People are making fun of it now but simple can be great. Time will tell. Kneejerk reactions are very revealing about a person. NHL logos and and names weren't exactly embraced right away either.
If they went sirens as in the mythological beasts i would like it a lot more, and i feel like it's a name that'll get clowned on a bit, like imagine being the sirens and getting hit with the i can't hear you hand to ear celly, brutal
Conceptually I'm not bothered by the logo being of the first letter of the team rather than M, but they went with Frost that means it's a big giant F, which is a letter that holds nothing but negative connotations by itself lol
'Victoire' may mean victory, but it's also the name of the winged Victory seen on top of many monuments. I think it is quite fitting for a women hockey team.
Ah sorry guys, I'm going to have to disagree with most of you on this one. 18 months to come up with names and logos that are borderline average at best, and bad at worst. Boston Fleet - agreed, one of the stronger ones. The people of Hartford might argue that it's a warped Whalers logo though. Minnesota Frost - how many icicles do you know grow sideways? NY Sirens - buttery name, straight up bad logo. Ottawa Charge - if the Calgary Flames merged with the Cleveland Cavaliers and was drawn by a six-year old, you'd get this. Toronto Sceptres - aka the 'Toronto Taylor Swifts'. Remove the S from the monogram (keep the T and the orb) and it's actually a pretty cool logo. Montreal Victoire - easily the best logo and name. Somebody clearly drew inspiration from 'Goon 2: Last of the Enforcers'. Z mentioned that the Bardown team couldn't do any better ... but I bet they actually could?!
For the Toronto logo, I don't see how it's a sceptre with the S in it, so yeah take that out and you end up looking a lot like the logo from the Arenas jersey. Turn the S into a ribbon/banner and it makes so much sense.
Not to mention the Cleveland Charge are literally the G League team for the Cavs. These logos look mediocre in an era when even Class A baseball teams have pretty professional looking logos.
Especially since Ottawa is the federal capital of 🇨🇦. So if people are unhappy with the government wasting money on something, they'll use the team name in frustration. "Uggh the road needs repair again? Just another Ottawa charge."
So for me NewYork Sirens would've been better if it wasnt just a generic goal siren or emergency siren u always hear in NYC but the Siren the creature from Greek Mythlogy. I feel like u could've done some cool mascot lore with that.
Cool detail, Montreal Victoire is actually a reference to the greek goddess Niké, representing victory and triumph. She is usually portrayed with wings, which explain the wings in the logo.
The toronto logo looks like a secondary logo on the shoulderpads of a jersey. Toronto and ottawa got the short end of the stick, the others are okay with Montreal on top with the only name and logo that are good
I feel the Sabres are an example of a team name very similar to Sceptres that totally have become normal and accepted. Just give it time and the name will grow on people, I believe.
Toronto is known as The Queen City. It has Queen's Quay, Queen's Park, the Queen Elizabeth Way, Queen Street, and the Queensway - the arena they play in was known as The Royal Coliseum and is right beside The Horse Palace, and if the Queen's visits to Canada she can to Toronto the most...for me Sceptres fits.
I agree with your no. 1 pick, obviously 😉 Also, because the colour scheme echoes that of other Montreal teams: Canadiens, Alouettes, Expos (gone but not forgotten).
The only thing I know is I cheer passionately for a team named after a leaf. These names will cook and feel natural over time lol we gotta give it a chance
I think Boston and Montreal could be 1a and 1b but I think you nailed the rest. And Ottawa's looks like the Cleveland Cavaliers to me. I would find it hard to believe I'm the only one who sees that. Shout out to all of the teams, though. First season was awesome! EDIT: I do see that others have mentioned the Cavaliers as I scroll down.
