Breaking down five potential franchise names for the NHL’s Las Vegas expansion.

NHL hockey appears to be officially headed to Las Vegas as Sin City has been approved to become the league’s 31st franchise according to the Associated Press. This landmark decision gives Las Vegas its first major professional sports franchise after years of trying to break through the stigma associated with the city in order to land a pro sports team to add to the lengthy list of entertainment options in the tourist capital of the United States.

Now that Vegas has an NHL team to call their own, it will need a team name. Something that will create plenty of fun debate as to what would be the most fitting name for a team playing in the Sin City. Should they make a tongue in cheek ode to their gambling reputation? Or should they go with a new identity with a name that distances itself from the reputation of Vegas as being the city of vices?

There are plenty of directions in which the NHL’s newest franchise could go with when it comes to a team name, but on the day of the news that Vegas will be the newest home of pro hockey we have five names that should be considered for the league’s 31st team.