Axl Foley

which is what I expect based on the hand SY was dealt. It took him 3 years to rid the team of Holland's players. Another couple of years of improvement with prospects and 2nd tier free agents. then fill the roster with his draft picks and more desirable free agents.

Zetterberg

How would 2 losers from another underachieving Maple Leafs team improve this team in any significant way? He isn't. Replacing him with a similar NHL player would probably cost more. So did Kane.

g-ay

why? Are you a NAMBLA recruiter?

yes. it's not a downgrade.

Great name

Kane's offense cannot be replaced from within, unlike our defense. Not bringing back Kane would be a huge mistake.

It is a Civil War reference, yes. But it has 2 meanings. This is their mascot Stinger:

If by BEAST you mean Dirty Player, then yeah.

I doubt the NHL is going to give AZ an expansion team for free. must be hard up for players

The choice of venom is probably related to the fact that Utah is the Beehive State. So it is probably due to bee venom, and a bee would logically be the mascot. Columbus' mascot, and secondary logo, is a Blue version of a yellow jacket. Those 2 mascots would be too similar. Several sports teams have used "Fury" as their name. A quick Google search will show that fire, and even lightning, are heavily incorporated with those teams' logos. Just like the Flames do with theirs. Fury is commonly considered to be anger based, and it is not uncommon to associate anger with fire. Hence, the use of flames or fire among Fury logos. A blizzard is a large snow storm. An avalanche is caused by significant snowfall. They kinda go together since they both require lots of snow. The Avs have snow in their logo. These names infringe too much upon existing NHL logos/mascots/team names IMO.

That depends. Does he pronounce it Roy? Or Wah? Martinez too old

Aren't the 82 regular season games essentially "play in" games? And why are they called "play in" games? The opposite of off is on and the opposite of in is out. Shouldn't they be called "play on" games?

DONT CARE

Cuz they took in all those refugees from the desert. No hockey there.

"The work doesn't stop." was this a double entendre?

their minor league team was the Grizzlies. can't have another bear tho. doubt they can come with the expansion fee more likely another Jets relocation

Chychrun is overrated

their secondary logo is a wasp or hornet or something with a stinger Utah Jarods

I saw Yetis listed as a finalist for team name. And it does roll off the tongue well. But the Avs already use a Yeti footprint as their secondary logo and I believe their mascot is a Yeti as well. So I don't see that being approved by the league. Also Blizzard and Ice are too close to Avalanche and we already have 2 other weather related team names. Utah HC or Utah Hockey Club sound like Soccer team names. Boring. Venom is too close to the Blue Jackets mascot Stinger. Fury will most likely incorporate fire in the logo. Flames already did that. And it's one of those stupid intangible nicknames that were common in the 90s and 00s. Outlaws would have been a great name for a Vegas team, but I don't think anyone equates the Mormon dominated Utah area as part of the Wild West. I still think Mammoth is the best name. Unique. Tangible. And would make a great logo.

Utah Mammoth And this will be the new prize awarded to the Playoff Winners

I just copy and paste. works just fine.

Thought we needed another one.

I never saw any of them play C at the NHL level. None of these guys were pivots.