NHL Hockey thread

[viper37]

Thoughts?

Quebec City Hurricanes sounds better, but geographically illogical

[Barrister]

Vegas Golden Knights

Thoughts?

Don't understand the "Golden" - Vegas Knights sounds just fine to me.

[Valmy]

They want to take a page from the great athletic tradition of the University of Central Florida?

[saskganesh]

Vegas Golden Knights

Thoughts?

Don't understand the "Golden" - Vegas Knights sounds just fine to me.

AFAIK, London Knights (OHL) objected. They have a trademark and didn't want to share.

I was hoping for Boogie Knights myself.

[viper37]

Vegas Golden Knights

Thoughts?

Don't understand the "Golden" - Vegas Knights sounds just fine to me.

Gold = rich = casinos = Vegas.
Bad marketing ploy, imho, but I get it.  Not many people get rich by playing in a casino, but they like to entertain the idea.

[PRC]

Name sucks.  I get the London Knights trademark thing but I feel like the NHL could squeezed on the OHL team to make that a non-issue.

[Barrister]

Name sucks.  I get the London Knights trademark thing but I feel like the NHL could squeezed on the OHL team to make that a non-issue.

I don't get it - that's not how I understood trademarks to work, but I googled and Goley did cite the London Knights as an obstacle to the name Knights in Canada.

Surely they could have worked something out.  Winnipeg had to pay $1,000,000 to military charities to be able to use the RCAF Roundel as part of it's logo.  Perhaps a donation to some London charities?


But whatever - Golden Knights it is.  I'm not certain about the "Golden" part, but I do like the logo - in particular the negative space "V".  Should look fairly sharp.

[Grey Fox]

Foley didn't want to negotiate anything.

I like the name & logo. I hate losing the "Las".

[Valmy]

A NHL team in Las Vegas is a travesty. Canada should have gotten another one.

[katmai]

A NHL team in Las Vegas is a travesty. Canada should have gotten another one.

you are outta your god damn cotton picking mind.

[Valmy]

A NHL team in Las Vegas is a travesty. Canada should have gotten another one.

you are outta your god damn cotton picking mind.

An American city of 5 million people lost their team to a Canadian city of 700 thousand for a reason. Canadians (well except for CC) live for the NHL. People in Vegas don't give two shits except as something else to bet on.

[Grey Fox]

It's fine. We like to have hockey teams to watch when we go on vacation somewhere.

[viper37]

A NHL team in Las Vegas is a travesty. Canada should have gotten another one.

[viper37]

vacation

what's this?

[Grey Fox]

vacation

what's this?

The things you take when you own the cie.