Years ago some of us were conceptualizing womens hockey team names for San Jose. Sirens came up as the mythological creature and had a close tie to the Sharks. No way San Jose would get a PWHL team so soon but I think it is a missed opportunity to have the San Jose Sirens
The logos feel very secondary. They would be cool on a hat, but as a logo for the team? Not as much. Hopefully we get something more to attach to for the actual jerseys because right now it's a little underwhelming. And there's a distinct lack of animals.
tbh as a graphic designer this is a dream job, and this was not done with love by whoever got the contract ( an nyc firm?). It feels like it was given to an intern. I'm from montreal too and tbh, the logo is average at best. The name is ridiculous as in french we use victoire for wins, so in the media it'll be : so the Wins get one more win! or The Wins are winless and are looking for their first win. It's gonna sound veryyyyy stupid.
As a Montrealer, our name really suck... the media headline in french will be "Victoire de la Victoire" or "Défaite de la Victoire" that's make no fucking sense haha. But the logo is awesome! I really like the color too.
The Sirens logo is so bad for such an awesome name. Sirens for a women's team is an incredible choice and then they did absolutely nothing with it. You have the statue of liberty! Boston and Montreal did well across the board, the rest are a mixed bag tbh.
Very disappointed they didn't mention about the New York logo/name 1. It's the same colours as their WNBA team, so there's instant brand recognition in the city. People could see this and assume it's another women's sports team. Also tons of cross-sport marketing incoming 2. A siren in Greek mythology is a creature half bird and half woman who lured sailors to destruction by the sweetness of her song. This wasn't mentioned on the website, but neither was any connection between sirens and police or other first responders. I think it fits women's hockey far better than that would.
We should acknowledge that a lot of the team names we've rooted for our whole lives are probably not great, we're just used to them. That said, sorry they let you down Ottawa.
@@JYD2020 I mean, two Canadian teams basically just named themselves after the country. It'd be like if Detroit got a PWHL team and named it the Michiganders.
Sirens and Charge logos both suck. As a Minnesota fan I think the frost logo is just meh. Not sure how I feel about the sceptres. Love the victoire and the fleet logos. I think Z had it right. Ottawa sixth, then NY, then Toronto, Minnesota, Boston, Montreal
Yeah, was hoping they’d go with Valkyries for Minny. Not a huge fan of effectively just a stylized letter as a logo. Though it is better than a word mark
Boston: Whaler like, still ok. rather have ocean blue than forest green for main color. Minn.: nice. looks too much like a lightning bolt tho. Montreal: reminds me of the old Tempest arcade game. NewYork :Why is sirens squeezing NY to death? Ottawa : I think it will look better on a jersey than by itself Toronto : Make the wordmark the main logo and put the TS on the shoulder patch.
Agree...I think Frost is underrated. Colors are great, name is great...and for nitpicking the logo...almost EVERY single one is reminiscent of something. We've been on this planet too long. All ideas are derivative at this point.
Frost is the perfect kind of name for making puns and slogans and that definitely went into the decision. MN's men's hockey team is the Wild, which is ridiculous and does not even mean anything, but lends itself to the same naming style for the same reasons.
Very interesting to hear the different perspectives. I personally think the Sirens name is fine. I'm not in love with it, though I'm sure it'll grow on me. The Sirens' logo, on the other hand I think is great and honestly the best of all six.
Montreal definitely has the best team name and logo in my opinion. Edit: at 4:41, I don't know if Minnesota or anyone can used that as a team nickname for them. Because the Purple People Eaters, was the nickname given the NFL's Minnesota Vikings in the late '60s and '70s, due to their dominant defence (Except in the Super Bowl of course).
The names are logos are fine. But, there were two strong fan favorites that I would have much preferred for them to do: The Boston Banshees, and the Minnesota Valkyries. Boston is still my absolute favorite and The Fleet wasn't a bad choice, but maaaan Banshees would have been fun. As for the Sirens, I am only disappointed in the name because i was REALLY hoping that would be the name of a Seattle expansion team in the future (I mean come on, having the Kraken and the Sirens in the same city?) .
I actually really like Ottawa's logo, it has a lot of energy (but I'm from the UK so I didn't know about the NHL team - this is the only sport I follow frlm across the pond) I'm a Montréal fan though, I'm absolutely delighted with the one we got
I like that The Fleet is trying to differentiate themselves from The Bruins. People associated the Pride with the Bruins so much because they had their colors, similar bear/cat logo, played at the bs practice arena. I think it'll be good for the Fleet to be their own thing
I love the name Sirens. There's some double or triple meaning there. But the logo looks like a tiki bar or something idk doesn't scream hockey. Boston overall has the best logo.
