zion -- but not sure if it is allowed because it might have some religious connotation.
dumb name.
Singular team names seem to be vogue.
Outlaws!
Mammoth all the way. Go Woollies!
Cute name for a mascot!
They'll be named and uniforms by early August. With that many names, they already have everything planned for at least half of the names. They want to sell merch as soon as possible and definitely before the start of the season.
That would be the smartest decision for hype & business. I really hope this is the plan, but that's not what was in their disclaimer about our inaugural season. I doubt we'll be named this year.
You might be right
Arizona Diamondbacks wouldn't like saving Black Diamonds for baseball, I'm guessing. For hockey, Utah Mammoth would rule.
Good point.
First time watching your videos. I'll be back simply because you have NHL HITZ in the background. Plus your content is good too!
I love your choices, I personnally voted for : Hive, Mountaineers, Black Diamonds and love me or hate me Venom haha
I know you don't love Venom, and I don't know why tbh, but I think that name checks all the boxes you wanted in your vid about the Milwaukee Bucks. It's agressive, it fits with the area, you can choose the colors you want and it's original.
For the names ''Caribou'' and ''Mammoth'' my main problem is that when you decide to go singuliar, it's because you speak about a ''mythical animal'' like the Kraken and Yeti, per exemple. It's why I love Venom too. I think it would have been better to put Caribous and Mammoths.
But at least, now we have a couple of good names so I'm like you, my faith is back haha
Btw, I love your show and I'm there since day one so it's really fun to see all this grow :) Keep the good work mate!!
You make the best case for Venom I’ve heard yet. Thanks the support!
Did they just ask a bunch of toddlers for words that describe cold?
Caribou has really grown on me. Could be cool. I voted Mammoth, Caribou, Outlaws and Venom. I had heard a rumor that Cutthroat was also on the list, I was disappointed that it wasn’t.
With recent tragic events in hockey cutthroats could be really insensitive.
@@CIronbeard Yeah that is true.
I voted outlaws, yeti, mammoth, venom.
I’m going to need to see some strong visuals to change my mind about Venom.
@@SLCPuck I think venom is the least likely of the ones I voted for, also the more I think about mammoth the more I like it.
I really hope they avoid classic Utah Jazz colors.
Mammoth
Mountaineers
Outlaws
Swarm
Not bad. Thanks for listening!
I voted for:
Yeti
Mammoth
Black Diamonds
Outlaws
Yeti is my favorite, Outlaws, my least favorite but it's still better then most of the names on the list.
I’m going to convince you about Outlaws. That’s my goal.
I voted for Yeti, Mammoth, Blizzard and Venom.
I agree with a couple of those.
Avalanche fan from Kansas. Keep up the great work!
BTW, when/where are they going to share concepts for updating the Delta Center?
Thank you! I’m not sure. We’ll check them out together when they come out.
my vote: Yeti, Blizzard, Mammoth, Utah HC
Yeti / Mammoth / Blizzard / Caribou. Only real options. Most of the others just seem to be tossed in to make it look like its a huge fan vote of 20 options.
Anton Silayev...thats the guy we need to draft
I would prefer a guy whose name is easier to pronounce.
Have you heard anything about a potential practice facility being proposed at south town mall? 2 rinks which would be open to the public when not in use by the team?
Bingo. I’ll talk about this on the next episode.
I only voted for 3. Mammoth, Outlaws, Venom. But I'm mostly done caring. Even if it's a name I hate, I'll get used to it. I'm going to buy all the merch anyway. I hated Yeti when I first heard it, but I'm getting used to it since it's talked about so much. Just give us a name. Any name!!!
Oh come on. Pick one more dude! Haha
Bro. Love the Nike Ignites. Lol. Finally wore my old dogs out and had to update/upgrade.
Your skates must have been close to 20 years old then haha
@@SLCPuck Yeah. It was probably 2003.
