An Early Look at Potential VHLE Franchises

[Thunfish 72]

The SHL had a little 701 added to their banner back when the news broke and a memorial also.

 

As for the options, as someone with no nostalgia for any of them, I think you could definitively go with Stockholm, Bratislava and Cologne - although I'd recommend giving all three a new coat of paint at least. That said, I'd also recommend teams in France (Paris), Switzerland (Thun, Bern, Basel) and the Netherlands (Amsterdam, Eindhoven, Rotterdam).

 

You could also do well with Monaco, it's not exactly a location often used and it'd be a pretty good canonical shot.

[OrbitingDeath 3,183]

Amstel Tijgers SN-UBB-ED

[OrbitingDeath 3,183]

Although I would prefer a Nijmegen team if we went the route of the Netherlands.

[Ledge 1,131]

Bern Royals is my fave

 

IMO Stockholm Vikings is a bland, uncreative name for a Swedish team and the logo scheme is boring

[N0HBDY 1,119]

Minot hype

[Advantage 2,891]

[Zetterberg 863]

[Victor 10,940]

Week 2 of 3.

 

First VHLE related poll will be coming possibly as soon as this weekend! Watch this space.

[gregreg 930]

Vasteras needs to come back

[Kendrick 4,741]

As the person who was gifted Cologne as a franchise, I don't want them back. Not for any other reason than the fact the stink hasn't worn off of Scott Anderson's debacle. Munich Monsters would be better!

[Toast 887]

10/10 great look at some possible E franchises. Real blast from the past seeing all of these teams and I appreciate you putting all of the logos. Vasteras coming back will be fun!

[Victor 10,940]

Week 3 of 3 - the hype continues

[animal74 1,809]

On 5/23/2021 at 12:39 PM, scoop said:

Toledo Scorpions anyone?

Not European but I won the Founder's Cup with them in S5!

[animal74 1,809]

On 5/23/2021 at 12:46 PM, solas said:

Would be cool to see Oslo return as a location, although they’d have to use a different name (Storm already in use, Screaming Seamen and Naggerwolves are probably self explanatory). Also I’d love to see Bratislava back.

 

Oslo Trollhunters?

[Xflexz 179]

This was very interesting to read. I'm excited for the VHLE and seeing past teams that once existed was pretty interesting. There isn't much to talk about as far as improvement since its all nicely ordered and easy to read. I mean the pics are all different sizes but that's not your fault. 10/10

[scoop 3,432]

17 hours ago, animal74 said:

Not European but I won the Founder's Cup with them in S5!

It was Toledo, Spain. They were Avangard/Davos' minor league team.

[animal74 1,809]

3 hours ago, scoop said:

It was Toledo, Spain. They were Avangard/Davos' minor league team.

Ah, whoops! I should have known that. I was thinking Toledo, Ohio! 

[Da Trifecta 1,899]

On 5/23/2021 at 3:27 PM, v.2 said:

None of these are really that amazing, you guys are just so stuck on the nostalgia of former teams.  Sure some of the locations should return but I’d like to see more new ones tossed in, with some total logo revamps/refreshes to modernize the new league.

 

It more falls along the lines of already having logos and not having to wait for them to be made or paying for new ones or updated ones tbh. It's a lot easier to use something you already have then to try and get something new and waiting/paying for it. I'm not saying don't add new locations but it's not just for the nostalgic feel.