You mean the Pilon Lumber commercial with the dancing pines? I remember it from 1964! 😂 I didn’t know Messier ( who is my cousin a few times removed) did a commercial! The pines one is on youtube! 😊
New York Sirens name and logo says “Come and watch us play on Long Island, not in NYC”. Points tho for the echoey logo, a nod to the super sonic scream that superhuman sirens (good or evil) are portrayed as having in comics and movies.
Ottawa's City logo is absolutely beautiful and roughly the right shape. Turn the towers into lightning bolts, cut a lightning bolt shape out of the O at the 10 o'clock with angles on BOTH sides. (heck use the pinking shears to do it.) - still copying someone else's homework, but would not have looked like a flames logo.
The Sceptres name suffers from that mental thing where seeing the beginning & ending letters can help your brain fill in the middle if it's scrambled, so I just think Specters half the time.
Sirens and charge need to rebrand the mythological creature and a charging army respectively. Kind of wild how this is what they came up with after 18 months lol. The only way are solid
Ottawa should have been the Alerts. Like the Senators, the Alerts were one of the first Pro teams for their respective genders, and it's a crime that the name was not reborn. The Boston Fleet is the only good one.
Agreed. Alert was a missed opportunity. Heritage is the best form of flattery. As for the rest, I think they each picked the best names from those that were under consideration.
1- Boston 2- New York 3- Toronto 4- Montreal 5- Ottawa 6- Minnesota Initially thought that Boston Anchors, was the team name. Never would have gotten Fleet from that. Sirens could have had a better graphical design but, it’s identifiable and fits in with the Islander lore. Sceptors…this one made me think of Poseidon’s trident. Would have been more fitting of a Maritime province team, but. It looks great. Only downside graphically is. Looks like a damn Basketball on top. Connect it to the T and you have infinitely better look, plus at that point it does look like a Sceptor. Victory…reminds me of the Washington Capitals design, and there’s nothing wrong with that. Chargers? Was that actually the name of it? Only one I actually was able to name from image alone (helps I knew there’s a team in Ottawa)…too much of a homage to the Flames for sure. Maybe instead of the claws, could have had a lean in the C, kinda like how Crazy Taxi looks. However I’m sure there’s millions of trademarks there. Frost…worst one by far. Made me think of potentially Florida. As far as I’m aware of, closest thing the PWHL has to a QMJHL logo. Just. Do better Minnesota.
1) Boston 2) Toronto 3) Ottawa (it might be a poor copy of the Flames logo, but that's still a pretty good logo once you ignore the "paw prints") 4) Minnesota 5) Montreal (too busy - they tried too hard, IMO) 6) New York
If some teams can be called Knights (Central Florida), Scarlet Knights (Rutgers), Black Knights (Army) and Golden Knights (Las Vegas NHL), why can't you have Reign and Purple Reign?
I like the Sirens name the best because it works on a number of different levels. I wish there were more to the logo, like a way of mixing both the NY motif with the mythological creatures. Boston has a very strong, almost corporate logo, the waves save it, and I like the green. Same feeling for Minnesota, but a plus one in that they are the closest to using pink. C'mon it's a women's league. Don't shy away from pink. Montreal's logo is probably the best overall. It's simple yet has a lot of thought in it, with the fleur-de-lis, M, and, diamond shape. If I didn't know this was a pro sports league and you told me there was a bank called Toronto Savings, I would swear that was the logo. Ottawa's logo does nothing for me. I feel nothing about it one way or the other.
Ottawa's logo legit looks exactly like Mangiapane's drawing of the Flames logo that they put on a shirt. Hilariously bad logo choice.
The fuckin' triangles on the back of it look like the speed lines on a kids drawing. Sonic the Hedgehog rolling around logo.
I knew it looked familiar 😂🤣
I have that shirt, and love it
And somehow is still the best, it’s both an O AND a C
People are making fun of it now but simple can be great. Time will tell. Kneejerk reactions are very revealing about a person. NHL logos and and names weren't exactly embraced right away either.
