Do you want to see the Minnesota Wild rebrand?

[@Travisharger]

Absolutely fucking not. While I dont think North Stars colors are trash, switching to a non-sensical colors scheme would be a big misstep. The idea is completely silly with the “Wild” branding, and forest green should always be the foundation. Also, while I get people don’t like “Christmas colors”, there are plenty of other ways of dealing with that without leaning haphazardly into nostalgia for a completely different brand/company/franchise. It would help like Toronto’s team moving to Vegas, them being called the Golden Knights, but people being nostalgic for Blue and White. A reverse retro is fine, but branding and color should follow the team name.

[@joshgeiger8942]

Been hoping for this since forever. The Wild are diseased and a total rebrand is justified. Despite understanding why some folks would say "i'm stuck in the past," I just can't help but feel such love for the North Star logo, colors, jersey...it feels special to me. My memories of the North Stars are feint at best (born in 83), but they somehow feel like part of me. All that is to say, a rebrand is about the only thing that would get me remotely interested in this club right now. At this exact moment, I'd say the Timberwolves have stolen my heart whereas the wild feel like they took it for granted.

[@schustererik83]

yea I'm 40 as well, i hate the north stars. . . . one effing run that i can remember, then they were basically trash the rest of the time. there was a reason we weren't watching them. . . . . and then they left and finally won a cup, for Texas. . . . .phuck the stars

[@pelicanhill3251]

Does it really matter what uniforms they wear to go out 1st round of the playoffs?

[@schustererik83]

beat me to it

[@stephenpiskor5062]

FYI The Sabres do not need a goalie. UPL developed into a top flight goalie this year, and Levi is on the way. On unis, fond memories of the North Stars, and the green and gold is one of the best color combos in sports

[@markreese6693]

I’d just be happy if they had guys that could skate faster than boot hockey guys 😩. I’ll one up you and say The Wild should protest The NHL decision to let Dallas keep our name which btw they only kept The Stars portion and come out with (rebrand and rename us back to The Northstars) Northstars jersey and say F YOU to The NHL 🤬.

[@clintonreisig]

Rebranding is an admission of mediocrity

[@michaelleroy9281]

Not necessarily The Penguins won back to back Stanley Cups in 1991 and 1992 right after they introduced a new robo Penguin logo

[@eriksvideos6022]

Why not just the North Stars? There's no reason we can't have the Dallas Stars and the Minnesota North Stars. In MLB we have the White Sox and the Red Sox. Nobody gets them confused. And with different cities, logos, and color schemes, neither "Stars" team would be encroaching on the other in terms of merchandise sales.

[@bobholst874]

Here's a thought because I think it needs to be said... All we need is yet another bunch of misguided drunken fans disrespecting our National Anthem by yelling "STARS" during it like the Dallas drunks!!! I could throw a brick thru my TV when these cultists and the asinine Vegas drunks shout "KNIGHTS" during our Anthem!!! Our Anthem has absolutely ZERO to do with their team! I wish the league would make a statement about it because it is a kick in the teeth of patriots that died and bleed for this country, only for them to drunkenly use "free speech" to bastardize and disgrace our National Anthem with it!!!

[@schustererik83]

to be fair, i think both suck. why the fuck couldnt they have just picked one damn animal. . . .

[@michaelleroy9281]

Go take your idea to Gary Bettman

[@walldog1953]

If your team has "faded to the background", maybe changing colors isn't the answer. Maybe, you should just, like, be a better team?

[@NathanMuckala-gb7is]

Always liked the home white we had back in the day

[@tommyjames3675]

I've never liked the name Wild. I would absolutely love to have our name back! Curse Norm Green!!

[@Travisharger]

The Wild is a solid name.

[@tommyjames3675]

@@Travisharger OK

[@markreese6693]

Solidly full of Bull name. The Wild sound like the title to A Netflix series I’d dread watching 😱.

