DAKINS24 Posted June 22, 2016 Share Posted June 22, 2016 Why don't they pick a new name instead of re-using one from the OHL? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TBGKon Posted June 22, 2016 Share Posted June 22, 2016 48 minutes ago, DAKINS24 said: Why don't they pick a new name instead of re-using one from the OHL? Doesn't matter, theres a Rangers in the OHL, an Islanders in the QMJHL, a Hurricanes in the WHL, and the Winterhawks may as well be an affiliate of the Blackhawks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben in LA Posted June 22, 2016 Share Posted June 22, 2016 7 hours ago, WSU151 said: Nah, it's really not. Leave Black Knights for West Point. Just because the owner is proud of his alma mater, I don't think it gives him license to just reuse the team name. It's very amateur. Just like when the Cleveland/LosAngeles/St. Louis/Los Angeles Rams were named after the Fordham Rams. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WSU151 Posted June 22, 2016 Share Posted June 22, 2016 1 hour ago, Ben in LA said: Just like when the Cleveland/LosAngeles/St. Louis/Los Angeles Rams were named after the Fordham Rams. Yeah I'm not sure it's just like that. Smart is believing half of what you hear. Genius is knowing which half. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrianLion Posted June 23, 2016 Share Posted June 23, 2016 19 hours ago, tigerslionspistonshabs said: Yes...And I've mentioned it sort of creates a natural rivalry with the Kings. and together they form... BLACK JACK!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ferdinand Cesarano Posted June 23, 2016 Share Posted June 23, 2016 The Las Vegas Outlaws (the XFL team, not the farcical Arena Football team owned by the goofball Vince Neil) had a great nickname and also a beautiful colour scheme. The combination of red with gold and black was very attractive. And their "LV" logo was pretty good... ...though it was not as nice as the one that they had intended to go with: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DustDevil61 Posted June 23, 2016 Share Posted June 23, 2016 33 minutes ago, Ferdinand Cesarano said: The Las Vegas Outlaws (the XFL team, not the farcical Arena Football team owned by the goofball Vince Neil) had a great nickname and also a beautiful colour scheme. The combination of red with gold and black was very attractive. And their "LV" logo was pretty good... ...though it was not as nice as the one that they had intended to go with: Red/Gold/Black is a great color scheme for Las Vegas, and I wouldn't mind it...if nearly 1/3 of the league didn't already wear Black and Red. This is probably a wish in vain, but I'd really like to see this Las Vegas team--be they the Black Knights, Knights, Outlaws, Aces, Scorpions, Dragons, or whatever--to work in purple somewhere, as it's noticeably missing from the league (and I don't think the Kings need to go back to it, either). Or if they insist on wearing so much black, maybe they can at least do something like the Miami Marlins and use bright colors to give a neon light effect. AKA @LanRovr0 on Twitter LED Sig Credits to packerfan21396 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JayMac Posted June 23, 2016 Share Posted June 23, 2016 I definitely want to see purple worked in there too. The NHL needs some purple. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AgentColon2 Posted June 23, 2016 Share Posted June 23, 2016 Purple and brown. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TBGKon Posted June 23, 2016 Share Posted June 23, 2016 Purple and Volt with black as an accent. Not bad for the Knights. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daniel75 Posted June 23, 2016 Share Posted June 23, 2016 gross, no gold. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FiddySicks Posted June 23, 2016 Share Posted June 23, 2016 On 6/22/2016 at 8:12 AM, BrianLion said: Aces can also have a double meaning, both with the card game aspect as well as meaning aviation, which is a big part of the area in Southern Nevada there. Aces would be a terrible name because it's nauseatingly low hanging as it is, AND there's already a PCL team up in Reno (Which is an area that will produce exactly ZERO fans of Vegas sports teams) that uses the name Aces already. You might as well just name them the Las Vegas Sharks at that point. On 11/19/2012 at 7:23 PM, oldschoolvikings said: She’s still half convinced “Chris Creamer” is a porn site.