If they went sirens as in the mythological beasts i would like it a lot more, and i feel like it's a name that'll get clowned on a bit, like imagine being the sirens and getting hit with the i can't hear you hand to ear celly, brutal
They toned it down just like Seattle did with the Kraken.
They could change later like the Rays in Tampa who started out as the fish and are now the sunlight
I just want them to have a first responder siren as a goal horn.
Ottawa’s logo looks like if you asked a child to drawl the Cleveland Cavalier’s logo from memory.
Where did you copy this "joke" from?
Whoever made the Ottawa logo has no clue what electricity is
Honestly, they should have used AI to make it better lol
you could take electricity out of that and the statement would still be correct
Whoever made that logo has no clue who the Calgary Flames are
@@Avsman331926 They're are really lazy nowadays and takes a lot of money for plagiarism and shit logos.
That’s so funny cuz Ottawa has the most thought behind it, it’s literally an O AND a C
You can tell that Z is doing his best to hold back his true thoughts lol
To be fair TSN is also a broadcast partner of the PWHL. There's a limit to how honest they can be lol
All of them hold back nowadays except for Corwin, who is now leaving lol
I like the idea of the Greek mythology Sirens than the all night long Sirens.
Half bird/ half woman that guided sailors thru her song. I thought that too, but i wonder if it was an intentional double meaning.
@@johnm2994Definitely seems intentional to me. Really a triple meaning...with the goal horn and NYPD/FDNY tribute thrown in as well.
I never even considered it would be about police sirens, now I like the name way worse.
I'm surprised they didn't mention the mythology aspect at all. That's the biggest strength of the name.
I liked Sirens more before I heard what it was supposed to be.
I thought it was like Sirens the mythical creatures from the sea.
Not police sirens.
Yeah, I can’t believe they totally missed (or ignored) it.
The frost logo is decent, but I think it would have made way more sense to do a Frosty M (Minnesota) instead of an F
Or MF. And the fans will be called MFers. 😄
Conceptually I'm not bothered by the logo being of the first letter of the team rather than M, but they went with Frost that means it's a big giant F, which is a letter that holds nothing but negative connotations by itself lol
'Victoire' may mean victory, but it's also the name of the winged Victory seen on top of many monuments. I think it is quite fitting for a women hockey team.
Easy number one in my books!
and fitting for the city of 24 stanley cups
Remember when TD Garden was the FleetCenter? Nice little bonus for the Boston Fleet moniker in my opinion.
Ah sorry guys, I'm going to have to disagree with most of you on this one.
18 months to come up with names and logos that are borderline average at best, and bad at worst.
Boston Fleet - agreed, one of the stronger ones. The people of Hartford might argue that it's a warped Whalers logo though.
Minnesota Frost - how many icicles do you know grow sideways?
NY Sirens - buttery name, straight up bad logo.
Ottawa Charge - if the Calgary Flames merged with the Cleveland Cavaliers and was drawn by a six-year old, you'd get this.
Toronto Sceptres - aka the 'Toronto Taylor Swifts'. Remove the S from the monogram (keep the T and the orb) and it's actually a pretty cool logo.
Montreal Victoire - easily the best logo and name. Somebody clearly drew inspiration from 'Goon 2: Last of the Enforcers'.
Z mentioned that the Bardown team couldn't do any better ... but I bet they actually could?!
I agree they aren't good logos, but man you're reasoning for why you don't like them is brain dead lmao
For the Toronto logo, I don't see how it's a sceptre with the S in it, so yeah take that out and you end up looking a lot like the logo from the Arenas jersey. Turn the S into a ribbon/banner and it makes so much sense.
Not to mention the Cleveland Charge are literally the G League team for the Cavs. These logos look mediocre in an era when even Class A baseball teams have pretty professional looking logos.
I agree with literally all of your takes
Sirens logo whips. 3 of the six are well above average. Boston Fleet would be a top 10 NHL logo.
