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I live in Utah and know very little about the NHL or hockey in general, but I have been watching many videos by folks like you and I'm starting to look forward it. Thanks for your assessment of the whole situation.
IT IS UN paralleled in action. Unreal speed with precision. The more I learn of the nuances of the top level pros, the more exciting it becomes. And the NHL is TOP LEVEL.
You'll love it. I kinda wish I was still living in Utah to go watch them. I went to a few college games at Weber State and BYU and a couple Grizzlies games and it was a ton of fun. Hockey is one of the funnest sports to watch.
On RUclips you can watch : Don cherry’s 🍒 Rock’m Sock’m Hockey And Super Duper Hockey Bloopers 30 years ago that’s what helped me get into and love hockey ….,beside playing street hockey and watching it in playoffs
Welcome! You're going to love it! Fans like you are alleviating one of my big anxieties about the NHL coming to Utah, that Utah already has a large population of hockey fans with existing team loyalties, with very little untapped audience for a local franchise. Seeing posts like this is encouraging and exciting!
Brodie you are too damn critical, I’m in Arizona my daughter worked for the Coyotes but as I’ve followed to team it’s clear that playing in Z was one huge mess after another and it’s time this floundering franchise got new light. You can’t expect the fans in Utah as well as the media to be rational, they are simply THRILLED to have a new team. Cut em some slack. Nobody is hiding the fact that the state government ponied up $900 million, it was in discussion for weeks.
Yea i dont get why so much vitriol is being thrown towards Utah. They weren't the ones who messed it up. Ryan wanted a team and saw one struggling to find a home and pounced. Utahns being excited about it is not a bad a thing.
It may not be rational, but they just lost the team they have loved for years. Please be empathetic and patient with yotes fans. Especially considering the amount of patience rewarded by the current crop of prospects. Utah is inheriting a set to go franchise.
8:55 to be fair, you can get that view from a Walmart parking lot in the SLC valley. Not a lot of prior planning needed to record that video clip 😊. Go Utah Whatevers!
The Gila Monster is the state reptile. So no that wasnt a knock on Arizona. People seem to forget that although there are Mountains in Utah, Utah is a desert state.
Having ‘Blizzard’ and ‘Avalanche’ geographically close to each other isn’t any less weird that the Kings and Golden Knights being close to each other. We also have the Canadiens and Canuks.
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I have no idea why, but I absolutely love your insider commentary about how reporters do their job. Maybe a wacky idea, but I would love to see more of it. I started cracking up when you pointed out the NHL in Utah website on the marquis behind her 😂 "It's right there. Behind you"
@jeffa.7618 I would like to see this team sell specific assets, namely the WHA history and memorabilia to the Winnipeg Jets effectively amalgamating the Jets and the Jets. The current Jets in return can send specific assets dating back to the Atlanta Thrashers. Just a thought. BTW, please don't call the team "Utah" and whatever moniker you choose, please make it plural not something like "Blizzard" or "Venom"... at least add an "s" to the names.
@@Scantronimus466The move is similar to the original Cleveland Browns when the original team was sold then move to Baltimore to become the Ravens. The Cleveland Browns were deactivated from 1996-1999 until a new stadium was built. After 1999 the Browns were reactivated as an expansion team but retained the records/history of the original Browns.
As a Utahn we definitely know we’re paying for the team etc and we are 100% in and excited. We want Utah to become a sports Mecca and this and an MLB team, as well as the Olympics and all the different sports with a presence here are helping us achieve that goal
Lol I love hockey I'm not excited to pay for their renovations. Knowing how much money they have already and how much more they will make the average person will definitely feel it more
Future Utah Hockey Club fan (and new subscriber) here. I really enjoy your channel commentary. I especially enjoy how you try to present both sides of this AZ/UT drama without dragging either side and in good humor. While I feel bad that AZ is losing their team , the misdirected anger towards "Salt Lake" makes zero sense. This was a failure of both team management and Arizona politicians. The blame should be directed there. If they had been able to work together to meet the teams needs, the team would still be around. Maybe Arizonians can think of that next time they vote in an election. Honestly there are many cities that would have jumped at the opportunity to have a team, so insulting an entire community is pretty dumb.
appreciate you being here! fine line between utah being persistent and poaching. i agree time had run its course in arizona and that falls largely on the owner alone
Just wanted to let you know, Utah does have mountains, but it is also a desert. The Great Basin part in Utah is desert. Mostly located near the Great Salt Lake, it is the Bonneville Salt Flats. We are considered a desert region right up to the mountains. The Great Basin goes thru about 3/4 of Utah, Nevada, Idaho and others that I am not sure about.
@@alansnow1129Well obviously it’s all relative, but I’d say SLC would need to be about 10-15 degrees cooler to be “nice.” Phoenix would need to be about 20-30 degrees cooler.
Actually no...if you go by climate definitions, Phoenix has a hot desert climate (Köppen: BWh), typical of the Sonoran Desert. SLC. on the other hand, has either a Mediterranean climate (Csa) or dry-summer continental climate (Dsa) depending on which variant of the system is used. I live in SLC now but used to live in Arizona for a number of years and the two areas are completely different. Due to its altitude, SLC is much closer to places in AZ like Flagstaff and Prescott.
Completely understand why the folks in SLC want to know the name of their new toy and want to buy jerseys with the new name branding. Not going to sell too many jerseys with UHC (Unknown Hockey Club) LOL. I'm excited for salt lake and while it's pretty obvious you have a strong affinity for Phoenix, I believe if they can go ahead and name the team, get the promotions going and resolve the arena issue, they're going to be successful.
