Chris Daniels says we're frontrunners for an NHL expansion team

[Natebishop3]

I'd be more interested in how fans in Edmonton would feel about it.

If they're going to use a nickname for the state/Portland, I hope it's not one that continues a stereotype about the area (loggers/lumberjacks/crappy weather)

Isn't that what team names are for? Obviously the teams that moved are out of whack, but the Lakers were appropriate in Minnesota. The Jazz were appropriate in New Orleans. The Spurs are appropriate in San Antonio, and so on.

What is appropriate here, if not something about the weather or history of Oregon?

 

[julius]

Isn't that what team names are for? Obviously the teams that moved are out of whack, but the Lakers were appropriate in Minnesota. The Jazz were appropriate in New Orleans. The Spurs are appropriate in San Antonio, and so on.

What is appropriate here, if not something about the weather or history of Oregon?

Because it's bush league.

Team names are supposed to either be aggressive, or culturally relevant or historically significant. But "Lumberjacks" just makes people think of rednecks or toothless hill billies or something that was true about Oregon a long time ago.

I just think that if we're going to get an NHL team name, it shouldn't be some outdated stereotype of the region, or something that is related to the weather.

Stick with names related to sports history, or animals of some sort. Buckaroos, Coho, Chinook...or I know..the Hazelnuts! (ok, one of these wasn't serious).

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[BrianFromWA]

Baseball isn't even interesting until the playoffs. I love playoff baseball.

I would love playoff baseball more if I didn't have to listen to Joe Buck and Tim McCarver

 

[SlyPokerDog]

The Cascadia Glaciers?

We could call them the PDXCass for short.

 

[BigGameDamian]

I'll believe it when I see it happen. I've heard this story to many times and if Paul Allen really wanted NHL in Portland we would have had a team years ago.

 

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Portland Microbrews
Portland Precipitation
The Ports of Portland
Portland Pioneers
Portland Shanghais


Pioneers actually doesn't sound too bad.

 

[OneLifeToLive]

How about feeding off the Blazer and color theme.

Portland Fire. Yes, that was the ladies bball team. I still like the name.

Portland Inferno.

Or

How about Portland Ice?

 

[santeesioux]

Portland Flamers.

 

[Mediocre Man]

I still think steel heads is the best name

 

[Natebishop3]

I still think steel heads is the best name

I do think that sounds kinda cool.

 

[Draco]

I still think steel heads is the best name

Yeah I do actually like that one. They could get Oregon Steel Mills to be a big sponsor and do something with a steel fish head helmet.