DustDevil61

If not Purple, I think an Indigo (somewhere between Navy and Purple) paired with Light Blue and Copper could be different enough from a Navy/Light Blue color palette. That said, Black/Light Blue/Copper, Purple/Black/Copper, or Black/Purple/Light Blue all have a lot of potential. This would also be a great time for a team somewhere to try Brown/Light Blue, but I don’t see that being very likely for an NHL team to try it.

We've got another potential Utah name trademarked: Utah Outlaws, per detroithockey.net. "Outlaws" isn't the first thing to jump out to my mind when I think "Utah," and it might be a tad generic, but Butch Cassidy is from Utah, so there's at least something here. IMO this name does has a lot of potential going for it, especially if they channel imagery from his "Wild Bunch" photo, using something like a guy in a bowler hat instead of a generic cowboy hat (which I've always thought would be a great direction to take an Outlaws team identity no matter the location): (Yoinked from Wikipedia) I'm not too thrilled by the other choices, but "Yetis" does have alliteration going for it, despite the yeti being a creature of Asian origin--I don't hate it. This is due to how well the Seattle Kraken's identity was put together, despite Seattle not exactly being a hotbed of Norse mythology. It also seems that I've seemed to have some Bigfoot/Yeti imagery used locally in businesses, not just for winter sports but for general outdoorsy recreation. Of course, that could just be a form of the Mandela effect on me, but I swear that I've seen more of that in the last decade or so. "Venom" has potential and could have use of any venomous creature--snakes, bees/wasps/etc., lizards, spiders--all of which inhabit all parts of Utah in one capacity or another, but I'd much rather narrow that focus onto something like "Stingers," "Vipers," or "Spiders." Either that, or save Venom for a local AHL affiliate (if Utah were to acquire and bring in a closer affiliate a few years down the road). Whatever the team is called, I really hope that the colors channel some of the late 1990s/early 2000s Jazz colors. I don't mind using a black base if the pattern/other colors compliment it (just like how the other uniform elements worked with the black base of the Coyotes Kachina jerseys), but all I ask is that there's some thought as to the colors. If I had to guess what colors were to be picked, I'd go Black/Light Blue or Black/Purple. though I would add some Copper to either of those pallets. Either that, or do Purple/Light Blue/Black. In the event a bee-themed logo is picked, I would still try to add a third color--probably Copper or Light Blue--to what would likely be a Gold/Black color scheme to differentiate from Boston and Pittsburgh (though a Black/Creamsicle Orange color scheme could be another way around that). Anyways, are we still at least expecting team colors this week?

I know one way for Utah to get through this "No-Name" phase: Get a similar font as the "Eagles" on this guy's sweater, use said font to write "Utah" in whatever colors the team is going to wear, and you're good: That said, I'm not a fan of this Browns/Ravens approach for the Coyotes-to-Utah situation; if not for that, we could've had a season of Utah Coyotes hockey a la the Tennessee Oilers.

The brown remains unchanged?

It’s an understandable concern, though one way around that is to pair a more Creamsicle Orange with Black or any other darker color (Navy, Dark Green, possibly Brown or Dark Gray) and add a third trim color (maybe Light Blue or Red) in there.

I did a concept years ago for the “Utah Rockies” using MS Paint of all things that’s still floating around on the interwebs. Yes, it’s a name in use and the MLB (and maybe even the NHL) team(s) in Denver might take issue with it, but the name was floated for an ABA team (a merger between the Utah Stars and Spirits of St. Louis), why not use it here? It’s supposed to be a mountain behind a red (orange) mesa and refers to the two primarily-identified types of landscape (mountains and red rocks) in the state. Number font was pulled from whatever was available on the computers I was using. Colors are Navy Blue, Orange, and Light Blue. I’m kind of kicking myself for not submitting that or Dragons in the name submission link (which is now closed) just to have it in the submission pool.

Technically, that "brown" color is more copper or gold, depending on the application. Copper is one color I'd love to see used by the team. Not sure what the change to Fanatics manufacturing brings, but hopefully it won't affect metallics materials--I'd love to see how copper would be handled like the Knights' gold or Kings' silver have been under Adidas. If it's possible, bringing the Grizzlies name up to the NHL wouldn't be a bad idea. Neither would bringing back the Golden Eagles, minus the Golden, thanks to Vegas. But either of those names would likely need to find a way past lawyers in Memphis and Philadelphia, which seems more difficult now than even in 2011 when "Jets" was used outside of a certain NFL team in New York. I'd love to see it happen, but it seems to add another speed bump to this whole transaction; hopefully I'm wrong. That said, using a (slightly) different color scheme could help distinguish the original minor league variations of the Eagles or Grizzlies from the major league version. I could see an NHL version of the Utah Grizzlies maybe going with Purple/Black/Copper/Dark Green, for example. I could also see a Light Blue/Black/Purple color scheme as well, regardless of the team color--for some reason I like the idea of tapping the unused Quebec Nordiques color scheme, in terms of color and design. If the team name is bee-related, it's hard not to see anything other than some combination of Black and Yellow/Gold, though I'd be tempted to use a more Black/Creamsicle Orange pallet to hopefully stand out from Boston and Pittsburgh. I guess we'll see soon enough.

Apologies to the State of Ohio, but I submitted Yellowjackets and Stingers as a couple names. there already being a team named “Blue Jackets” currently in the league and a long-defunct WHA team that once used the “Stingers” moniker. Some other names I’ve submitted: —Owls —Stags (another WHA name) —Eagles* —Copper Eagles (if there has to be an adjective to “Eagles” that isn’t “Golden”) —Comets —Cosmos** —Browns (as in Brown Trout)* —Yetis —Vipers** *Not confident at all either of these would get past this point with how protective the NFL is of its trademarks, though the use of “Browns” referring to “Brown Trout” here has been stuck in my head for quite some time, regardless of the sport. **I recall a couple concepts here with a “Utah Vipers” and a “Cleveland Cosmos”(one an NHL expansion to 40 team concept, the other a sports fan fiction league), and figured either of these names would fit, given that there are plenty of snake species throughout the state, as well as Utah being known for having dark skies (hence why “Comets” is in there too).

And the $68.5 million question remains: Does Alex Meruelo actually have, or can get, said money to purchase the land and build an arena?

Here’s the link: https://kslsports.com/513636/utah-jazz-mailbag-is-a-rebrand-coming/ Still better than what they are wearing. If I had my way, I’d add a little Light Blue and maybe Copper and call it a day, at least with the based-off-the-modern-mountain look they’re talking here. I’m also intrigued with a New Orleans Hornets-esque Purple/Light Blue/Gold look as well if going all the way back to the drawing board.

Good: Unis will primarily be Honolulu Blue Could go either way: Multiple pants options Makes me nervous: Players who’ve seen the uniforms give them rave reviews Sounds like there’s no black alternate, so at least that’s a relief.

Paraphrasing: "The Ravens organization feel that it has maintained a classic look with the main home/road uniforms and don't plan on tinkering with them." That might be the best news I've heard regarding NFL uniforms in a long time. Baltimore has their flaws, but I'd much, much rather keep everything--sad bird head with shoehorned B included, IMO the weakest part of the Ravens identity--the same, warts and all, over any drastic changes to the whole set. That statement also implies that nothing huge is happening to the alternates either, which should be good news overall.

And now we wait for a QB on the Bills, Browns, or Eagles to wear 0.

A lot can be said about Peter Karmanos, but at least he cared about the consistency of his team’s appearance.