The sirens looks like a u15 small town lacrosse team logo
I was thinking more like an AAU basketball team
All I see with the Ottawa logo is the Cleveland Cavaliers logo.
Same 😂😂😂
Ottawa Charge makes me think of taxes.
Especially since Ottawa is the federal capital of 🇨🇦.
So if people are unhappy with the government wasting money on something, they'll use the team name in frustration.
"Uggh the road needs repair again? Just another Ottawa charge."
So for me NewYork Sirens would've been better if it wasnt just a generic goal siren or emergency siren u always hear in NYC but the Siren the creature from Greek Mythlogy. I feel like u could've done some cool mascot lore with that.
Sceptre is the proper spelling in Canadian/UK English. Scepter is the US spelling.
Yeah like are they slow?
Yeah, it's like Theatre versus Theater
@@johnambrose3951 Nah, just young enough to have grown up on too much U.S. based media.
I was so confused by their confusion. They are a Toronto based sports channel, surely they have been to the Rogers CentRE
Cool detail, Montreal Victoire is actually a reference to the greek goddess Niké, representing victory and triumph. She is usually portrayed with wings, which explain the wings in the logo.
Did someone say Nikke, Goddess of Victory? ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)
Ottawas logo is what happens when the Cleveland cavaliers and the Calgary flames have a baby
The toronto logo looks like a secondary logo on the shoulderpads of a jersey.
Toronto and ottawa got the short end of the stick, the others are okay with Montreal on top with the only name and logo that are good
I feel the Sabres are an example of a team name very similar to Sceptres that totally have become normal and accepted. Just give it time and the name will grow on people, I believe.
Toronto is known as The Queen City. It has Queen's Quay, Queen's Park, the Queen Elizabeth Way, Queen Street, and the Queensway - the arena they play in was known as The Royal Coliseum and is right beside The Horse Palace, and if the Queen's visits to Canada she can to Toronto the most...for me Sceptres fits.
Why not call them the Toronto queens then?
NY sirens logo reminds me of White Castle
I agree with your no. 1 pick, obviously 😉 Also, because the colour scheme echoes that of other Montreal teams: Canadiens, Alouettes, Expos (gone but not forgotten).
I think all of these team names have a great potential for future rebrands of the logos at some point
The only thing I know is I cheer passionately for a team named after a leaf. These names will cook and feel natural over time lol we gotta give it a chance
Mine include the meat packers and socks
These four deserve a raise for not destroying these logos and names
I think Boston and Montreal could be 1a and 1b but I think you nailed the rest. And Ottawa's looks like the Cleveland Cavaliers to me. I would find it hard to believe I'm the only one who sees that. Shout out to all of the teams, though. First season was awesome!
EDIT: I do see that others have mentioned the Cavaliers as I scroll down.
The Sirens logo looks like something a teenager would doodle while on the phone with a relative they don't like.
Like that fancy S we would all draw in our notebooks
Would like to see the names and logos ranked separately. Curious to see how they differ from this ranking, if at all
Perfectly said I agree with the entire list, I’m repping the Victorie (as a flames fan) because of the logo and how sick they’ll look on the ice
The reverbetating S in the Sirens logo reminds me of the CBC
Years ago some of us were conceptualizing womens hockey team names for San Jose. Sirens came up as the mythological creature and had a close tie to the Sharks. No way San Jose would get a PWHL team so soon but I think it is a missed opportunity to have the San Jose Sirens
teams in other pro leagues have moved... the Warriors started out in Rochester NY and the Giants in NYC, for example
The green for Boston can also be about the Irish heritage in the city.
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The logos feel very secondary. They would be cool on a hat, but as a logo for the team? Not as much. Hopefully we get something more to attach to for the actual jerseys because right now it's a little underwhelming. And there's a distinct lack of animals.
Exactly what I thought, they all kinda look like shoulder patches
tbh as a graphic designer this is a dream job, and this was not done with love by whoever got the contract ( an nyc firm?). It feels like it was given to an intern. I'm from montreal too and tbh, the logo is average at best. The name is ridiculous as in french we use victoire for wins, so in the media it'll be : so the Wins get one more win! or The Wins are winless and are looking for their first win. It's gonna sound veryyyyy stupid.
