TimeEffect
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How does a team even come into existence in sports like NHL? Why dont they make more?
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The NHL is expanding to Las Vegas, the city's first pro-sports team
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Officerrob
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Las Vegas Golden Knights doesn't exactly roll of the tongue.
Takes a lot of investment
More teams dilutes the talent pool and championship potential of other teams so it's always a difficult process.
NHL will likely expand to Seattle if they can ever get an arena as they're at 31 teams now
It's Vegas Golden Knights... they drop the las
NYR
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There is a process. The league opens up Expansion talks and asks for bids - potential ownership groups submit a non refundable application of $1 million dollars and then must prove they can support the team in the city they want the team in.
NHL reviews the bids and decides. Winning bids must pay an expansion fee of $500 million.
Reason there isn't more is it makes the product crap since there isn't enough talent to justify the ticket prices.
Crazymoogle
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The owner gets a 1/31 share of profits in perpetuity, which cuts down the profits of the other owners. So they charge a fee they feel is worth the cost. In this case, 500 million USD just to be allowed to have a team.
darkside31337
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UCF ditched Golden Knights because everyone just called them the Knights anyway. Feel like its lock Vegas will do the same thing in like 5 years.
CreeperBlocks
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With Vegas officially in the NHL. I believe Seattle and Quebec City(likely a relocation from a another city) are next as teams to expand.
Ether_Snake
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Should have been the Las Vegas Elvises.
XGRaViSmOrSX
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Golden Lords? works for me. 
Las Vegas Golden Knights
Team name is official.
http://www.tsn.ca/las-vegas-golden-knights-introduced-as-nhl-s-31st-franchise-1.614604
https://www.nhl.com/goldenknights
Here is the logo - note the V in the negative space.
I like it. Simple, yet identifiable.
GoldenEye 007
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Well plenty of people still call us the Golden Knights. There was a reporter on Twitter just now comparing us already!
Now it's just going to be more confusing.
Agreed on both points, but the logo and secondary mark are both rather nice. Not as OTT as I would have expected from Vegas.
DMczaf, you're on fucking notice!
GO CANUCKS GO
Officerrob
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Pierre LeBrun ‏@Real_ESPNLeBrun 30m30 minutes ago
Can't wait for that first game between the Vegas Golden Knights and the Angeles Kings
Can't wait for that first game between the Vegas Golden Knights and the Angeles Kings
Ninja Scooter
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HawksWinStanley
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Still not sure why this happened. Hasn't everybody been crying about how the competition and talent in general has been going down league-wide in recent years? Now everyone loses more depth in an expansion draft? Meh.
Logo and name is fine I guess.
Logo and name is fine I guess.
2015 draft was crazy deep
Soon a bunch of solid NHLers won't be able to get contracts
At this point in time... every team has a star
AngmarsKing701
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I like the logo. Not bad. I like the V in the negative space.
Name is terribad though.
Name is terribad though.
Coldnoodle
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Mike Works
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Nice logo, ugly colors.
CosmicQueso
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I welcome VegasGAF to the NHL thread. As the Coyotes fan, I would love to have other desert hockey fans in the thread.
Help meeeeeeeeee
Help meeeeeeeeee
If this ain't the truth.
It should've been the Coyotes who got moved to Winnipeg instead of my Thrashers!
*folds arms and frowns*
CosmicQueso
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arts&crafts
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how does the expansion draft work?
Las Vegas Golden Knights
Team name is official.
http://www.tsn.ca/las-vegas-golden-knights-introduced-as-nhl-s-31st-franchise-1.614604
https://www.nhl.com/goldenknights
Here is the logo - note the V in the negative space.
For some reason, I can only see the guard helmets from Oblivion.
arts&crafts
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bonesmccoy
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Talent might be better than ever. The problem is the (hilarious) inflation of goalie equipment size over the past 15-20 years.
User 479360
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It's pretty underwhelming. I don't hate it, but I'm not all that impressed either.
Black Knights or Desert Knights would've been better.
Black Knights or Desert Knights would've been better.
Lord Morairty007
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Should have gone with Aces. When I think of Golden Knights(which changed because It was doing so horrible with merchandise.) I think of UCF.
gutter_trash
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not a fan of logos with 3d in em,
looks collegy, high schooly
why Golden?
looks collegy, high schooly
why Golden?
momshotdad
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I really like the logo. I think the Golden Knights will quickly become the Knights in conversation but it's fine. Pretty satisfied with it all so far.
Desert Knights sounds pretty boss. Oh well.
momshotdad
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The owner graduated from West Point which are the Black Knights and I heard he REALLY wanted them to be the same name. The NHL didn't want to get into any trouble with using such a common known phrase (and to avoid any racial misconceptions) so I'm guessing they settled with the Golden Knights.
Frozenprince
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The worst possible name they could have picked.
Awful.
Awful.
CosmicQueso
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"Deserves"
Frozenprince
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Hartford is the only city I feel "deserves" a team.
MAYBE the Nordiques but they didn't draw at all when they died.
User 479360
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I want Seattle to get a team.
Frozenprince
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Did the Thrashers ever draw well?
Vegas Knights is a solid name.
BigJonsson
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Why drop the Las? =/
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