[@schustererik83]

the wild isn't even a thing, its just a dumbass catch all term with a goofy looking bear/wolverine logo. I've never liked it, and the north stars is someone else that left us. i don't really want either. . . . .but that's just me

[@markreese6693]

@@schustererik83 I’ve always had a theory that The Gund Brothers and Norm Green made a deal. Norm would buy the team (the old Northstars) and in turn The Gunds could concentrate on buying The San Jose Sharks because they lived there. The Gunds never put any real money into marketing of our team at the time and it showed. Norm Green was like the middleman who got rights to the team but had every intention of selling the team to an ownership in Dallas. What’s a little sexual harassment setup anyway to these guys. The plan worked perfect they drew attention to a couple of bimbo’s and voila fans successfully distracted and It was the price you paid for business to make millions. All that crap went away as soon as the team was moved. It was a win win for everyone except the Minnesota hockey fans. The team should have never been put in Bloomington in the first place. St. Paul was the true hockey town and would have cherished their own hockey franchise. There’s a lot of history involved but what I can say is you can see how an average to horse shit hockey franchise is still flourishing. That’s because hockey belonged in St. Paul not Bloomington. This is not aimed at you but a few others who think we shouldn’t criticize when it’s needed. I kindly reply “Fuck Off”! Just remember this it isn’t the fan who is always satisfied , Kirk Cousins comes to mind , but the fans that demand more and if you stamp your foot loud enough the owners hear it. If you say nothing and let the status quo stand then status quo is what you get. I want elite not this garbage we’ve been getting for decades. So yes I will lament because this town and state deserve better than we’ve gotten for a very long time now.

[@maxwell.joseph]

Write This Down - If the Wild rebrand to the North Stars it will go down as the single most successful branding moves in sports history. It is time!

[@spinorama29]

Hell no

[@Travisharger]

Gross

[@painandsufferingmn]

NO.

[@MNWildFan57]

No

[@mph650]

If they can acquire the naming rights back from, I’m assuming the NHL, I’m all for it.

[@rmxr1138]

1991 cup run unis home and away!

[@LEETCH_2]

Those were the best in my opinion. With the black mixed in. Perfect uniform.

[@perryellison5255]

The name “Wild” is an extremely low level minor league team name. It’s not a major professional sports team name. Good for a summer ball Little League team.

[@Travisharger]

False

[@markreese6693]

Worst name in pro sports.

[@michaelleroy9281]

So the name should be cancelled, like the Washington Redskins or Cleveland Indians? next thing some one will 🍷 whine that it's racist

[@markreese6693]

No the name is awful that’s all. I never thought the name was dignified enough for our team. Sounds like the name of a C-Bantam team. The Indians and Redskins names should not have been cancelled. That’s not the same at all. Those were politically driven narratives by the extreme left who have a lot of financial backing from Soros and Gates. These extreme lefties aren’t just left but where to begin. This isn’t the venue to discuss this but all I’ll say is there’s more there than meets a fake construct between Conservative and Liberal.

[@signalboost9636]

Obsession with nostalgia prevents people places and things from evolving. The Wild were created as a forced evolution of the north stars, and now that nostalgia sells suddenly obsession with the past reigns supreme. I believe that someone within the wild may have leaked the story to gauge public reaction, as it got everyone talking and giving opinions without the team having to commit one way or the other. With that said i sincerely hope the wild don't muddy their brand by becoming diet north stars, rather i want them to lean further into the theming of the wilderness, as it is a part of what makes Minnesota unique

[@spinorama29]

Wild colors are phenomenal. North Stars colors are trash. They look like the Packers. Keep that shit in the past im glad they moved

[@Travisharger]

Agreed

[@LEETCH_2]

You have poor taste if you think vibrant green and yellow are "trash". Forest green and blood red are ugly as fug.

[@Dougeee-ei1zy]

Daemon Hunt could slide right into the lineup if Middleton is traded to move up the draft board.

[@travzimmerman1340]

Middleton doesn't move you up in the draft but NJ has already said they'd he willing to trade their pick for a goalie.

[@jgberzerker]

Given the GD state of Florida has more success in the NHL playoffs than the Wild, perhaps the rebranding should start with the whole ‘State of Hockey’ claim. Look, the first step is admitting there’s a problem. Minnesota isn’t the State of Hockey anymore.🤷🏻‍♂️

[@mph650]

Without an NHL team Minnesota is more a “State of Hockey” than Florida

[@dianedohman1807]

Agree : look at the high school end of the year tournament , all the youth leagues we have and how many great players are from mn .