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neo_prankster Posted June 23, 2016 Share Posted June 23, 2016 Would "Dealers" raise any objections? The Fictional Story of Austus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian in Boston Posted June 24, 2016 Share Posted June 24, 2016 “We’re going to defer the team name for the time being. We’re going to go through the league. We have several alternatives and several different ideas. I love Black Knights, I’m an Army guy but maybe that’s not the right name for this team at this time and we’re going to have a number of presentations and proposals. We’re going through our local preparation process. We would hope by the time the next season starts that we would have our team name, team logo and be ready to start selling some jerseys. We’ll work through the league. We know where we are and what we’ll be doing.” - Bill Foley If the owner of the franchise is to be believed, it would seem that Las Vegas Black Knights is not a lock to become the identity of the NHL's latest expansion team. Las Vegas Knights Las Vegas Vipers Las Vegas Thunderbirds Las Vegas Wranglers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rams80 Posted June 24, 2016 Share Posted June 24, 2016 Las Vegas Black Knights is too wordy anyway. Dump the color and it would work. On 8/1/2010 at 4:01 PM, winters in buffalo said: You manage to balance agitation with just enough salient points to keep things interesting. Kind of a low-rent DG_Now. On 1/2/2011 at 9:07 PM, Sodboy13 said: Today, we are all otaku. "The city of Peoria was once the site of the largest distillery in the world and later became the site for mass production of penicillin. So it is safe to assume that present-day Peorians are descended from syphilitic boozehounds."-Stephen Colbert POTD: February 15, 2010, June 20, 2010 The Glorious Bloom State Penguins (NCFAF) 2014: 2-9, 2015: 7-5 (L Pineapple Bowl), 2016: 1-0 (NCFAB) 2014-15: 10-8, 2015-16: 14-5 (SMC Champs, L 1st Round February Frenzy) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
imawalkingcorpse Posted June 24, 2016 Share Posted June 24, 2016 The Flamingos could possibly be the best uniform of all time... I hate the new Buccaneers logo. Pewter was boring in 97, even more boring now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
worcat Posted June 24, 2016 Share Posted June 24, 2016 I wish people would stop associating the expansion team with anything and everything gambling related. Just because it's based in Vegas doesn't mean the team has to be named after something gaming/gambling related. I work in a casino, I could come up with 100 different names but it literally makes my head hurt with these ridiculous unimaginative names. "Let's name them the Las Vegas - Gamblers, Dealers, Strippers, Rats (Rat pack reference? WTF Why? thats ridiculous).... etc" needs to stop. Atleast be creative and call them Las Vegas Slot Lizards or Las Vegas Slot Rats (People who play slots all day) or Las Vegas Buffalo Hunters (People that look at slot machines for abandoned credits and take pennies at a time, looking for that mega pay out that someone left $100+ and left for a minute to get a soda). I'm completely fine with Las Vegas Knights if they choose to go that route but hopefully they drop the "Black" from the logo. I personally always liked "Sin City Vultures" as a play on the cities nickname and Vultures from well, being ferocious and in the desert that will likely tear apart your dead body. Bleeding Blue since 1986 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daniel75 Posted June 24, 2016 Share Posted June 24, 2016 It's going to be Knights. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WavePunter Posted June 24, 2016 Share Posted June 24, 2016 Las Vegas Terrible Decisions .. But in all seriousness, after looking at the NHL logos done in Vegas style, I can't help but think Jokers could be a decent name.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mpcincal Posted June 24, 2016 Share Posted June 24, 2016 Some columnist on ESPN did a tongue-in-cheek column with name suggestions, and one he came up with was the Flying Elvi. I immediately thought they could get an AHL affiliate in Salt Lake City and call it the Flying Elvi, Utah Chapter. (If you're confused go look up "Honeymoon in Vegas") In all seriousness, I like Las Vegas Knights (without the Black). It's a classy name, and it would be too hackneyed to use a gambing-themed nickname. I also think Scorpions or Bandits would be decent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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