Brodie, I am a long-time hockey fan here in Detroit and your podcast is becoming my favorite hockey/news channel by far. Informative, passionate and not gimmicky. I like Bettman's 'southern strategy' and paid little attn to Phoenix hockey until the recent events. Hockey in the desert looks like the perfect area for hockey to thrive. Especially, now that AM has walked away. I am a new Coyotes fan, and Utah as well, and can't wait for new ownership to develop. I know it's another channel, but I think one of the best ambassadors of Phoenix hockey is Leah Merrall. She's informative and passionate and a fresh face. Let her know to stay with the fight. i know she will.
I grew up in the Salt Lake City area and remember the Salt Lake Golden Eagles as a child. In my teens I went to several Utah Grizzlies games. Hockey is one of the best sports to watch in person. I live in southern Utah now and have been rooting for the Golden Knights.
“Intermountain West” is a blanket term to describe mostly the region of the Great Basin and Northern Rockies. More broadly the Southwest as well. Everything between the Rockies and the Sierra Nevada’s/Cascades, Excluding the West Coast. Arizona, Nevada, Utah, Idaho and parts of Montana, Wyoming, Colorado, New Mexico, Oregon, and Washington. It’s a way of describing the region that Utah is particularly fond of, because we are the geographic center of it. 🥰☺️
@@retstak Thing is that I've never heard Reno refer to itself as Intermountain West though. That's pretty much a Salt Lake domain branding. I don't think I've even heard it in Winnemucca...The Sierras are pretty distinct from the Rockies...
It’s got to be named the Utah Blizzard. It’s the perfect name. It’s got the two ZZ, which is a hallmark of Utah teams, and Salt Lake City gets snow squalls coming off the Great Salt Lake that qualify as mini blizzards.
As someone who lived in Cleveland when the Browns moved, I’m seeing similarities in how this whole thing was handled. Not saying it wasn’t warranted, but just strange.
One quick mention of the Grizzlies. I wish more was said about the future of Salt Lake City's professional hockey team that has served the area since 1995 (under two separate franchises). Maybe they'll get more love when fans see the price of NHL tickets.
For your info on Utah state animals State Bird - California Seagull --- can you imagine, the Utah California Seagulls as the name? lol State Crustacean - Brine Shrimp State Fish - Bonneville Cutthroat Trout State Fossil - Allosaurus (but the Utahraptor is named after the state) State Insect - Honey Bee State Animal - Rocky Mountain elk State Reptile - Gila Monster Other indigenous animals Largest animal in Utah - Mountain Bison (aka Wood Bison) Largest predator in Utah - Black Bear Fastest land animal in Utah - Pronghorn Antelope Cougars, bobcats, badgers, bighorn sheep, ring-tailed cats, rodents, and deer. Hawks, golden eagles, vultures, ospreys, owls, bobcats, and coyotes. Rattlesnake, Black Widow spider, Recluse spider, and moose.
If the team name and logo for Utah will initially be temporary, then the only appropriate name is The Utah Placeholders. The logo must have the acronym WIP (work in progress) in it
The team name beginning with 'Utah', although based in Salt Lake City, kind of reminds me of a couple of teams from the Canadian Football League. Two teams are named after their provinces, instead of the cities in which they are based. These are the BC (British Columbia) Lions and the Saskatchewan Roughriders.
I am weirdly invested in this whole Arizona Coyotes story. I guess its because as a fan in Nashville I've been on both sides of it. We got the Titans from Houston and they weren't bitter or anything... and then I've gone through almost losing the Nashville Predators not too many years later.
Intermountain West is a term used quite a bit in Utah, Idaho, Wyoming, and parts of Nevada. While it technically includes parts of Oregon and Washington, you don’t hear it as much there. Intermountain Health is one of the main health conglomerates in the region.
"The Toronto Blizzard (1979-1983) were a professional soccer club based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada that played in the North American Soccer League (NASL)."
The Winnipeg Fury were a professional soccer team in Winnipeg, Canada. The team was part of the Canadian Soccer League from 1987 to 1992. They were one of four teams to participate in every season of the CSL. In 1993, they played in the Canadian National Soccer League. The Fury won the Championship in 1992.
Kings and Knights play there in September don't forget... "Frozen Fury" has been played in Salt Lake past 3 seasons. ...and side note, Kings Forward Trevor Lewis is from Salt Lake
Hello, thank you for your content and keeping it updated with the Arizona coyote situation. I’m down here in Tucson and I really like watching the roadrunners play. Are they going to move the amateur club as well or are they gonna keep it here in Tucson and just feed the boys up to Utah? I would be very sad to see the roadrunners go. They have a wonderful fan base.
When the Washington Redskins changed their name for that one year, they changed to the Washington Football Team and surprisingly a lot of fans liked their name and preferred it to stay that way instead of the current name Commanders
I don't really understand your criticism of the team based on the LAST OWNER running his into the ground for 12 years. Like the financial issues were that team being shit at paying bills. Also, you're forgetting on your criticisms that there is precedence with a Colorado Avalanche. Very similar circumstance too. Their team left Quebec because of financial issues and has thrived in Colorado.
One person says "at Delta Center" and everyone saying it that is not a Utahn. THE Delta Center! For crying out loud the reporters got it. NHL and National media, it's The Delta Center!
As a fellow Utahn and from SLC. We are only talking about name and colors as our main topic because we itch for pro sports. The not the merrier and the number of pre-sale tickets for NHL is showing that. Next give us MLB!
SO WHAT I AM HEARING THIS GUY SMITH IS A GOOD GUY , HAS HIS OWN MONEY , BUT THE STATE WILL ALSO PROVIDE MONEY IF HE CALLS THEM UTAH? SOMETHING? YET , COYOTES OWNER CLAIMS NO PRIVATE STATE MONEY? SOUNDS LIKE , NOT A LEVEL PLAYING FIELD
Black Bear is the name of a group based in Maryland that is buying up a bunch of ice rinks and youth teams in the northeast, nearly monopolizing the market and creating a league for them to play amongst themselves and not with the remaining non-Black Bear team. They are fiercely active on self-branding in the youth hockey world, and I can’t see another hockey organization, even an NHL team partway across the country, using the name without some sort of legal battle.