[@20somthingdrifter11]

This is akin to saying that Texas iisn't great football state solely because the Cowboys or Texans are having a mediocre year. The claim of being the "State of Hockey" has nothing to do with the performance of our professional team and everything to do with the game's importance to our state's culture. Youth leagues thrive here, as does pond hockey, and adult recreational leagues are abundant. We have schools and academies whose hockey programs attract upcoming talent globally, and the high school hockey tournament here is massive-smaller school games draw numbers that the Panthers could only hope to achieve. Additionally, the state hosts 6 Division I programs and numerous Division III and other college-level programs. Consider also the number of Minnesota-born and raised players in the NHL, AHL, ECHL, and other leagues globally. For a state with just under 6 million people, we produce a disproportionate amount of hockey talent. Many players from other areas pass through Minnesota at some point in their developmental journey. If we focus on NHL numbers, the Wild's regular season attendance averages over 100% of capacity most seasons, showing that even in less successful years, our fans still show up and are willing to stand just to watch a whole game. In contrast, the Panthers reached up to 96% capacity in their best year, with much lower figures in previous seasons. When factoring in the history of free ticket distribution and counting those as attendance, the Panthers' arena can seem relatively empty in comparison.

[@JimSmith-i9h]

Send it out to the graphic design public. Let some young up and comer improve there portfolio!

[@easy56wedge]

The Wild logo is great. The colors look like a mix between Krispy Kreme and the Packers. Hard no for me. I own a Wild seater - but it’s the red one. Wild really need to get away from those green/gold/red colors.

[@viberzzz]

The wild logo is absolutely the best

[@Grateful_Dad_54]

LOL Who TF cares what their uniform looks like? I couldn't care less what they look like. I just want to see them hoist the Stanley Cup in before I die. And if they hoist it wearing tutus, more power to them!

[@wukwinn]

It may seem like a small thing, but branding is always important. Branding affects the financials of a team, affect league attention and the reputation of a team, which in turn can affect how attractive it is for players to come here.

[@bertmustin]

It's nearing the point that the Wild will be a Minnesota team longer than the North Stars.

[@michaelleroy9281]

Not for another 3 years

[@Flash___]

If Eiserman is available at 13 and Billy takes Jo blow 1 goal scorer then we got problems

[@EEpland]

Keep the reverse retros as your alternates but don’t go any further into the north stars era

[@Travisharger]

💯

[@dandonatucci7621]

Looks like subway colors

[@SuperMex99]

Those colors look like packers colors. Yuck

[@travzimmerman1340]

Subway, eat fresh

[@jaarc1437]

Rebrand the front office

[@bobholst874]

How about getting an owner that actually wants to win the Stanley Cup not get tossed in the first round like the choker teams he's put together over the years...

[@michaelleroy9281]

​@@bobholst874Get rid of the Parise and Suter contracts and then they could do something

[@jaarc1437]

@@michaelleroy9281 nah, they'll just hamstring themselves with more bad contracts like they already have

[@SavedAndConfused]

I dont want packers on ice. Also the name Wild is fine, North Stars is objectively cooler but would be awful today with the stars also in the league. And the Wild's logo is fantastic.

[@Flash___]

Can we move the Iowa Wild to Minnesota

[@ga007]

Buffalo doesn’t need a goalie they have UPL and Levi

[@dianedohman1807]

They are lucky to get fans to buy tickets.

[@mullen25]

the team name isn't good. the minute i heard the name "wild" 20 odd years ago my eyes rolled. team names are plural. i don't like the christmas uni colors either. the only jersey i like is the solid greens with the minnesota white script lettering. wear those and also a white version with green script.

[@jordanroberts1519]

Bring back the maroon home jerseys as the main, full green as the main alt and the north stars jersey as a special alt for rival & national broadcast games.

[@MrAdmvp]

Screw the North Stars, they left us

[@zip1717]

Connecting the dots where nobody would be lying I wonder if they aren't going to a full rebrand but will get permission to use North Stars jerseys as an alternate

[@seanhealey6611]

YES

[@bigwhisky6157]

I love the North Stars colors!

[@iwannatalktosampson5852]

Trading rossi to go up 5 spots in the draft should be a firable offense by the gm ... that'd be nasty & isn't helping convince kirill to sign a extension eventually id keep the sure thing over praying whoever you draft actually Pam's out to be better then current rossi not to mention its extremely like rossi improves going forward so unless that draft pick ends up a star it's gonna be a bad move

[@philreels]

Yeah, I don't see a regression with Rossi either as hard as he's been working. Not flashy, but could be a key playoff guy some day ala Evan Rodrigues right now for FL.

