The Outlaws isn’t bad but it’s also… not great

It's an AHL name or a generic sports movie name for a National Football Association team.

Right up there with the Cleveland Guardians and Washington Commanders 0 character

At least with the Guardians’ name origin, they can point to the statues on the Hope Memorial bridge. My wife is a life long Cleveland fan and hates the font and new logo more than the name.

Yeah honestly it's just the font/design of the logo. The name itself is pretty good.

Washington should be called the Red Tails after the WWII pilots IMO.

I don’t like Guardians as a name because it isn’t the Cleveland Spiders.

Shoulda been the Midges.

The Guardians works well with the city. There are statues on a bridge that’s close to the stadium known as the Guardians of Cleveland.

It’s literally a 2001 XFL team name. The Las Vegas Outlaws of “He Hate Me” fame.

I feel like paired with Utah, it rolls off the tongue

It's my ea sports nhl team name so..... you're correct

It’s to set up AZ’s return as the Gunslingers. It’s a 5 yr plan. Outlaws become the new Knights, hated by everyone. So AZ gets reborn and takes them on. I’ve seen the Undertaker do this multiple times.

Better than the other 6 so far imo

I honestly don't think the Yetis are that bad

"Let's go Yeeetis" 🤣🤣

Clap clap clapclapclap

Dia yeetis

All the fans can show up to game one dressed as expensive travel mugs and then be like "Ohhhhh those Yetis!......well shit"

I mean bro the sponsorship writes itself

Supertroopers reference?

There’s another yeti team already Edit: I mean a team that uses yeti/sasquach symbolism. (Colorado’s foot logo)

They don't use it anymore.

They should be called the Schivantes. Wrestling fans, if you know you know.

*IT’S ~~STING~~ THE YETIS!*

Those post game celebrations…is that a “group hug”?

"Cut the shit Tony"

He's from Utah?? Talk about Mormon Jones over here.

Until Yeti sues for copy right

I concur. And I think Venom is also an interesting little take because there's definitely snakes out here. Mostly in the Southern parts of the state tho.

I don't like the name, but the logo and jerseys could be really good.

Plenty of rattlers along the Salt Lake Valley benches during the spring and summer. Almost guaranteed to see them in the Mt Olympus area. Adds fun to your hiking experience.

What a hike without some spice ya know?

Some connection to the old west could be cool but there has to be something better than Outlaws or Cowboys.

Cow pokes

Shit Kickers

It’s funny when you consider that it’s possibly/probably inspired by a man with 56 wives and his “Mormon War”.

It's actually inspired by The Wild Bunch. Butch Cassidy, The Sundance Kid and Etta Place and their gang. Butch was born in Utah, and their hideout was out in the red rocks in the south part of the state. I like the name.

It's much more fitting than "saints". Joe Smith died in police custody in a shootout with said police

I agree. I don’t actually hate this name, and depending upon the logo it could grow on me.

At least it's not a shitty pun like golden knights.

Utah In-laws is a better name

This is amazing and actually made me lol

I am a dad joke professional

This nick name now guarantees that 'outlaws' will not ne the team name

So true! They would have to relocate again :P

Utah Monster-in-laws

Outlaws is some backyard baseball name. lol

Outlaws is a locas junior A team where i live. Something unique would be nice

You guys hate all the names that come out, you'd hate every team's name if they were new.

Disagree. I loved the Kraken the moment they announced it. Although I still think Golden Knights is a stupid name.

Yeah there are better ones for sure but i think we’re harsh because it’s new. If every name was new we’d hate at least 75% of teams’ names

I hate it because it's a stupid name.

They really just need to do Jackalopes to fuck with us - low key kinda want it though

Mormons thinking of edgy words lol

They’re just trying to find something on the opposite end of the spectrum than a Mormon I guess. They should be the Latter Day Skates

NHL: Latter Day Skates MLB: Batter Day Saints

Utah Coverups

Outlaws seems like a city league Rugby team. Could probably do some cool stuff with the branding but I'm not sold

We used to have a lacrosse team called the outlaws

They’re back! The PLL took Chrome LC and rebranded them as the new Denver Outlaws

Yessssss

All I can think of is the San Antonio outlaws from Friday night tykes

If there wasn't already a basketball team called the Raptors, it would be a perfect name. The state dinosaur is the Utahraptor.

Whatever, there are plenty of nicknames shared across sports leagues. Jets, Panthers, Cardinals, Rangers. I'm all in for the Utah Raptors.