I am sad to see the Cyottes leave, but let's face it. They should of left 10 years ago. Garry Bettman & the NHL held on too long this situation of bad ownership after bad ownership. Salt Lake City doesn't suck, it was the different ownerships that sucked over the years & their relationship with the city's of Arizona that cause this inevitable dismay. The team should of gone to Quebec, but that's a whole different discussion. I hope the Cyottes come back, but under different ownership. Even Bizz said so himself. They need a good owner.
"its Utahs team, Its our team" given all the pro sports teams that have abandoned their fans in recent history and moved how can anyone still believe that. And hes talking about a team that just a week ago got sold and is moving away from their current fans. Its insane.
I've enjoyed watching your series of commentaries of interviews and media coverage of this NHL move of the Coyotes from Arizona to Utah. First I have to say I feel bad for the Coyotes fans --really awful losing their team, but it does seem like the arena situation was a complicated mess! An NHL team playing in a 4500 seat arena? Even the ECHL Utah Grizzlies have a 12,000 seat arena (the Maverick Center). Hopefully that new arena down there can get built (come out of the ground) within the allotted 5 years. Salt Lake City does have Ice Hockey History, though of course not NHL. The IHL Salt Lake Golden Eagles from 1969-1994 played in the Salt Palace and Delta Center and the Current Grizzlies from 1994 played in the Delta Center and Maverick Center. A number of NHL players came through Salt Lake. Theo Fleury and Dan Plante come to mind. BTW, google Dan Plante's Golden Eagles Jersey -- so cool. Fierce Golden Eagle face and Eagle feathers on lower part of the Jersey. The Golden Eagle is the State of Utah's bird of pray. Hope the Smiths keep that in mind. I watched many Golden Eagles and Grizzlies games at the Salt Palace and Delta center, including watching fans through salmon onto the Ice to feed the Bears when they scored! Anyway, I'm really more of a baseball fan and have been following this NHL excited in hopes that this is a precursor of the Big League Utah coalition landing a MLB team in Utah in the not too distant future. BTW, most of Utah is indeed desert though maybe not so hot and dry like Arizona. Not a lot grows here without the help of irrigation. And we do actually have Coyotes here. FWIW, Roadrunners can be found in southern Utah. Speaking of which, I wonder what will happen to the Grizzlies now? I haven heard any talk about that.
I think Blizzard is the best choice presented so far - gotta pick something winter-related IMO. If they go with a muscular "Abominable Snowman" in their logo and as a mascot, that would be the best of both worlds. I also like the mountain peaks on the back of the jerseys at the shoulders - very nice touch.
I'm a Salt lake county resident. I actually think the name should be called the "Salt Lake ____" because Salt Lake County is paying for it-- not the state of Utah
I agree, I live In Salt Lake City and it sounds best as the Salt Lake Scorpions, Yeti, Blizzard, or whatever name they come up with But Salt Lake should be the team name not Utah. I hope Ryan and Ashley Smith see that out.
Ok, Brodie, so I do feel sorry for the hockey fans in Arizona. AND, a few of their cities are definitely more highly rated in terms of population/ability to support a sports franchise. BUT, the state never showed any particular enthusiasm-overall-towards the old Winnipeg Jets' arrival. Honestly, when you boil it all down, it's about entertainment. There are many, many people who do not believe in having their tax money used to enrich the entertainment industry. I have to respect that. Then again, it's sad for many who truly enjoy various forms of entertainment, that it really "takes a village" to support a sports franchise. God bless Utah-no matter their reasoning-for showing a desire to bring a team to their state. I pray for them to succeed. I've always felt awful when a team ends up moving/abandoning their original foundation! Yet, I have little forgiveness in seeing new teams continue to go to certain cities that have proven they will not show support them. Anyway, being an old man, I still remember the Golden Eagles...the Phoenix Roadrunners, the San Diego Gulls...was it the Portland Buckaroos? And the Seattle Totems. Back in the day, some of our NHL heroes who continued to play-past their prime-ended up finishing up their careers in the WHL. Anyway, I stick by my choice of "the Blizzard" with icy blue and white uniforms. Haven't, yet, formalized a thought for their second jersey, but I think of purity when I think of Salt Lake City. Perhaps it can be the opposite of said icy blue & white? Maybe dark and broody? Good luck to Salt Lake City and it's new team!!!
"Can they pull this off" is a silly question for people to ask. Them being the owners if the basketball team meand they can do what they meed to do without worrying about a 3rd party being upset and blocking things you want/need to do. There are engineers and contractors that will coear their schedules to get in on this because that means theyll be first in the call list wheb the reap renovation (or pitebtially new build if they decide to go that route) Basketball to hockey conversion really isnt that bad in the grand scheme of things and theyll be able to properly plan any long term changes based on their shirt term fixes. They just need to make sure they dont oversell themselves with season tickets. You dint want to shut out the fans that cant afford those but want to go to 1 - 4 games a year, those are your majority base and theyll spend more in concessions than season ticket holders. I remember as a season ticket holder in the esroy years of the bolts growing up (me dad gpa and aunt) we always stopped on the way in before getting to the thunderdome and ice palace (now the amalie) and rarely got concessions or souvenirs
No hard feelings about S.L.C sucks, we have thick skin and understand the emotions. UT. & AZ are similar, we have mountains in the north & a lot of desert outside the Wasatch front. The weather is usually good with a couple weeks too hot & a couple that are cold. We were the 2nd driest state and probably still close to that. Good show and hope that everything works out for AZ.
