Las Vegas NHL Expansion

[CreamSoda]

I'm getting the feeling he wants some sort of attack name.  

 

Las Vegas Black Tanks

Las Vegas Silver Bombers

[Korkie]

Seriously though, how about, Las Vegas Thunderbirds? Air Force reference, two word rythm, sounds cool. Is there a trademark issue with the Seattle team like with Knights?

 

 

[jp1409]

4 minutes ago, Korkie said:

Seriously though, how about, Las Vegas Thunderbirds? Air Force reference, two word rythm, sounds cool. Is there a trademark issue with the Seattle team like with Knights?

 

 

 

There will certainly be an issue when they'll end up moving to Seattle...

[ColeJ]

Las Vegas American Military.

 

done and done.

[Oso]

Hey I get it... He has appreciation for his West Point days... and he should. However, him insisting on military ties be part of the team name is narrow. 

[Timaa]

I'm sick of this cutesy B.S. How 'bout concentrate on picking the actual name, coming up with a cool identity, and announce it already, instead of coming up with "clever" red herrings. Wait, that's it! The Las Vegas Red Herrings. Nah, not ferocious enough. Hmm, West Point's mascot is a mule, and a mule is a combination of a donkey and a horse. The Las Vegas Donkey Horses? Silver Mules? Sand Mules? Desert Mules? Red Horses? Donkey Herrings?

 

 

[Cosmic]

Las Vegas Silver Stallions? It's a lot of s, but I kinda like it.

 

It has two parts, the silver is a nod to the state's history, and mounted soldiers are offensively-minded. Horses are cool. You could even throw a knight in there in the logo.

[Pharos04]

ugh i was in the military and his reasoning for a team name is beyond stupid at this point.

 

PICK. A. NAME!!

 

I enjoy a rolling trainwreck as much as the next person but it's being dragged out for the sake of being dragged out.  Las Vegas Knights.  Pun on "nights".  Fits just enough that it's not awful.  Then finagle stuff so that the London team is somehow part of the filler for LV.  What, the affiliate can't be named like the parent team? Like the Providence Bruins, Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins, Albany Devils, Binghamton Senators, Iowa Wild, Texas Stars....oh that's only the TOP affiliate.  Guess on the Junior levels it's different.  Asinine reasoning.

 

Or...or...just go with the freaken obvious name from the get-to.  Aces.  Screw the other team in the other half of the state that plays in an entirely different sport that again, isn't even the top-level of said sport.  Aces is military, fulfills his stupid military boner....oh wait, it's not Army so DOESN'T COUNT!!! (again, more jackass reasoning), ties just enough to the obvious gambling reference that isn't over the top. (but OH NOES!!! gambling is bad! yup, the first thing people think about with Vegas is the family-friendly atmosphere provided by the mass quantities of casinos there)

 

This is turning into another Bobcats situation.  The guy clearly wants to make his mark by having it be HIS name on HIS team and doesn't care how long it's dragged out as long as it's HIS mark left on the team.....you know before it becomes Nordiques 2.0 (obligatory QUE joke is obligatory)

 

tl;dr pick a name already

[Timaa]

51 minutes ago, Pharos04 said:

This is turning into another Bobcats situation.  The guy clearly wants to make his mark by having it be HIS name on HIS team and doesn't care how long it's dragged out as long as it's HIS mark left on the team.....you know before it becomes Nordiques 2.0 (obligatory QUE joke is obligatory)

 

 

Using this as a literal inspiration, he should go with either the Las Vegas Duck-Billed Platypuses or Las Vegas Foley Artists.

[The_Admiral]

13 hours ago, coltravesty said:

He wants a two word name that represents the military values. Does not like Scorpions because it is defensive animal.

 

I like the potential of Scorpions. If this guy doesn't like its defensive nature, I have some bad, bad news about the state of the league he's dropping half a bil to join.

[twi]

Scorpions would be a good name. And you just know we'd get at least one logo featuring a scorpion with a tail mutated into a hockey stick. 

[sparkychewbarky]

17 hours ago, Bucfan56 said:

Its a factor because it's stupid to name a team down south the same name as one of the teams in their in-state rival city when there are so few teams in the state. It's completely lazy and uninspired. Name them the Silver Desert Flamingos for all I care. Just don't do something dumb like duplicating names in such a ridiculously small (for population) state.

 

I might agree with you if the Reno thing bothered more than you and a relatively few number of people, but honestly Bucfan, that doesn't seem to be the case.