Campbell picks up encore une victoire against the Victoire
New Yorks logo also kind of a looks like it should be a radio company logo
As a New Englander it's pronounced "Green Monstah"
As a Montrealer, our name really suck... the media headline in french will be "Victoire de la Victoire" or "Défaite de la Victoire" that's make no fucking sense haha. But the logo is awesome! I really like the color too.
would’ve loved a les canadiennes come back !
The Sirens logo is so bad for such an awesome name. Sirens for a women's team is an incredible choice and then they did absolutely nothing with it. You have the statue of liberty! Boston and Montreal did well across the board, the rest are a mixed bag tbh.
Ottawas Logo looks like you asked AI to create the Flames logo
Ottawa looks like Calgary and the cavs logos had a baby
Very disappointed they didn't mention about the New York logo/name
1. It's the same colours as their WNBA team, so there's instant brand recognition in the city. People could see this and assume it's another women's sports team. Also tons of cross-sport marketing incoming
2. A siren in Greek mythology is a creature half bird and half woman who lured sailors to destruction by the sweetness of her song. This wasn't mentioned on the website, but neither was any connection between sirens and police or other first responders. I think it fits women's hockey far better than that would.
We should acknowledge that a lot of the team names we've rooted for our whole lives are probably not great, we're just used to them. That said, sorry they let you down Ottawa.
Leafs not leaves so yes your right
@@JYD2020 I mean, two Canadian teams basically just named themselves after the country. It'd be like if Detroit got a PWHL team and named it the Michiganders.
Montreal looks like the movie Judge Dreed, the first movie the badges and the logo
0:11 Julia's face was my reaction to the Ottawa logo... quite literally the worst professional sports logo I've ever seen
Sirens and Charge logos both suck. As a Minnesota fan I think the frost logo is just meh. Not sure how I feel about the sceptres. Love the victoire and the fleet logos. I think Z had it right.
Ottawa sixth, then NY, then Toronto, Minnesota, Boston, Montreal
Yeah, was hoping they’d go with Valkyries for Minny. Not a huge fan of effectively just a stylized letter as a logo. Though it is better than a word mark
Completely agree
Agree with this order, though Boston I prefer a tad more. Frost as a name is the best of them all - too bad this logo wasn’t a bit better.
Feels like 3 people rating Logos and names, and Julia trying to gaslight everyone into thinking they're ok.
I kind of liked the Sceptres logo... until you mentioned the Taylor Swift outfit. Now I can't unsee it. 😄
I wasn't even familiar with the Taylor Swift logo. Then they showed it in the video and now I'm worried about copyright lawsuits! 😂
We need more Marissa on the podcast!!
Boston: Whaler like, still ok. rather have ocean blue than forest green for main color.
Minn.: nice. looks too much like a lightning bolt tho.
Montreal: reminds me of the old Tempest arcade game.
NewYork :Why is sirens squeezing NY to death?
Ottawa : I think it will look better on a jersey than by itself
Toronto : Make the wordmark the main logo and put the TS on the shoulder patch.
I can’t look at Torontos logo without seeing Hermes staff, Minnesotas looks like a dope traveling baseball logo
Shocked that Frost was so low, I feel like everyone I know loves it. And the purple is just so nasty, I love it.
Agree...I think Frost is underrated. Colors are great, name is great...and for nitpicking the logo...almost EVERY single one is reminiscent of something. We've been on this planet too long. All ideas are derivative at this point.
Frost is the perfect kind of name for making puns and slogans and that definitely went into the decision. MN's men's hockey team is the Wild, which is ridiculous and does not even mean anything, but lends itself to the same naming style for the same reasons.
Am I the only one who sees very obvious Whalers inspiration in the Boston logo? Both in the use of the negative space and the color of it
No... they even mention that in the video.
Very interesting to hear the different perspectives. I personally think the Sirens name is fine. I'm not in love with it, though I'm sure it'll grow on me.
The Sirens' logo, on the other hand I think is great and honestly the best of all six.