When Winnipeg got the Thrashers from Atlanta in May of 2011 it didn't take long to come up with a name in fact they had one by the NHL Draft in June 2011.
They are going to retrofit the Delta Center but have gotten the land approval for building a new arena and entertainment district too. Also all locals understand what the bill means as far as taxes. Some like it, some don't, but its not a secret to the locals. And i know you're not happy about the relocation, but the predisposition to rag on local news and fans for being excited about this isn't fair to them.
On my FB timeline, I addressed this myself...here were my suggestions. 1) Saints 2) Beehives 3) Mounts (short for mountains) 4) Pioneers 5) Dinos (since several dinosaur remains have been found). Saints may imply LDS but this name was successful in the NFL and is also the nickname of the St. Paul minor league team. Beehives since Utah is the beehive state. Mounts for mountains. Pioneers is also historical and also is a nod to LDS. Dinos, I believe Utah has the largest number of excavated dinosaur remains.
Exactly. The IOC even frowned on a local Atlanta radio station's traffic copter calling itself "The Olympic Lounge," and they ended up calling it "The Olambic Lounge.: No joke. Although, they seem to have no problem with Olympique Marseilles or Olympique Lyon.
@@iplayfhorn The probable reason why the IOC doesn't have an issue with Lyon and Marseilles is because both of those teams were established well before copyright infringement was a thing. Marseilles was established in 1899 (the first Olympics took place in 1896) and Lyon was formed in 1950.
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The Utah Blizzard ? With a name like that they're nailed on to win the SC in a season or two. 👍🏆🏒❄
Utah Swarm would actually be pretty cool with a bee theme since it’s the beehive state
Not bad, I like it.
If you can have Tampa Bay Lightning and Carolina Hurricanes you can have Blizzard and Avalanche
man thats different
I live in Utah and know very little about the NHL or hockey in general, but I have been watching many videos by folks like you and I'm starting to look forward it. Thanks for your assessment of the whole situation.
IT IS UN paralleled in action. Unreal speed with precision. The more I learn of the nuances of the top level pros, the more exciting it becomes. And the NHL is TOP LEVEL.
You'll love it. I kinda wish I was still living in Utah to go watch them. I went to a few college games at Weber State and BYU and a couple Grizzlies games and it was a ton of fun. Hockey is one of the funnest sports to watch.
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Welcome! You're going to love it! Fans like you are alleviating one of my big anxieties about the NHL coming to Utah, that Utah already has a large population of hockey fans with existing team loyalties, with very little untapped audience for a local franchise. Seeing posts like this is encouraging and exciting!
Brodie you are too damn critical, I’m in Arizona my daughter worked for the Coyotes but as I’ve followed to team it’s clear that playing in Z was one huge mess after another and it’s time this floundering franchise got new light. You can’t expect the fans in Utah as well as the media to be rational, they are simply THRILLED to have a new team. Cut em some slack. Nobody is hiding the fact that the state government ponied up $900 million, it was in discussion for weeks.
Yea i dont get why so much vitriol is being thrown towards Utah. They weren't the ones who messed it up. Ryan wanted a team and saw one struggling to find a home and pounced. Utahns being excited about it is not a bad a thing.
It may not be rational, but they just lost the team they have loved for years. Please be empathetic and patient with yotes fans. Especially considering the amount of patience rewarded by the current crop of prospects. Utah is inheriting a set to go franchise.
8:55 to be fair, you can get that view from a Walmart parking lot in the SLC valley. Not a lot of prior planning needed to record that video clip 😊. Go Utah Whatevers!
be nice.
It was probably at the top of the Delta center.
Hey! How about that for an interim name? Utah Whatevers. Lol 😆
I like the Utah Owls with a Snow Owl as their logo/mascot
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Utah Bisons
Utah Owls is really cool. I'll take it.
Yeah snow owls is sweet
The Gila Monster is the state reptile. So no that wasnt a knock on Arizona. People seem to forget that although there are Mountains in Utah, Utah is a desert state.
Having ‘Blizzard’ and ‘Avalanche’ geographically close to each other isn’t any less weird that the Kings and Golden Knights being close to each other. We also have the Canadiens and Canuks.
To be fair, kings and golden knights aren't that similar and a good portion of the population has no idea wtf a cannuck is.
Nothing beats CFL having two Roughriders lol
Canucks is slang for Canadian. Also opposite sides of country. 4 days drive lol
Yeah Montreal and Vancouver aren’t geographically close my guy.
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I have no idea why, but I absolutely love your insider commentary about how reporters do their job. Maybe a wacky idea, but I would love to see more of it. I started cracking up when you pointed out the NHL in Utah website on the marquis behind her 😂 "It's right there. Behind you"
Utah is a desert and Gila Monsters are one of our state animals.
The problem there is the Vegas already has a gila monster as their mascot.
If Arizona is keeping its history, can Winnipeg have its back, please?
It certainly opens the door for that discussion.
@jeffa.7618 I would like to see this team sell specific assets, namely the WHA history and memorabilia to the Winnipeg Jets effectively amalgamating the Jets and the Jets. The current Jets in return can send specific assets dating back to the Atlanta Thrashers. Just a thought.
BTW, please don't call the team "Utah" and whatever moniker you choose, please make it plural not something like "Blizzard" or "Venom"... at least add an "s" to the names.
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@@Scantronimus466The move is similar to the original Cleveland Browns when the original team was sold then move to Baltimore to become the Ravens. The Cleveland Browns were deactivated from 1996-1999 until a new stadium was built. After 1999 the Browns were reactivated as an expansion team but retained the records/history of the original Browns.
