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Las Vegas gets NHL team (Original Post)
shenmue
Nov 2016
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True Dough
(17,331 posts)1. The Golden Knights
How many seasons until their attendance wanes and ownership seeks a new home? The novelty will be there for the first season. But as an expansion franchise, the results will likely be poor for the first three or four years, if the team survives that long is what is not likely to be a hockey hotbed.
KamaAina
(78,249 posts)2. Nashville, Tampa Bay, Flori-duh, Arizona, Anaheim, and of course Carolina would argue that point.
Here's hoping they flee to Hartford. Or at least Quebec.
True Dough
(17,331 posts)3. My buddy growing up was a Whalers fan
He had a Mike Liut jersey.
There is talk of Carolina moving to Quebec. Who knows if that actually happens but it would be nice to see a franchise back there too.
Iggo
(47,571 posts)4. Over/Under on when they scrap the "Golden"?
Whaddaya think...about 9.5 years?
Las Vegas Knights.
Yep.
True Dough
(17,331 posts)5. Maybe much sooner than that...
The United States Patent and Trademark Office on Wednesday denied the Vegas Golden Knights' trademark request, citing a "likelihood of confusion" with the Golden Knights of The College of Saint Rose in Albany, New York.
"There are countless examples of college sports teams and professional sports teams with coexisting names, including Vegas Golden Knights and Clarkson Golden Knights, UCLA Bruins and Boston Bruins, U of Miami Hurricanes and Carolina Hurricanes, etc. We will plan on making these arguments and others in our detailed written response," the expansion NHL franchise said in a statement to Sports Illustrated.
"Office actions like this are not at all unusual, and we will proceed with the help of outside counsel in preparing a response to this one."
"We consider this a routine matter and it is not our intention to reconsider the name or logo of this franchise," NHL deputy commissioner Bill Daly said in a statement Thursday. "We fully intend to proceed as originally planned, relying on our common law trademark rights as well as our state trademark registrations while we work through the process of addressing the question raised in the federal applications."
"There are countless examples of college sports teams and professional sports teams with coexisting names, including Vegas Golden Knights and Clarkson Golden Knights, UCLA Bruins and Boston Bruins, U of Miami Hurricanes and Carolina Hurricanes, etc. We will plan on making these arguments and others in our detailed written response," the expansion NHL franchise said in a statement to Sports Illustrated.
"Office actions like this are not at all unusual, and we will proceed with the help of outside counsel in preparing a response to this one."
"We consider this a routine matter and it is not our intention to reconsider the name or logo of this franchise," NHL deputy commissioner Bill Daly said in a statement Thursday. "We fully intend to proceed as originally planned, relying on our common law trademark rights as well as our state trademark registrations while we work through the process of addressing the question raised in the federal applications."
http://www.espn.com/nhl/story/_/id/18234450/vegas-golden-knights-trademark-request-denied-us-patent-office