It's not an issue with anyone that I've talked to in Vegas, and I can almost guarantee you that, perhaps outside of some folks in Reno, no one outside of Vegas will even notice.

Are most hockey fans even aware of the Reno Aces minor ball team? I don't think so.

 

Aces is by far the most popular option in Vegas, and Las Vegans are all aware of the Reno thing.

Again IMO it's a non-factor.

 

If Mr. Foley is all about paying homage, he can tip the cap to West Point with the team's colours...he can acknowledge his Air Force service and the aviation history of Nevada, while  giving a wink-wink to the unique culture of Vegas...all with the "Aces" concept.

 

Like the admiral said...to do the "gambling-what-gambling?" thing is ridiculous.

You're putting "Las Vegas" in front of "any team name"...there's gonna be a gaming reference.

It'll be fine.

 

You may have found my "Aces" presentation uninspired (really?)...but it certainly wasn't lazy.

 

[O.C.D]

I keep checking this thread to see the official announcement, but it doesn't happen. Why doesn't it happen? How have I angered you God? Was it the porn?

[SFGiants58]

32 minutes ago, sparky chewbarky said:

You may have found my "Aces" presentation uninspired (really?)...but it certainly wasn't lazy.

 

Your generally condescending attitude towards anybody who doesn't like the Aces name has made me despise it.

 

Disgrace the Ace. 

[Cosmic]

39 minutes ago, sparky chewbarky said:

Aces is by far the most popular option in Vegas, and Las Vegans are all aware of the Reno thing.

Is this based on anything? Outlaws won the Review-Journal poll; Aces wasn't even in the finals.

 

You made a really nice concept, but you seem almost incredulous that someone wouldn't want to use it for the team.

 

Edit: http://www.reviewjournal.com/sports/nhl-vegas/the-name-you-decided-las-vegas-nhl-team

[DG_ThenNowForever]

"Scorpions" is a mouthful, but a really great visual. Scorpions are visually imposing, and you get the arena rock connection immediately. It's perfect.

 

Here's something amusing -- I thought NHL LV was starting this season. It seemed weird to me that a team starting next month wouldn't have a logo or name (to say nothing of a roster), but it's the NHL so nothing is impossible. I mean, even MLS named teams beginning play two or three seasons out.

 

Look at this jerk:

 

[FiddySicks]

51 minutes ago, sparky chewbarky said:

 

I might agree with you if the Reno thing bothered more than you and a relatively few number of people, but honestly Bucfan, that doesn't seem to be the case.

It's not an issue with anyone that I've talked to in Vegas, and I can almost guarantee you that, perhaps outside of some folks in Reno, no one outside of Vegas will even notice.

Are most hockey fans even aware of the Reno Aces minor ball team? I don't think so.

 

Aces is by far the most popular option in Vegas, and Las Vegans are all aware of the Reno thing.

Again IMO it's a non-factor.

 

If Mr. Foley is all about paying homage, he can tip the cap to West Point with the team's colours...he can acknowledge his Air Force service and the aviation history of Nevada, while  giving a wink-wink to the unique culture of Vegas...all with the "Aces" concept.

 

Like the admiral said...to do the "gambling-what-gambling?" thing is ridiculous.

You're putting "Las Vegas" in front of "any team name"...there's gonna be a gaming reference.

It'll be fine.

 

You may have found my "Aces" presentation uninspired (really?)...but it certainly wasn't lazy.

 

 

Two things:

 

1). Your Aces "presentation" shows me absolutely nothing. 

2). They're not picking Aces, so I don't know why this is still a thing. 

[The_Admiral]

44 minutes ago, DG_Now said:

"Scorpions" is a mouthful, but a really great visual.

 

They'd inevitably be the "Scorps" in the vein of the Habs, Nucks, Rags, Avs, and, in our corner of the internet, Beej.

 

If you could incorporate a scorpion tail into an interlocking LV monogram and do it right, that could end up being a pretty timeless hockey crest.

[Korkie]

He's boxing himself in with the military name thing. 

 

I am a big fan of alliterative names, but V doesn't give you a ton of great choices. You could go off the L, which opens things up. 

 

But I agree with everyone just pick a damn name and let people get used it. We got used to Mighty Ducks, Wild, and Blue Jackets. 

[CreamSoda]

Sorry @sparky chewbarky But your whole Aces concept is not as good as you think it is. 

 

Time to give it up bud, you are just coming across poorly now.