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yellowcar
Feb 14, 2010

Las Vegas xXxBlAcK_KnIgHtz666xXx

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Craptacular!
Jul 9, 2001

Fuck the DH
The good news is that a training facility for this sill nameless team is about to be built.

Duke Chin
Jan 11, 2002

Roger That:
MILK CRATES INBOUND

:siren::siren::siren::siren:
- FUCK THE HABS -

Nail Rat posted:

I still like Scorpions as a serious suggestion and wish he'd circle back to that.

lol that is dumb/echl as hell

Kevyn
Mar 5, 2003

I just want to smile. Just once. I'd like to just, one time, go to Disney World and smile like the other boys and girls.
Scorpions isn't bad. It's a fierce animal that is indigenous to the region. That's like half of pro teams right there.

The team really should be the Craps though.

Stretch Marx
Apr 29, 2008

I'm ok with this.
Just go with the simple answer:

The Las Vegas Nameless or No Name for the product tie in.

Sharks Eat Bear
Dec 25, 2004

the las vegas wild knights

or for short, we'd just call them the wild

Scaramouche
Mar 26, 2001

SPACE FACE! SPACE FACE!

Los Vegas CREATORS with just a picture of the creator's face as the jersey

Brandon Proust
Jun 22, 2006

"Like many intellectuals, he was incapable of scoring a simple goal in a simple way"

did anyone say Las Vegas Nordiques yet?

Porrima
Oct 18, 2012

The world is fucked
and so are you.

Thanks, humanity
Las Vegas Arid
Las Vegas Parch
Las Vegas Dra/oughts
Las Vegas Unsustainables

Craptacular!
Jul 9, 2001

Fuck the DH

Porrima posted:

Las Vegas Unsustainables

Phoenix has a reserve on this one.

Stretch Marx
Apr 29, 2008

I'm ok with this.
The Las Vegas Twinkling Titanites

Kevyn
Mar 5, 2003

I just want to smile. Just once. I'd like to just, one time, go to Disney World and smile like the other boys and girls.
They should take advantage of their first-in-town status and name themselves the Las Vegas Raiders.

Drunk Canuck
Jan 9, 2010

Robots ruin all the fun of a good adventure.

I want to imagine it's McPhee in the boardroom going "No no, keep them suspenseful. I'm 100% certain this will drive the locals into a fevered pitch of team loyalty."

The Glumslinger
Sep 24, 2008

Coach Nagy, you want me to throw to WHAT side of the field?


Hair Elf

grack posted:

Las Vegas I Woke Up In The Penthouse Suite With Two Dwarves, A Clown, Sixteen Empty Canisters Of Whipped Cream, A Kiddie Pool Full Of Cherry Jell-O And A Twelve Foot Long Reticulated Python

Las Vegas I Went To Reno Because Its The Same Sports On The TV At The Sports Book

dogstile
May 1, 2012

fucking clocks
how do they work?
Las Vegas Drunken Regret

AsInHowe
Jan 11, 2007

red winged angel

Dale Ouise posted:

The Winnipeg Jets held out on their name until their first round pick of the draft. That was plenty stupid without an NFL franchise breathing down their necks.

I know Foley wants the Knights name bad, but George Lucas also wanted Luke Skywalker to be a sexagenarian. If this is what's holding everything up, Foley's just going to have to deal with it, and pull a name from his rear end.

It was stupid for Winnipeg, yes, but the team was already selling a ton of Jets merchandise before it officially became the name, and all of that sold merchandise led to the name of Winnipeg Jets. (The owners wanted to simply upgrade their AHL identity of Manitoba Moose, but the fans wouldn't have it.) That name was basically a fait accompli.

For Vegas, Foley should have had names ready to go. He doesn't have to go through the NHL's process to ask around, get some good ideas, and start working on general branding concepts. Come up with a half-dozen Nevada animals, a couple military concepts, and something Vegasy and slowly eliminate them until you've got a winner. It's not that hard.