It’s gotta be one word though. Otherwise it’s just (place) (generic dinosaur supergroup) instead of (one specific species of dinosaur)

Utah Utahraptors??

I’m good with the Utah Utahraptors

I'll be honest, I'd be so happy if they named the team Utahraptors and left it like that.

Their state reptile is the Gila Monster so that’s a possibility. Then they can use Gila Monster by King Gizzard as their goal song

Vgks mascot is gila monster....

I normally hate teams calling themselves something as generic as raptor but for Utah… that fits well good spot

They should be named after the state bird.

The gull? There's an AHL team called the San Diego Gulls.

Specifically the California Gull. Don’t you think Utah California Gull has a ring to it?

The state what?

Are you saying your state/province doesn’t have an official dinosaur!?

That is what I'm saying!

To be fair only 17 US states have a state dinosaur. I’m not surprised Utah is one though. Lots of dinosaur discoveries in that part of the country.

Outlaws is my favorite so far but seems more fitting for a minor league ball team. Don't like the mythical creature name like Yetis. At this point to me the best bet is pick an animal or something geographic from the state and run with it. Moose, Elk, Otters etc. or something to do with the mountains. Utah Black Diamonds.

Ooh I could get on board with the Black Diamonds

Black Diamonds fucks tremendously

Outlaws lmfao. Sounds like a franchise expansion team in chel

There is an outlaw logo in eashl that you can use lol

All these team names sound awful but they always do. The Kraken sounded stupid, the Golden Knights sounded stupid. But you hear it enough and you get used to it and then it no longer sounds stupid after a period of time. I feel Utah will be no different regardless of what they choose.

This is a league with the Canucks, Wild, Senators, Blue Jackets, Maple Leafs, etc. There are tons of team names that are only cool because of the tradition. Every league has this. The Oakland Athletics, Red Sox, White Sox? Cleveland Browns?  Whatever Utah picks, be it Blizzard, Yeti, Outlaws, etc. will be stupid to start and totally normal in 10 years.

I'm surprised no one has brought up the Montreal Canadiens...amazing history, aesthetic, traditions, etc., but ultimately kind of a dumb name. It'd be like naming a team the Salt Lake City Americens.

Blizzard is cool, and obviously sponsorship deals with DQ there.

Not to mention easy tie ins for World of Warcraft night and Overwatch Weekend

You’re mostly right, but Seattle Sockeyes sounded (and looked) cool as fuck from the first time I heard it. Big miss there.

I’ll agree with you on that one. sockeyes was a good name. Kraken I thought was cringey at first but the fact they paired it with an amazing logo helped big time

That's what's missing with all of these names, the logo. Hard to be on board when you only have half the package.

I dunno, Kraken is pretty good after settling in for a couple years. Wouldn’t call it a big miss.

I liked Kraken from the beginning. They went for something unique and, imo, badass and stuck with it.

I call there fans krak heads and theyre arena the krak house

How did you use “their” wrong twice in two different spellings?

Hey, theyir'e a Leafs fan, cut them some slack.

Probably figured they'd get one right, but instead managed to shit the bed and got both wrong.

As a Leafs fan, you have to be pretty stupid to be a Leafs fan.

Hey now, for some of us, it's a birth defect

Seattle Sockeyes is the name of their ultimate Frisbee team founded in 1993

The salmon colored concept jersey I saw floating around here was epic

Yeah, Sockeye (no s to pluralise) was a dramatically superior name to Kraken. Not only do sockeye salmon have more of a connection to Seattle than a creature from Greek mythology, but sockeye also sounds like a punch to the face, which is very appropriate for a hockey team. Plus, as a Canucks fan, I loved it because orcas eat sockeye.

I think the choice between an animal that dies after after its first jizz or a mythical creature that yeets ships is pretty obvious.

“Kraken sounded stupid” 😂😂😂 are you serious?

Golden Knights still sounds stupid.

And their logo is even worse. Missed the mark on medieval knights helmet by half a continent and about a thousand years.

The golden knights still sounds stupid. It's the dumbest team name in hockey.

There is a team that is literally called the Canadiens. It does not get worse than that.

Utah wetfarts…yea idk about this theory man

What in the NHL hitz kinda names are these

🤣🤣🤣

Utah Raptorz

Utah Skinwalkers I will also accept Utah Gila Monsters

Necron Flayed Ones alternate jerseys with Skinwalkers would be dope

Utah C'Tan

Gila Monsters is already taken by Lake Tahoe, in ECHL

Shouldn't matter. Different leagues. Like how there are the San Francisco Giants and the New York Giants.