As a Utahn we definitely know we’re paying for the team etc and we are 100% in and excited. We want Utah to become a sports Mecca and this and an MLB team, as well as the Olympics and all the different sports with a presence here are helping us achieve that goal
UTAH MORONIS, UTAH SAINTS, UTAH SALTIES.
Lol I love hockey I'm not excited to pay for their renovations. Knowing how much money they have already and how much more they will make the average person will definitely feel it more
I think the gilla monster is the state reptile of Utah.
Future Utah Hockey Club fan (and new subscriber) here. I really enjoy your channel commentary. I especially enjoy how you try to present both sides of this AZ/UT drama without dragging either side and in good humor.
While I feel bad that AZ is losing their team , the misdirected anger towards "Salt Lake" makes zero sense. This was a failure of both team management and Arizona politicians. The blame should be directed there. If they had been able to work together to meet the teams needs, the team would still be around. Maybe Arizonians can think of that next time they vote in an election. Honestly there are many cities that would have jumped at the opportunity to have a team, so insulting an entire community is pretty dumb.
appreciate you being here! fine line between utah being persistent and poaching. i agree time had run its course in arizona and that falls largely on the owner alone
Just wanted to let you know, Utah does have mountains, but it is also a desert. The Great Basin part in Utah is desert. Mostly located near the Great Salt Lake, it is the Bonneville Salt Flats. We are considered a desert region right up to the mountains. The Great Basin goes thru about 3/4 of Utah, Nevada, Idaho and others that I am not sure about.
Yes, Salt Lake City is in a desert. (This is also why a baseball stadium should have a roof, imo. It gets really hot in the summer.)
Yep, it referred to the high desert.
No it doesnt. It’s nice in salt lake city in summer. Phoenix is hot
@@alansnow1129Well obviously it’s all relative, but I’d say SLC would need to be about 10-15 degrees cooler to be “nice.” Phoenix would need to be about 20-30 degrees cooler.
Actually no...if you go by climate definitions, Phoenix has a hot desert climate (Köppen: BWh), typical of the Sonoran Desert. SLC. on the other hand, has either a Mediterranean climate (Csa) or dry-summer continental climate (Dsa) depending on which variant of the system is used. I live in SLC now but used to live in Arizona for a number of years and the two areas are completely different. Due to its altitude, SLC is much closer to places in AZ like Flagstaff and Prescott.
Completely understand why the folks in SLC want to know the name of their new toy and want to buy jerseys with the new name branding. Not going to sell too many jerseys with UHC (Unknown Hockey Club) LOL. I'm excited for salt lake and while it's pretty obvious you have a strong affinity for Phoenix, I believe if they can go ahead and name the team, get the promotions going and resolve the arena issue, they're going to be successful.
Brodie, I am a long-time hockey fan here in Detroit and your podcast is becoming my favorite hockey/news channel by far. Informative, passionate and not gimmicky.
I like Bettman's 'southern strategy' and paid little attn to Phoenix hockey until the recent events.
Hockey in the desert looks like the perfect area for hockey to thrive. Especially, now that AM has walked away.
I am a new Coyotes fan, and Utah as well, and can't wait for new ownership to develop.
I know it's another channel, but I think one of the best ambassadors of Phoenix hockey is Leah Merrall.
She's informative and passionate and a fresh face. Let her know to stay with the fight. i know she will.
As a Utah native, so happy for this.
I grew up in the Salt Lake City area and remember the Salt Lake Golden Eagles as a child. In my teens I went to several Utah Grizzlies games. Hockey is one of the best sports to watch in person. I live in southern Utah now and have been rooting for the Golden Knights.
“Intermountain West” is a blanket term to describe mostly the region of the Great Basin and Northern Rockies. More broadly the Southwest as well. Everything between the Rockies and the Sierra Nevada’s/Cascades, Excluding the West Coast. Arizona, Nevada, Utah, Idaho and parts of Montana, Wyoming, Colorado, New Mexico, Oregon, and Washington. It’s a way of describing the region that Utah is particularly fond of, because we are the geographic center of it. 🥰☺️
Yes, Intermountain West is a term used here in Utah.
Intermountain, as I understand it, refers to the western side of the Rockies, including Boise and the rest of Idaho, Montana, and western Wyoming...
@@bartphlegar8212 Nevada, too, I think roughly between the Sierras/Cascades and the Rockies is generally the Intermountain West.
@@retstak Yep. I think Elko is considered a part of it too... 👍...Reno not so much...
@@bartphlegar8212 I think you could argue Reno is still in the Sierras. They're not that far from Tahoe.
@@retstak Thing is that I've never heard Reno refer to itself as Intermountain West though. That's pretty much a Salt Lake domain branding. I don't think I've even heard it in Winnemucca...The Sierras are pretty distinct from the Rockies...
5:00 KSLs studios and Delta Center are within walking distance I think that's why there's the quad box
It is just blocks away
It’s got to be named the Utah Blizzard. It’s the perfect name. It’s got the two ZZ, which is a hallmark of Utah teams, and Salt Lake City gets snow squalls coming off the Great Salt Lake that qualify as mini blizzards.
Not that hard .. Call the team The Swarm , the arena the Hive and the mascot a Bee …All keeping in line with Utahs state nickname the Beehive state
I really like this
Yes! You get a thumbs 👍🏼 from me. I was 🤔 Utah Hive by itself, but u my friend have seen the whole picture 😅
As someone who lived in Cleveland when the Browns moved, I’m seeing similarities in how this whole thing was handled. Not saying it wasn’t warranted, but just strange.
Ice hockey does make more sense in Utah then Phoenix anyway
I really like Brodie's content but I hope he never covers my team (Rays).
With all do respect, why would he?