Ottawa Charge is the Cleveland Cavaliers lite logo... Why wouldn't the Toronto team incorporate the CN tower as a scepter at the top of the logo?
Smart idea
Montreal definitely has the best team name and logo in my opinion. Edit: at 4:41, I don't know if Minnesota or anyone can used that as a team nickname for them. Because the Purple People Eaters, was the nickname given the NFL's Minnesota Vikings in the late '60s and '70s, due to their dominant defence (Except in the Super Bowl of course).
Would they have gotten legal trouble for using the name Purple Reign? Since it's doesn't mean the same as Purple Rain.
@@Knightmessenger I’m not sure honestly. I don’t know how strict trademark laws are.
1.Victore
2.Charge
3.Frost
4.Toronto
5.Boston
6.New York
I honestly think they would’ve been better off to simply leave themselves with the city name on their shirts.
Yes and maybe a crest on the shoulders.
The names are logos are fine. But, there were two strong fan favorites that I would have much preferred for them to do: The Boston Banshees, and the Minnesota Valkyries. Boston is still my absolute favorite and The Fleet wasn't a bad choice, but maaaan Banshees would have been fun. As for the Sirens, I am only disappointed in the name because i was REALLY hoping that would be the name of a Seattle expansion team in the future (I mean come on, having the Kraken and the Sirens in the same city?) .
I actually really like Ottawa's logo, it has a lot of energy
(but I'm from the UK so I didn't know about the NHL team - this is the only sport I follow frlm across the pond)
I'm a Montréal fan though, I'm absolutely delighted with the one we got
How don't they see the bird? They see the wings!
I like that The Fleet is trying to differentiate themselves from The Bruins. People associated the Pride with the Bruins so much because they had their colors, similar bear/cat logo, played at the bs practice arena. I think it'll be good for the Fleet to be their own thing
I love the name Sirens. There's some double or triple meaning there. But the logo looks like a tiki bar or something idk doesn't scream hockey. Boston overall has the best logo.
When I saw Sirens, I immediately thought of Mark Messier playing for "The Pilons" in the Lay's chips commercial 20+ years ago! 😂
You mean the Pilon Lumber commercial with the dancing pines? I remember it from 1964! 😂 I didn’t know Messier ( who is my cousin a few times removed) did a commercial! The pines one is on youtube! 😊
New York Sirens name and logo says “Come and watch us play on Long Island, not in NYC”. Points tho for the echoey logo, a nod to the super sonic scream that superhuman sirens (good or evil) are portrayed as having in comics and movies.
Just like the LRT......Ottawa logo is a fail 🤡
Marissa, keeping the Nintendo vibes alive, the Sceptres could have some fun fan art with Kamek/Magikoopa lol.
Why couldn't Minnesota go with something actually cool like the Valkyrie? It's just so obvious!
The sceptre name may remind Leafs fans of the "we'll be better next year" club they get beat with every year since 1967
Ottawa's City logo is absolutely beautiful and roughly the right shape. Turn the towers into lightning bolts, cut a lightning bolt shape out of the O at the 10 o'clock with angles on BOTH sides. (heck use the pinking shears to do it.) - still copying someone else's homework, but would not have looked like a flames logo.
Toronto hockey behind Boston and Montreal: classic!
Never in a million years would I hear bardown mention the Overwatch League
Marissa was a video game journalist before this so it shouldnt be surprising.
@@johnm2994 then that makes sense, thank you
The sceptres 😂
The Ottawa logo reminds me of the Cleveland Cavaliers
The Sceptres name suffers from that mental thing where seeing the beginning & ending letters can help your brain fill in the middle if it's scrambled, so I just think Specters half the time.
I first read Spectre as in the James Bond movie.
Sirens are kinda evil mermaids. Why wouldn’t they go with that. Would have been way cooler.
The Sirens logo reminds me of a early 00's school PowerPoint word art
Sirens and charge need to rebrand the mythological creature and a charging army respectively. Kind of wild how this is what they came up with after 18 months lol. The only way are solid
Not me buying a Montreal shirt rn because it looks really good and I can’t wait to see their jerseys
Ottawa should have been the Alerts.