Looks like the Vegas team is going to be a hilarious clusterfuck of a franchise, possibly even more than the all new Las Vegas Raiders, a historical clusterfuck of a franchise.

the talent deficit
Dec 20, 2003

self-deprecation is a very british trait, and problems can arise when the british attempt to do so with a foreign culture





Las Vegas Nights is objectively the best name. i don't understand the hold up

grack
Jan 10, 2012

COACH TOTORO SAY REFEREE CAN BANISH WHISTLE TO LAND OF WIND AND GHOSTS!

the talent deficit posted:

Las Vegas Nights is objectively the best name. i don't understand the hold up

There are so very few fun sports team owners.

Lessail
Apr 1, 2011

:cry::cry:
tell me how vgk aren't playing like shit again
:cry::cry:
p.s. help my grapes are so sour!

AsInHowe posted:

It was stupid for Winnipeg, yes, but the team was already selling a ton of Jets merchandise before it officially became the name, and all of that sold merchandise led to the name of Winnipeg Jets. (The owners wanted to simply upgrade their AHL identity of Manitoba Moose, but the fans wouldn't have it.) That name was basically a fait accompli.

For Vegas, Foley should have had names ready to go. He doesn't have to go through the NHL's process to ask around, get some good ideas, and start working on general branding concepts. Come up with a half-dozen Nevada animals, a couple military concepts, and something Vegasy and slowly eliminate them until you've got a winner. It's not that hard.

Looks like the Vegas team is going to be a hilarious clusterfuck of a franchise, possibly even more than the all new Las Vegas Raiders, a historical clusterfuck of a franchise.

It's not but keep dreaming of that thought like everyone else that isn't in vegas

AsInHowe
Jan 11, 2007

red winged angel

Lessail posted:

It's not but keep dreaming of that thought like everyone else that isn't in vegas

It absolutely is.

Phoenix relocated a team AND picked a logo in about six months. Many expansion cities were ready to go right away.

Bill Foley can't even pick a name without publicly making a fool of himself. If Bettman didn't want a team in Vegas, Bill Foley would be this decade's Jim Balsillie.

Also, if the Raiders move, they will be the #1, #2, and #3 teams in Vegas.

Duke Chin
Jan 11, 2002

Roger That:
MILK CRATES INBOUND

:siren::siren::siren::siren:
- FUCK THE HABS -
Now now guys, let's not forget the Maloofs are on board here as well.

AsInHowe
Jan 11, 2007

red winged angel

Duke Chin posted:

Now now guys, let's not forget the Maloofs are on board here as well.

.....really?

Hahahahahaha, this is gonna be a disaster. Congratulations, Quebec!

Lessail
Apr 1, 2011

:cry::cry:
tell me how vgk aren't playing like shit again
:cry::cry:
p.s. help my grapes are so sour!
With a very minor percentage but hey that won't keep y'all from jerking each other off

AsInHowe
Jan 11, 2007

red winged angel

Lessail posted:

With a very minor percentage but hey that won't keep y'all from jerking each other off

Now now, no need to project your lustful thoughts about The Creator on all of us

FrenzyTheKillbot
Jan 31, 2008

Good Hustle

AsInHowe posted:

For Vegas, Foley should have had names ready to go.

The issue as far as I can tell is that he did have a name ready go go, and it was the Black Knights. Of course in this case "ready to go" means he picked it without ever asking anyone if there would be trademark issues with the name, which should have been really obvious considering he was trying to name them after an existing team.

Lessail
Apr 1, 2011

:cry::cry:
tell me how vgk aren't playing like shit again
:cry::cry:
p.s. help my grapes are so sour!

AsInHowe posted:

Many expansion cities were ready to go right away.

Looks like Minnesota was six months from being granted to official name. Columbus was June to November. Panthers was four months as well.

So, maybe next time don't talk out of your rear end?

Lessail fucked around with this message at 20:12 on Sep 18, 2016

AsInHowe
Jan 11, 2007

red winged angel

FrenzyTheKillbot posted:

The issue as far as I can tell is that he did have a name ready go go, and it was the Black Knights. Of course in this case "ready to go" means he picked it without ever asking anyone if there would be trademark issues with the name, which should have been really obvious considering he was trying to name them after an existing team.

