Las Vegas NHL Expansion

[Ark]

The good news is that they seem to be using actual metallic thread colors. 

[IceCap]

1 minute ago, Ark said:

The good news is that they seem to be using actual metallic thread colors. 

It'll be interesting to see how it looks on the sweaters. Anaheim and Pittsburgh both used metallic shades of gold on their pre-Edge uniforms that were turned flat when they made the Edge transition.

[Pabig]

Awful branding. Why do you use a knight theme? Who thinks about knights when they hear Las Vegas? I think about bright lights, money, Casinos and stuff like that. That could have been an amazing identity if they used sth like Las Vegas Aces or Las Vegas High Rollers or Las Vegas Roulette (The last one is kinda cheesy but it would work). Now they wasted all those opportunities.

[Webfooter]

11 minutes ago, Pabig said:

Awful branding. Why do you use a knight theme? Who thinks about knights when they hear Las Vegas? I think about bright lights, money, Casinos and stuff like that. That could have been an amazing identity if they used sth like Las Vegas Aces or Las Vegas High Rollers or Las Vegas Roulette (The last one is kinda cheesy but it would work). Now they wasted all those opportunities.

The NHL didn't want any gambling references and the ownership group agreed.

[IceCap]

15 minutes ago, Pabig said:

Awful branding. Why do you use a knight theme? Who thinks about knights when they hear Las Vegas? I think about bright lights, money, Casinos and stuff like that. That could have been an amazing identity if they used sth like Las Vegas Aces or Las Vegas High Rollers or Las Vegas Roulette (The last one is kinda cheesy but it would work). Now they wasted all those opportunities.

I'm going to disagree there. I actually like the branding they went with. There was a visual space that the Penguins vacated, and the Golden Knights claimed. The alternate mark isn't executed as well as I would have liked, but it's fine conceptually.

The only thing I take issue with is using "Vegas" instead of "Las Vegas." Bush league move there.

[JTrainGBR83]

 

Tried it with a little of the red

[Nyk33]

1 hour ago, McCarthy said:

That logo looks goofy on a hat. I like it less every time I see it. 

 

It would work great as the emblem for a pickup truck company. 

 

I think for hats they should just use the helmet. The full logo doesn't look right on a hat.

[WSU151]

16 minutes ago, Nyk33 said:

 

I think for hats they should just use the helmet. The full logo doesn't look right on a hat.

 

The full logo kinda sucks.  The helmet by itself is a stronger logo, and it shouldn't have to rely on the shield.  The V would show up on any background.  

 

edit...dammit.  Look at a logo enough times and you see things you can't unsee.  

[M4One]

4 hours ago, McCarthy said:

 

Yeah great and Randy Newman recorded a song titled "I love LA", but that doesn't mean the Los Angeles Lakers should change their official name to the LA Lakers. 

 

The full name should be the Las Vegas Golden Knights, but while the Lakers aren't officially the LA Lakers, the Clippers are officially the LA Clippers.  In a interview with Sportsnet, George McPhee also said dropping Las was a tribute to the local folk.

[Jimmy!]

1 hour ago, mcj882000 said:

 

True, but that wasn't a good start. First impressions are still pretty important; that was a very bad first impression.

 

How many expansion teams do you expect to make a good first impression?

[Ferdinand Cesarano]

18 minutes ago, M4One said:

4 hours ago, McCarthy said:

Yeah great and Randy Newman recorded a song titled "I love LA", but that doesn't mean the Los Angeles Lakers should change their official name to the LA Lakers. 

 

The full name should be the Las Vegas Golden Knights, but while the Lakers aren't officially the LA Lakers, the Clippers are officially the LA Clippers.  

 

Same with the Galaxy, I'm sorry to say.

 

[Playhouse]

5 hours ago, McCarthy said:

 

Yeah great and Randy Newman recorded a song titled "I love LA", but that doesn't mean the Los Angeles Lakers should change their official name to the LA Lakers. 

 

The Clippers officially changed their name to the LA Clippers.

And Randy Newman doesn't officially represent the City of Los Angeles.  Unless I missed an announcement along the way.

[Kevin W.]

"LA Galaxy" sounds better than "Los Angeles Galaxy," while "Los Angeles Lakers" works a lot better than "LA Lakers."

[wildwing64]

1 hour ago, Ice_Cap said:

It'll be interesting to see how it looks on the sweaters. Anaheim and Pittsburgh both used metallic shades of gold on their pre-Edge uniforms that were turned flat when they made the Edge transition.

 

Actually, the original Ducks Edge sweaters retained the metallic gold stripes. The third-now-home jersey later introduced flat gold striping.

 

I guess it's possible that the Knights could use metallic stripes. I'd be all for it.

[worcat]

1 hour ago, Pabig said:

Awful branding. Why do you use a knight theme? Who thinks about knights when they hear Las Vegas? I think about bright lights, money, Casinos and stuff like that. That could have been an amazing identity if they used sth like Las Vegas Aces or Las Vegas High Rollers or Las Vegas Roulette (The last one is kinda cheesy but it would work). Now they wasted all those opportunities.

This is the poster boy of ignorance, and I mean that with the most respect possible. Ignorance to lack of information about the relationship to Las Vegas and the NHL (or any major sports league) and their agreement to not use any reference to gaming in team names or designs. Posting to disagree with their choice is one thing but atleast bring something worth while to the table. The short minded idea of "The teams from Vegas, they should use something about gambling" derp derp idea is frustrating and annoying. While I like the name Aces, but Roulette? Do you even understand table games? Should they name them Las Vegas Mississippi Stud? Las Vegas Mini-Bac? Just stop with the ignorant posts already. It brings nothing to the discussion for anything constructive moving forward. 

[Around the Horn]

18 hours ago, Ice_Cap said:

Agreed!

 

 

 

The repetition of the fleur-de-lis was meant to hearken back to the flag of Québec.

What the heck does a wolf have to do with a Nordique?

[IceCap]

"Nordiques" means "Northmen." Wolves are found in the north. 

[habsfan1]

So a black, gold, & graphite primary logo with white numbers that have red & gold trims. Interesting.

 

Looks like there's going to be more red on that jersey than just the little flashy sword secondary. And that's in spite of the primary being devoid of red. I don't know how they're going to make everything come together...

 

[hockey week]

[Ferdinand Cesarano]

8 minutes ago, CRichardson said:

"LA Galaxy" sounds better than "Los Angeles Galaxy," while "Los Angeles Lakers" works a lot better than "LA Lakers."

 

The point being made here is that any Los Angeles team can be called "L.A. (whatevers)" even if the official name has the words "Los Angeles" in it, as was the practice with the Galaxy and the Clippers before they changed their names.  So there was no real point in making that change.  That change succeeds only in making the official names less dignified.

Likewise, this new team could have had "Las Vegas" in its official name, and anyone who wanted to call it "Vegas Golden Knights" or even "Vegas Knights" would still have been able to do so.