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Clippers, who we saw already. I don't believe there's anyone else known at the moment.

I do like the design, but the only issue with the Cigar City moniker is that it belongs to Tampa proper, and since the team plays in St. Petersburg that might not look good when they're in the middle of working out the details of a new ballpark in St Pete.

I'm hoping for light blue jersey and pants, but with a crossover into the gradient Devil Rays throwbacks. They're rumored to wear these on a Friday for the first time and currently Fridays are Devil Rays Days when they wear the throwbacks at home. It would only make sense if they kept that up.

Take 5 minutes and watch this. You really have to feel for the fans, however many there are. I know it would be a real gut punch to lose any of my teams (and until shovels go in the ground for the Rays, I could be within 4 years of feeling this way).

They do, maybe once or twice a season I think. I do see they did it in Week 9 2023. Below are some pics. Definitely not as dark, but I'd say on par with Minnesota's clear roof brightness.

Rays throwbacks are in use and worn on home Fridays, and have been worn twice so far.

Sorry, too similar to division rival Tampa Bay in a black jersey.

For clarity, Phoenix is 11th in media markets as of the 2023-2024 Nielsen media ratings, just ahead of Tampa Bay and just behind San Francisco/Oakland/San Jose https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_television_stations_in_North_America_by_media_market

Interesting take, and in the current colors this might work.

Agreed, Scorpions and Talons seem like pretty good names.

Honestly #2 could be the leaked white jersey.

The opponents are known, so thats likely what theyre looking into.

It gives off these vibes

Yes, but Salt Lake had something most of those other places may not have currently had.....an owner that was ready to move quickly.

Why not Phoenix

Coyotes are native to Utah, so that could work. I looked at a list of animals native to Utah and found some possible original options that haven't been said (not in the Big 4 leagues): Foxes Bighorns Pronghorns Jackrabbits Merlins (hawk family) Kestrels

Theres always these....

The Thrashers sale and relocation to Winnipeg was announced May 20, 2011 and they had unis ready for the following season. The only issue I could see at hand would be the Adidas to Fanatics transition and that may cause the possible Utah team to remain the Coyotes at least in the short term.

You'd have to think if the league is doing up the schedule for a possible Salt Lake relocation, then there might be a more than 50% chance of it going thru. Lets be honest, when the Thrashers became Winnipeg, the Jets remained in the Southeast division for I think 3 seasons until the realignment. Thankfully Salt Lake and Arizona wouldn't need major realignment, but I think that Jets relocation caught the league a little off-guard or at least unexpected.

I think at that point Sacramento could be an option, but you'd likely have the Salt Lake's and Nashville's of the world kicking the tires too.

Locking the thread from last year. For future conversation, please see the 2024 thread

Blizzard seems a bit to close to Avalanche (I know different phenomenon, but still adjacent).

Probably more to protect that brand from trademark poachers.

Interesting as May 3 is a Friday which the Rays note as Devil Rays Day and wear the throwbacks. Makes me wonder if they'll be themed towards the throwbacks or just worn that day and then randomly through the year.