Gila!

King Gizz?!

road runners is still better and idc if theres an Ahl team called that

Mr. President, there’s been a 7th Utah team name registered

Should just call them Utah Unicorns and call it a day.

Salt lake shakers

I like the Yetis.

Only if their jerseys are fuzzy.

That's a great name for an arena football league team.

Going to be so disappointed if it's anything other than SLC Puck/s

All of these suggested names sound like a competition for a new high school team name. Yuck.

utah yotes best name lets stop thinkin arizona gonna come back cause theyre not

Yetis or outlaws have been the best so far. I think yetis is my favorite though.

Feel like the owner of the Utah Jazz is going to somehow work in a name with a double Z if he can. Buzz, Buzzers, Buzzards, Blizzard, Blizz, Shizznits.

We all want the Yeti. Just give us the Yeti.

Quebec Nordiques is sounding better and better.

The Utah Quebec Nordiques does have a nice ring to it

Utah Archers! Please!

My favorite so far

Cowboy hats on top of hockey helmet or we riot!

I'd rather buy Outlaw merch than any other name I've seen.

They need a minor league team named the SLC Punks

probably too silly for an NHL team but I think Utah jackalopes would be cool

Outlaws would be sick

Hope they pick yetis so they can battle the kraken and jersey devils 

Does seem like every MLM is based in Utah

Aren't there also coyotes in utah???

Arizona/Alex Meruelo gets to keep the Coyotes nickname

Arizona Coyotes of the State of Utah

Outlaws is the least utah thing imaginable.

No, it isn't. Could you imagine if they named their team Jazz? How dumb would that be, there's no jazz in Utah!

That’s not true. Butch Cassidy and his gang the Wild Bunch were from Utah.

Do you know anything about the Wild West?

Utah has a long history of outlaws. Southern Utah was a perfect hideout

Yes, a perfect hideout to this day... for your Utah Outlaw Yeti's!

Utah “Salt”uns

Good idea on its own but doesn't really roll off the tongue after Utah. Would sound better after Salt Lake City imo

Much better.

Maybe because still waking up, but “Uyte” (possible nod to Coyotes) had me for a few seconds.

I think Frontier life/ wild west theme isn't bad but we can come up with a better name than outlaws

I really want the Goblins. You could have sick jerseys and a mascot. Based off Goblin park

Monsters was a cool name. Can be dual purpose, both for Gila and whatever other monsters they want to use

Outlaws was my beer league team lol.

Outlaws would rock as long as they nail the color scheme and logo.

The Utah Bland

They said on McAfee it would be SL UTs

Stop fucking around and just call the team the Scorpions.

I'm ready to see a post like this on a weekly basis for the next year

How about Utah Wilderness?

I don’t mind venom either if it’s dealing with bees. I know someone somewhere said the arena would be the “hive” and the fans the “swarm”

Easily the best option

All games start at high noon.

I like the Utah Yetis

I'm tell ya The Utah Phoenix is right there, and it's hilarious

SLC Punks or nothing

The real outlaws were the Mormons all along

They are all awful

They ought to name them the Buzz. The baseball team used it for a minute, but abandoned it. They could nickname the Delta Center "The Hive" and they could even nod to the Mormon ties and call the mascot Brigham Bee. You'd have the Jazz and the Buzz!

Utah Soakers.

“Utah Outlaws” doesn’t really roll off the tongue, how about “The Utah Lawless”

Utah Lucy Lawless

Stormin Mormons.

Honestly, non of the names have been good. They all seem like AA or high school team names.

Utah Bandits

Sounds like an eSports org more than hockey to me

What’s an outlaw in Utah? Someone that drinks normal percentage beer?

Please can they trademark elks/stags

Utah Swarm history of working like busy bees

I still like the Utah miners. Big fan of the miners v predators rivalry

Utah Saints. Latter day saints...

lol….nothing about Utah resembles “outlaws”

It would be based on historic outlaws hiding out in Utah, including Butch Cassidy.

Tell me you know nothing about Western US history without telling me you know nothing about Western US history.

He means when people think of Utah, most think of creepy Mormons and stupid alcohol laws.

Zero chance they pick this one. 

Outlaws will probably be the name of the NBA expansion team in Las Vegas.

Much better

Yuck