I voted for Black Diamonds, Mammoth, Mountaineer's, and Blizzard. Don't like Yeti. It sounds good but has nothing to do with the state or people, also thought Freeze was interesting, considering we had an indoor soccer team called the Freeze back in the 2000's.
I vaguely remember that. Didn’t they have the double Zs?
@@SLCPuck they sure did! Truly a product of their time. I was a huge soccer kid and remember being so stoked to watch them.
I definitely get why you changed the intro music (fits better with the punk theme). Where did you find the original one though? In a vacuum I kinda dig it.
It was in CZcams’s free library. Shoot me a DM on X and I’ll get it to you.
Damn every name you love I don’t love, and every name you hate I love 💀 oh well, to each their own!
Keep up the awesome Utah Hockey content bro 🤌🏻
Utah Apiarists has a nice ring to it. 😅
Lol I just need to get that URL now
I voted for mammoth, outlaws, freeze, and furry
Any Jersey designs flying about?
Nothing official or considered official in leak form
Mammoths
Not a bad option fs
I would call them the Utah 47.
SALT LAKE CRUSADERS
I don’t hate that at all
@@SLCPuck well utah is mormon and the beehive state. crusade = crimson and secondary color is beehive gold
maroon and gold for the utah crusaders
Blizzard
Team would be sponsored by Dairy Queen
@@SLCPuck back home in West Virginia, we had a rookie league hockey team called the Huntington Blizzard for several years. Brings back nemories
What a way to fail the debut! Coming out colorless with no name & identity...Really bugs the hell out of me. But I hope the wait is worth it.
They’re not failing the debut. They’re doing it the right way. There was a rush to get the team out of Arizona but now they can take their time and really nail this branding. They can’t get it wrong, there’s only chance to get this right and make something that’ll last forever.
My vote: Yeti, Mammoth, Black Diamonds and Mountaineers
Mountaineers could be cool!
DON'T DO ANYTHING HILLARY CLINTON SAYS!
Except Pokémon Go to the polls
YETI YETI YETI
dumb
Say it in the mirror and he’ll appear behind you.
(Colorado) Mammoth, (Georgia) Swarm, and (Denver) Outlaws are all pro lacrosse team names.
TAKE THIS SERIOUSLY! The world is watching and so are the fans in Arizona. I will stay away from this process, I'd dont have vested interest. I do hope those that really don't have an interest STAY AWAY ALSO. Wish you well.😊
Totally. Thanks for the support.
Outlaws is just so unoriginal. There are 3 or 4 other minor league teams that are outlaws and several other sports with outlaws as the team name. We can do better.
Bodie Brazil, another sports channel, claims there are 13 other pro sports teams in North America alone with the Outlaws name. For that reason alone, I can't support it.
@@UrbanPorcupinebrodie brazil is pretty inaccurate with a lot of things and has some pretty bad takes imo. If the standard is to avoid a name that no team has from beer league hockey to professional lacrosse then I would argue that’s an impossible standard to hit.
Disclaimer, I like outlaws because of it’s connection to the states history and as a cool hockey mascot with penalty boxes and fights ect.
But as far as originality goes, if you list active organizations Outlaws is number 100 on most common mascots database at 41 teams in north america. If you only count professional teams like the Womens football alliance, Texas United Football league etc only 7 have the name outlaws. None in hockey. Outlaws is less common than Redskins which is ranked at #70 on most common mascots. Behind Oilers (80), pioneers (35), blue devils (29), rockets (37), hurricanes (61), bombers, yellow jackets (75), REDS (77), thunderbirds (85), Hornets (21) and the like. This isn’t as common as you think, especially in hockey.
My god. What research lol
Yeti is the worst option right behind caribou.
It’s not the worst. Ice is the worst.
What about the Utah Hillary Clinton?
Maybe that was what Utah HC stood for all along.
you can't sleep on the "double Z".... Blizzard .. they imo would go by the "Blizz".
Blizz/Jazz
double Z's unite.