@@Club420 if they relocate, SMH
@@mosinc7388 touché
Just a couple of facts: Utah, second driest state in the nation and it is a high Mtn desert, and I heard they are building a new stadium.
One quick mention of the Grizzlies. I wish more was said about the future of Salt Lake City's professional hockey team that has served the area since 1995 (under two separate franchises). Maybe they'll get more love when fans see the price of NHL tickets.
For your info on Utah state animals
State Bird - California Seagull --- can you imagine, the Utah California Seagulls as the name? lol
State Crustacean - Brine Shrimp
State Fish - Bonneville Cutthroat Trout
State Fossil - Allosaurus (but the Utahraptor is named after the state)
State Insect - Honey Bee
State Animal - Rocky Mountain elk
State Reptile - Gila Monster
Other indigenous animals
Largest animal in Utah - Mountain Bison (aka Wood Bison)
Largest predator in Utah - Black Bear
Fastest land animal in Utah - Pronghorn Antelope
Cougars, bobcats, badgers, bighorn sheep, ring-tailed cats, rodents, and deer.
Hawks, golden eagles, vultures, ospreys, owls, bobcats, and coyotes.
Rattlesnake, Black Widow spider, Recluse spider, and moose.
Your knowledge, videos, and editing is absolutely impeccable Brodie 👍🏼 super interesting topics and you cover it very well sir 🫡
Thanks so much!
Avalanche is something completely different than a Blizzard.
But the Avalanche have a pawprint of a Yeti as their alternate logo, don’t they?
@@scottNNJ They used to, but the Colorado “C” replaced that alternate logo in 2015-16
Blizzards contribute to an avalanche. Utah gonna be a feeder team for the Avs? 😂
Snow related regardless
They renovated the Enterprise Center in St. Louis, built in the early 90s, and it looks amazing.
If we leave it to the Internet, it will be the Utah McSkatesalots,
Salty McLakeFace
It seems that with 22,000+ deposits and the Delta Center max capacity after the renovations at 17,000 thats an issue
The VGK mascot is a gila monster so…
If the team name and logo for Utah will initially be temporary, then the only appropriate name is The Utah Placeholders. The logo must have the acronym WIP (work in progress) in it
Id love to see the pioneers as a team name. Its a great nod to the history of the area.
Great choice!
Most of utah is desert, and the gila monster is the state reptile. Not a knock on AZ
Chance, the mascot of the Golden Knights is a Gila Monster
SLC is going to be an awesome host for hockey. I live three hours south and people are pretty excited.✌️🇺🇲
Utah Express. as Utah was the site of the transcontinental railroad completion.
That's good, I was thinking Express as in Pony or Golden Spikes.
The Avalanche also had a mascot named Howler, who was a Yeti.
EAGLES by itself. Needs no headscratching.
The Jazz have a mascot named bear well 1 1/2 masots to get technical. The grizzlies are a team so the conflict is your perception.
The team name beginning with 'Utah', although based in Salt Lake City, kind of reminds me of a couple of teams from the Canadian Football League. Two teams are named after their provinces, instead of the cities in which they are based. These are the BC (British Columbia) Lions and the Saskatchewan Roughriders.
Utah Saints
I am weirdly invested in this whole Arizona Coyotes story. I guess its because as a fan in Nashville I've been on both sides of it. We got the Titans from Houston and they weren't bitter or anything... and then I've gone through almost losing the Nashville Predators not too many years later.
congrats to utah
Intermountain West is a term used quite a bit in Utah, Idaho, Wyoming, and parts of Nevada. While it technically includes parts of Oregon and Washington, you don’t hear it as much there. Intermountain Health is one of the main health conglomerates in the region.
"The Toronto Blizzard (1979-1983) were a professional soccer club based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada that played in the North American Soccer League (NASL)."
The Winnipeg Fury were a professional soccer team in Winnipeg, Canada. The team was part of the Canadian Soccer League from 1987 to 1992. They were one of four teams to participate in every season of the CSL. In 1993, they played in the Canadian National Soccer League. The Fury won the Championship in 1992.
No double zz. No bee’s. No weather. No emotions.
I do know one thing, they are going to hate the traffic and roads for getting around SLC.
Kings and Knights play there in September don't forget...
"Frozen Fury" has been played in Salt Lake past 3 seasons.
...and side note, Kings Forward Trevor Lewis is from Salt Lake
Hello, thank you for your content and keeping it updated with the Arizona coyote situation. I’m down here in Tucson and I really like watching the roadrunners play. Are they going to move the amateur club as well or are they gonna keep it here in Tucson and just feed the boys up to Utah? I would be very sad to see the roadrunners go. They have a wonderful fan base.
Utah has been talked about for an expansion team for years. There's no reason why the buyers couldn't have had a rendered team name and logo.
When the Washington Redskins changed their name for that one year, they changed to the Washington Football Team and surprisingly a lot of fans liked their name and preferred it to stay that way instead of the current name Commanders
Washington Pigskins. Go Hogs.
NHL: "The Coyotes can move to Salt Lake City."
Utah: "Hello! My name is Elder White. I have the most amazing book to share with you."
Is this an attempt at humor? Ohhhh haha the Utah is Mormon heavy jokeeeee…..never heard one of those before !!!
its also becoming less true by the day. The "Gentiles" have won. Also the state is literally one-third Mexican.
@@Rsadidit That's what happens when you're married to an ExMo. Mormon jokes for days.
at least very few black Jehovahs Witnesses....way better....
Salt lake always supported their hockey team way back when at least.
The state is not paying for this. Residents of SLC are paying for it.
A name that most people aren't picking up on for a Utah sports team is The Templars
I don't really understand your criticism of the team based on the LAST OWNER running his into the ground for 12 years. Like the financial issues were that team being shit at paying bills. Also, you're forgetting on your criticisms that there is precedence with a Colorado Avalanche. Very similar circumstance too. Their team left Quebec because of financial issues and has thrived in Colorado.