[@TheBoardandThebord]

they might try a soft rebrand under the guise of a 25 year celebration and see how people like it and if it goes well continue and if not stay the same.

[@Dougeee-ei1zy]

Trade Rossi and he'll become the next Wild killer. The same people saying trade him will be screaming for BG's head on a platter for trading him.

[@jadenbarry6012]

Judd hit the nail as myself as a younger fan I never saw the north stars but always saw fellow minnesotans repping north stars gear I always thought that logo and color Scheme looked cool.

[@havokan45]

i would like the Wild to bring back there original Jerseys

[@Thedud9210]

I think if you praise Guerin re-signing Fleury, you lose the right to complain about the other vets re-signed (Hartman, Foligno, Zucc). Fleury sucks.

[@painandsufferingmn]

F*** no

[@schmidty2go312]

I loved the Reds, would love a Black with Red & Green.... I hate the "Minnesota" crest and all the White & Forest Green crap they keep churning out. And the whole Flower can groom him is crap. Their games don't match at all with Flower flying all over and diving when Wall's size allows him to be more controlled. Stop drinking the BG idiot Koolaid on Flower... he is a washed up goalie who will continue to be terrible this year like he was last year.

[@michaelleroy9281]

It's now Panthers up 3 games to 0

[@safeTbob71]

The logo has always been to busy never has work on TV and in overall branding.

[@mph650]

Get the North Stars naming rights back otherwise rebrand to fit with the Wild name. The Winnipeg Jets fan base is lucky.

[@tylerandersen8142]

Jessi must have the day off today

[@caesaraugustus784]

If they do the switch, would love them to model them off the 91’ series version (black stripes)

[@cpnstbn1266]

I always thought Minnesota had one of the worst name’s, logos and colours in the league. The name couldn’t be more generic ( there’s Forrest’s everywhere) and the logo is just terrible

[@EmeraldHalcyon]

The Wild are not the North Stars, stop playing into nostalgia, and have your own identity.

[@JamieJamz]

For almost 25 years the Wild hasn’t had an identity! Yawn 🥱 this franchise is boring!

[@KodyAK47]

Booo

[@TheLippythelion69]

And the team will get worse KK is outta here ::: FLA or NY Is where he's headed Should just trade him before he walks I hope Minnesota can keep him!! But??? !

[@TheLippythelion69]

Love your show!! Glad I stumbled onto it!!

[@travzimmerman1340]

​@@JamieJamz North Stars = pandering

[@Scalptrash]

The Wild name, logo, colors and every jersey they’ve ever worn is pathetic compared to the rest of the league. Thank you to the Golden Knights for taking the crown, finally. They need a new name, and not a verb, new colors, new logo, new owner, GM and coaches. They are the most boring looking and playing team in the NHL. At least the North Stars had some meaning and character.

[@travzimmerman1340]

F'ing get over it already.

[@MinnesotaArcticBlast]

No

[@waynebranden6257]

After north stars wild can burn

[@DancesWithGophers]

When the Twins modernized their uniforms in 87, they won it all. IF this Wild change happens in time for the 25-26 season, it will coincide with the end of the Parise/Suter cap hell, and we’ll be poised to pop. DO IT.

[@purplerainsportscards8472]

Yeah just call them the north stars again lol. But would love to see the red back

[@miamisasquatch]

Make it a proper Minnesota purple and gold

[@travzimmerman1340]

No thanks. Horrendous colors.

[@jasonjones5314]

Change the damn colors permanently

[@Travisharger]

Nah

[@markreese6693]

The way they’ve been playing is “Puke Color” an option?

[@-Zeth-]

Wild colours: Christmas feel. North Stars colours: Sporty

[@PoschSpice30]

Love it. NORM GREEN SUCKS!!!

[@gabrieledwards1066]

North Stars name with Wild colors!!!

[@Blortoblorto]

The name Wild is dogshit. Rename them Fishers after the giant weasel, one of the most impressive and adorable predators native to the state. Get to tie in conservation, a cool mascot, and the homonym and tie in to the ice fishing culture of our state.