And that's the stuff you have off the record discussions about.

Lessail posted:

Looks like Minnesota was six months from being granted to official name. Columbus was June to November.

So, maybe next time don't talk out of your rear end?

None of those teams had owners getting profiled on Hockey Night In Canada, pulling out various objects with Black Knight names while commenting on what a great name for a hockey team that would be, what his name choice is, etc.

And neither of those teams promised to have a name by a certain time, before publicly flailing.

Also, if the Maloofs are involved, incompetence is on the way.

AsInHowe fucked around with this message at 20:18 on Sep 18, 2016

Lessail
Apr 1, 2011

:cry::cry:
tell me how vgk aren't playing like shit again
:cry::cry:
p.s. help my grapes are so sour!

AsInHowe posted:

And neither of those teams promised to have a name by a certain time, before publicly flailing.

Nice moving the goalposts

Zodijackylite
Oct 18, 2005

hello bonjour, en francais we call the bread man l'homme de pain, because pain means bread and we're going to see a lot of pain this year and every nyrfan is looking forward to it and hey tony, can you wait until after my postgame interview to get on your phone? i thought you quit twitter...

Lessail posted:

Nice moving the goalposts

Moving the goal posts apart is also a bad BettmaNHL idea.

AsInHowe
Jan 11, 2007

red winged angel
Maybe Vegas could just use the old, repurposed Thrashers name?

Vegas Thrashers

grack
Jan 10, 2012

COACH TOTORO SAY REFEREE CAN BANISH WHISTLE TO LAND OF WIND AND GHOSTS!

Lessail posted:

Looks like Minnesota was six months from being granted to official name. Columbus was June to November. Panthers was four months as well.

So, maybe next time don't talk out of your rear end?

Seriously, why the hell are you being so hostile about all of this?

Lessail
Apr 1, 2011

:cry::cry:
tell me how vgk aren't playing like shit again
:cry::cry:
p.s. help my grapes are so sour!

grack posted:

Seriously, why the hell are you being so hostile about all of this?

Ask why everyone else only wants to poo poo on the team

Stretch Marx
Apr 29, 2008

I'm ok with this.
The Las Vegas Chill Outs

yellowcar
Feb 14, 2010

The Las Vegas Inferiority Complex

Pornographic Memory
Dec 17, 2008

Lessail posted:

Ask why everyone else only wants to poo poo on the team

It's because the vast majority of NHLSAS discussion is veiled or not so veiled making GBS threads on our own and each other's teams. Most teams don't have their own thread for us to go poo poo on them though.

A Typical Goon
Feb 25, 2011

Lessail posted:

Ask why everyone else only wants to poo poo on the team

Maybe we should wait before they actually make a good hockey related decision and not just a line of inexplicable ones before we get the fellatio line going bud

AsInHowe
Jan 11, 2007

red winged angel
Las Vegas Hostile Posters



Only a businessman from somewhere crappy like Jacksonville would think a Vegas NHL team is a glitzy investment to buy.

AsInHowe fucked around with this message at 22:01 on Sep 18, 2016

Sharks Eat Bear
Dec 25, 2004

Lessail posted:

Ask why everyone else only wants to poo poo on the team

lmao yeah what could possibly make everyone want to poo poo on "the creator"

Teemu Pokemon
Jun 19, 2004

To sign them is my real test

With full no movement clause
careful guys he will screencap this thread on twitter

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Duke Chin
Jan 11, 2002

Roger That:
MILK CRATES INBOUND

:siren::siren::siren::siren:
- FUCK THE HABS -

Lessail posted:

Ask why everyone else only wants to poo poo on the team

:lol::lol: I'm thoroughly enjoying the gently caress out of this especially after how much you enjoyed trying to constantly e-poo poo all over Seattle/Hansen/Sacto kings thread/most things Seattle in general and how constantly wrong and misinformed about everything Sonics you always were - so watching you go meltdown mode on the slightest of Vegas jabs is hilarious.

:dance:

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