One person says "at Delta Center" and everyone saying it that is not a Utahn. THE Delta Center! For crying out loud the reporters got it. NHL and National media, it's The Delta Center!
As a fellow Utahn and from SLC. We are only talking about name and colors as our main topic because we itch for pro sports. The not the merrier and the number of pre-sale tickets for NHL is showing that.
Next give us MLB!
They already have the JAZZ, now should have the BUZZ.
How bout the the Sandlot
SO WHAT I AM HEARING THIS GUY SMITH IS A GOOD GUY , HAS HIS OWN MONEY , BUT THE STATE WILL ALSO PROVIDE MONEY IF HE CALLS THEM UTAH? SOMETHING? YET , COYOTES OWNER CLAIMS NO PRIVATE STATE MONEY? SOUNDS LIKE , NOT A LEVEL PLAYING FIELD
Gary Bettman loves getting booed. watch the draft in Montreal for a prime example
The Yetis are Stanley Cup champions 🙃 Utah Raptors, Utah Rush (gold rush theme), Utah Swarm (bee themed)... Idk, but I'm not sold on Yetis
Glad to see someone acknowledge all the dinosaur branding throughout the state.
With the #1 pick, The Utah Unibombers select, Dick Head from Utah State Pennetentary.
Well not to be that guy but Yeti is an Asian thing. Sasquatch and Bigfoot is north America lol
@@Club420 Richard Head, you don't know him like that 😅
@@SteveMcbrain No worries, but names also don't always make sense. No jazz in Utah, no penguins in Pittsburgh, etc.
Black Bear is the name of a group based in Maryland that is buying up a bunch of ice rinks and youth teams in the northeast, nearly monopolizing the market and creating a league for them to play amongst themselves and not with the remaining non-Black Bear team. They are fiercely active on self-branding in the youth hockey world, and I can’t see another hockey organization, even an NHL team partway across the country, using the name without some sort of legal battle.
I am sad to see the Cyottes leave, but let's face it. They should of left 10 years ago. Garry Bettman & the NHL held on too long this situation of bad ownership after bad ownership. Salt Lake City doesn't suck, it was the different ownerships that sucked over the years & their relationship with the city's of Arizona that cause this inevitable dismay. The team should of gone to Quebec, but that's a whole different discussion. I hope the Cyottes come back, but under different ownership. Even Bizz said so himself. They need a good owner.
This is great, now I only have to drive to SLC to see the Senators play, for one match a year. Much closer than Vegas or Denver.
"its Utahs team, Its our team" given all the pro sports teams that have abandoned their fans in recent history and moved how can anyone still believe that. And hes talking about a team that just a week ago got sold and is moving away from their current fans. Its insane.
Gila monster, famously known to be in Arizona and a mascot for the Vegas Golden Knights. Local news crews clearly doing their research.
Blizzard and Avalanche aren’t even the same thing. Idk why people making a big deal of that
I've enjoyed watching your series of commentaries of interviews and media coverage of this NHL move of the Coyotes from Arizona to Utah. First I have to say I feel bad for the Coyotes fans --really awful losing their team, but it does seem like the arena situation was a complicated mess! An NHL team playing in a 4500 seat arena? Even the ECHL Utah Grizzlies have a 12,000 seat arena (the Maverick Center). Hopefully that new arena down there can get built (come out of the ground) within the allotted 5 years.
Salt Lake City does have Ice Hockey History, though of course not NHL. The IHL Salt Lake Golden Eagles from 1969-1994 played in the Salt Palace and Delta Center and the Current Grizzlies from 1994 played in the Delta Center and Maverick Center. A number of NHL players came through Salt Lake. Theo Fleury and Dan Plante come to mind. BTW, google Dan Plante's Golden Eagles Jersey -- so cool. Fierce Golden Eagle face and Eagle feathers on lower part of the Jersey. The Golden Eagle is the State of Utah's bird of pray. Hope the Smiths keep that in mind. I watched many Golden Eagles and Grizzlies games at the Salt Palace and Delta center, including watching fans through salmon onto the Ice to feed the Bears when they scored! Anyway, I'm really more of a baseball fan and have been following this NHL excited in hopes that this is a precursor of the Big League Utah coalition landing a MLB team in Utah in the not too distant future. BTW, most of Utah is indeed desert though maybe not so hot and dry like Arizona. Not a lot grows here without the help of irrigation. And we do actually have Coyotes here. FWIW, Roadrunners can be found in southern Utah. Speaking of which, I wonder what will happen to the Grizzlies now? I haven heard any talk about that.
I think Blizzard is the best choice presented so far - gotta pick something winter-related IMO. If they go with a muscular "Abominable Snowman" in their logo and as a mascot, that would be the best of both worlds. I also like the mountain peaks on the back of the jerseys at the shoulders - very nice touch.
Having a league where Krakens and Yetis are mascots to team would be cool.
I'm a Salt lake county resident. I actually think the name should be called the "Salt Lake ____" because Salt Lake County is paying for it-- not the state of Utah
No the people who are paying are the ones that visit salt lake county and pay your tax
I agree, I live In Salt Lake City and it sounds best as the Salt Lake Scorpions, Yeti, Blizzard, or whatever name they come up with But Salt Lake should be the team name not Utah. I hope Ryan and Ashley Smith see that out.
Salt Lake Salt shakers😂
I hate that people keep saying Utah Yeti singular. Why wouldn’t it be Utah Yetis??? Utah Yeti sounds idiotic
Make the nickname something most people understand, and that sounds normal. Yeti? What the h*ll is a yeti?
Why name it after a cooler?