Like the Senators, the Alerts were one of the first Pro teams for their respective genders, and it's a crime that the name was not reborn.
The Boston Fleet is the only good one.
Agreed. Alert was a missed opportunity. Heritage is the best form of flattery.
As for the rest, I think they each picked the best names from those that were under consideration.
Frost will look the best on a jersey!!!
For all the hate the Ottawa hate is getting it’s honestly the one that has the most thought
1- Boston
2- New York
3- Toronto
4- Montreal
5- Ottawa
6- Minnesota
Initially thought that Boston Anchors, was the team name. Never would have gotten Fleet from that.
Sirens could have had a better graphical design but, it’s identifiable and fits in with the Islander lore.
Sceptors…this one made me think of Poseidon’s trident. Would have been more fitting of a Maritime province team, but. It looks great. Only downside graphically is. Looks like a damn Basketball on top. Connect it to the T and you have infinitely better look, plus at that point it does look like a Sceptor.
Victory…reminds me of the Washington Capitals design, and there’s nothing wrong with that.
Chargers? Was that actually the name of it? Only one I actually was able to name from image alone (helps I knew there’s a team in Ottawa)…too much of a homage to the Flames for sure. Maybe instead of the claws, could have had a lean in the C, kinda like how Crazy Taxi looks. However I’m sure there’s millions of trademarks there.
Frost…worst one by far. Made me think of potentially Florida. As far as I’m aware of, closest thing the PWHL has to a QMJHL logo. Just. Do better Minnesota.
I really like Boston but not a huge fan of the colors. Just a Bruins fan opinion!!! Great content!! Love Bardown!!!
I see a bird (wings and tail) for the alouettes of mtl (montreal CFL team) in the Victoire logo. They have put effort in it
french Canada actually kindof agrees with Jesse to an extent...... about Victoire and about Patrick Laine. ;)
Idk, bostons logo is cool but “fleet” sounds kinda so-so, missed opportunity to use “Armada” or something
Armada is already a team
@@mike8099m oh are they in the PWHL? Didn’t think so
@@hughjanis3480 ok let me try this another way. It is trademarked! Hope that helps.
@@mike8099m also why I added “or something”, hope that helps
The Ottawa logo also reminded me of the Cleveland Cavaliers logo.
What's up with 4/6 teams going with a non "s" plural word?
Somebody running a trivia company paid them.
1) Boston
2) Toronto
3) Ottawa (it might be a poor copy of the Flames logo, but that's still a pretty good logo once you ignore the "paw prints")
4) Minnesota
5) Montreal (too busy - they tried too hard, IMO)
6) New York
I don't know what it is, but Ottawa's logo reminded me of the Cincinnati Cyclones as well.
half of these are going to need time to cook and some need to go back to the drawing room
Ottawa's logo makes me think of sonic.
5:33 Seattle Reign is an NWSL team with a crown logo, too
If some teams can be called Knights (Central Florida), Scarlet Knights (Rutgers), Black Knights (Army) and Golden Knights (Las Vegas NHL), why can't you have Reign and Purple Reign?
The top of Toronto’s logo needs to be the CN tower
Bostons team looks like the Whalers
The First thought 😅with the name Fleet is Enema And Minnesota Frost is The Emmas.
I like the Sirens name the best because it works on a number of different levels. I wish there were more to the logo, like a way of mixing both the NY motif with the mythological creatures. Boston has a very strong, almost corporate logo, the waves save it, and I like the green. Same feeling for Minnesota, but a plus one in that they are the closest to using pink. C'mon it's a women's league. Don't shy away from pink. Montreal's logo is probably the best overall. It's simple yet has a lot of thought in it, with the fleur-de-lis, M, and, diamond shape. If I didn't know this was a pro sports league and you told me there was a bank called Toronto Savings, I would swear that was the logo. Ottawa's logo does nothing for me. I feel nothing about it one way or the other.
Minnesota Reign would have been great with the a crown logo
I agree, but would it be an issue that the Seattle Reign NWSL team has a queen/crown logo?