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Utah Hockey Club said it still expects to announce a permanent name and identity before the 2025-26 NHL season despite having "Utah Yetis" refused by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.

"Since acquiring Utah's NHL team, we have been carefully evaluating possibilities for the permanent identity of the team, while working within the complicated world of trademarks and intellectual property," president of hockey operations Chris Armstrong said in a statement Thursday. 

As first reported by Ryan Miller of KSL.com in Utah, the USPTO rejected a trademark application from the team for "Utah Yetis" because of the "likelihood of confusion" for consumers to other companies and brands that use the name. 

In a memo dated Jan. 9, the USPTO wrote that the word "Utah" is generic descriptor that "renders the wording 'YETIS' as the more dominant element of the mark."

The patent office said that "Utah Yeti" also wouldn't be accepted because "the singular or plural form of a registered mark is essentially identical in sound, appearance, meaning, and commercial impression, and thus the marks are confusingly similar."

Utah Hockey Club was seeking to use "Utah Yetis" on a variety of clothing items. The USPTO said a database search turned up "a number of third-party marks registered for use in connection with the same or similar goods and/or services as those of both applicant and registrant in this case."

Among those parties was Yeti Coolers LLC, which makes drinkware, coolers and clothing. The memo was a "nonfinal office action." Utah Hockey Club has three months to respond. 

https://www.espn.com/nhl/story/_/id/43537901/trademark-office-rejects-utah-yetis-team-name

I’m still voting for Mammoth. 

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According to TSN Hockey Insider Chris Johnston, the Avalanche will be receiving forwards Martin Necas and Jack Drury from Carolina, along with a second- and fourth-round draft pick as part of the blockbuster deal that also involves the Chicago Blackhawks.

Rantanen, who is slated to be an unrestricted free agent this coming summer, has 25 goals and 64 points in 49 games with the Avalanche this year. The 28-year-old forward has gone over 100 points each of the last two campaigns.

The addition of the veteran bolsters an already-strong forward group for the Hurricanes, who rank second in the Metropolitan Division at 30-16-3 through 49 games. Carolina ranks fifth in the NHL with 165 goals scored entering play on Friday.

LeBrun also reported that Blackhawks forward Taylor Hall is involved in the trade, with multiple reports indicating the veteran is also going to the Hurricanes. 

https://www.tsn.ca/nhl/carolina-hurricanes-working-on-multi-team-deal-to-acquire-forward-mikko-rantanen-1.2241487

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27 minutes ago, Vertuzzi said:

Wow, dude really wants a max deal over playing with a generational team with MacKinnon and Makar. Interesting to see if Carolina will be able to resign him. 

should, we have Orlov coming off the books this summer and are replacing him with Nikishin. With the cap going up we should be able to meet his contract demands. Also will be curious to see if he's still demanding as much to play with his pal Aho. 

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2 minutes ago, NCMountaineer said:

should, we have Orlov coming off the books this summer and are replacing him with Nikishin. With the cap going up we should be able to meet his contract demands. Also will be curious to see if he's still demanding as much to play with his pal Aho. 

He’s demanding $14MM per league sources. Don’t think Aho changes that. 

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1 hour ago, Vertuzzi said:

He’s demanding $14MM per league sources. Don’t think Aho changes that. 

probably not, though they'll probably try to talk him down to 13 if possible. Canes have 30M projected to be open next season if the projections for next season are correct though without a ton needing to be signed/acquired if they retain Rants. Goalie, an RHD to replace Burns (who's been shit this year), and a couple 3rd-4th line holes. Easily doable with the 16M that would be left over. 

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Hall seems like one of those guys who's waaaaaaay better when surrounded by talent because when he's on bad teams he tries to do too much.

I was shocked last night when an announcer referred to him as a former MVP.   I had no memory of that, and after googling, I still have no idea how he won it that season.

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Utah Hockey Club will not be moving forward with "Yeti" or "Yetis" as its team nickname and will hold an in-arena fan vote to pick a new one.

The team expects to announce a permanent name and identity before the 2025-26 NHL season. The new fan vote comes after the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office rejected names and logos that Utah Hockey Club had submitted for approval, in particular "Utah Yetis," which was widely assumed to be the franchise's eventual nickname. 

Fans attending Utah's next four home games will have the opportunity to vote for three options using tablets stationed around Delta Center. The team estimates that could be upward of 15,000 fans per game.

The name options are:

• Utah Hockey Club. The team's current name was meant as a placeholder for its inaugural season in Salt Lake City, after Smith Entertainment Group purchased the Arizona Coyotes franchise. "It has always been our intention to let our season one identity as Utah Hockey Club, the team's performance and the amazing response from our fans hold the conversation through our inaugural season," said Chris Armstrong, the team's president of hockey operations.

• Utah Mammoth. This nickname was one of six finalists from a fan vote held last year, along with Utah Blizzard, Utah Hockey Club, Utah Outlaws, Utah Venom and Utah Yeti. Team owner Ryan Smith later revealed on ESPN's "The Pat McAfee Show" that Mammoth had made the final four options.

• Utah Wasatch. This is an entirely new option for Utah's team name, as it wasn't included in the initial 20 names presented to fans in a survey. It references Utah's Wasatch mountain range, known for its many ski resorts. But the team acknowledges that it's basically a replacement for Utah Yeti. The name will allow the team to use a "mythical snow creature in the form of a Yeti" as its mascot, according to Mike Maughan of Smith Entertainment Group.

The fans will vote on these three names and two logos: One for the Utah Mammoth and one that would be used for either the Utah Hockey Club or the Utah Wasatch that features the Yeti-like creature, which Maughan said is known as the "mountain defender" logo internally.

This might not be the last fan vote, according to Maughan, who said there could be another round after this one. But he reiterated that whatever the fans decide in these votes will be the name of the Utah team beginning next season. 

https://www.espn.com/nhl/story/_/id/43615454/utah-hockey-club-hold-arena-fan-vote-pick-permanent-name-yeti-rejected-patent-office

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