Utah Fast n Furious ... Honoring the Bonneville Salt Flats
I wish the Utah Saints the best of luck.
Salt Lake Buzzer's cause Utah is called the beehive state.
Can't wait for the season to start, this is incredible for Utah. I do feel sorry for the fans in Phoenix, hope they get an expansion team soon.
Did not know this was a sales tax increase. I would be furious
As a huge sports fan I don't care 1 bit about a tax increase to bring a professional team to utah .
A 0.5% increase for 30 years only in SLC not the entire state
@harryballsak1123 again folks don't take too much time to read the bill. You are correct that the sales tax would only be at SLC, not statewide
Ok, Brodie, so I do feel sorry for the hockey fans in Arizona. AND, a few of their cities are definitely more highly rated in terms of population/ability to support a sports franchise. BUT, the state never showed any particular enthusiasm-overall-towards the old Winnipeg Jets' arrival. Honestly, when you boil it all down, it's about entertainment. There are many, many people who do not believe in having their tax money used to enrich the entertainment industry. I have to respect that. Then again, it's sad for many who truly enjoy various forms of entertainment, that it really "takes a village" to support a sports franchise. God bless Utah-no matter their reasoning-for showing a desire to bring a team to their state. I pray for them to succeed. I've always felt awful when a team ends up moving/abandoning their original foundation! Yet, I have little forgiveness in seeing new teams continue to go to certain cities that have proven they will not show support them. Anyway, being an old man, I still remember the Golden Eagles...the Phoenix Roadrunners, the San Diego Gulls...was it the Portland Buckaroos? And the Seattle Totems. Back in the day, some of our NHL heroes who continued to play-past their prime-ended up finishing up their careers in the WHL. Anyway, I stick by my choice of "the Blizzard" with icy blue and white uniforms. Haven't, yet, formalized a thought for their second jersey, but I think of purity when I think of Salt Lake City. Perhaps it can be the opposite of said icy blue & white? Maybe dark and broody? Good luck to Salt Lake City and it's new team!!!
Just play the clips in full and *then* comment on them, rather than interrupting every two seconds.
Excellent work. Looking forward to seeing my CAPS in SLC
"Can they pull this off" is a silly question for people to ask. Them being the owners if the basketball team meand they can do what they meed to do without worrying about a 3rd party being upset and blocking things you want/need to do. There are engineers and contractors that will coear their schedules to get in on this because that means theyll be first in the call list wheb the reap renovation (or pitebtially new build if they decide to go that route)
Basketball to hockey conversion really isnt that bad in the grand scheme of things and theyll be able to properly plan any long term changes based on their shirt term fixes. They just need to make sure they dont oversell themselves with season tickets. You dint want to shut out the fans that cant afford those but want to go to 1 - 4 games a year, those are your majority base and theyll spend more in concessions than season ticket holders.
I remember as a season ticket holder in the esroy years of the bolts growing up (me dad gpa and aunt) we always stopped on the way in before getting to the thunderdome and ice palace (now the amalie) and rarely got concessions or souvenirs
Yah, I was just gonna say that. Say it again tho.
The Utah dust devils
Make sure you get the money up front.
Buying out the ECHL Utah Grizzlies team name, logo and mascot is better than any other name suggestion
No hard feelings about S.L.C sucks, we have thick skin and understand the emotions.
UT. & AZ are similar, we have mountains in the north & a lot of desert outside the Wasatch front. The weather is usually good with a couple weeks too hot & a couple that are cold. We were the 2nd driest state and probably still close to that. Good show and hope that everything works out for AZ.
When Winnipeg got the Thrashers from Atlanta in May of 2011 it didn't take long to come up with a name in fact they had one by the NHL Draft in June 2011.
That probably a because they already had a team there before called the Jets before they moved to Phoenix
Black Bears? You might have to side step some copyright laws if the University of Maine is still using that name and owns the copyright on it?
The Golden Eagles is used by Southern Mississippi? I can understand because of copyright laws, the name issue could be an effort?
They are going to retrofit the Delta Center but have gotten the land approval for building a new arena and entertainment district too.
Also all locals understand what the bill means as far as taxes. Some like it, some don't, but its not a secret to the locals. And i know you're not happy about the relocation, but the predisposition to rag on local news and fans for being excited about this isn't fair to them.
I was partial to the social media suggestion i saw called "the stormin mormon" 😂
The Utah Poly's.
They need a name plate that looks like a missionary name tag
That is the best one
A post for a team on another RUclips video made me laugh out loud--the Latter-day Skates
On my FB timeline, I addressed this myself...here were my suggestions. 1) Saints 2) Beehives 3) Mounts (short for mountains) 4) Pioneers 5) Dinos (since several dinosaur remains have been found). Saints may imply LDS but this name was successful in the NFL and is also the nickname of the St. Paul minor league team. Beehives since Utah is the beehive state. Mounts for mountains. Pioneers is also historical and also is a nod to LDS. Dinos, I believe Utah has the largest number of excavated dinosaur remains.
Regardless of Olympians being a terrible name, they would have to pay the IOC a licensing fee in order to use it.
Exactly. The IOC even frowned on a local Atlanta radio station's traffic copter calling itself "The Olympic Lounge," and they ended up calling it "The Olambic Lounge.: No joke. Although, they seem to have no problem with Olympique Marseilles or Olympique Lyon.
@@iplayfhorn The probable reason why the IOC doesn't have an issue with Lyon and Marseilles is because both of those teams were established well before copyright infringement was a thing. Marseilles was established in 1899 (the first Olympics took place in 1896) and Lyon was formed in 1950.
@@ulical That makes sense.
No Name yet.
Forfeit the franchise. Call Alex and beg forgiveness.....
We must move back.....
Utah Raptors NHL Name