Outside of my own Blizzard and Citadelles, which of course have the best branding in the league, I'm very partial to the LA Panthers and the San Francisco Pride. The Pacific division is filled with some outstanding branding right now.
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I would have to say Baltimore. I have always liked their branding, and I think they have one of the cleanest looking logos and jerseys in the league. Most teams have good brands, but I think Baltimore has one of the best in the SHL.
I'm going to ahead with a team that I have never played on with any of my players and say the Atlanta Inferno. I like fire and stuff and Inferno instead of like Flames or something is a solid name.
a little biased but the platoon have the best branding. it's got some powerful american colors, a kick as bird, and it's pretty close to the capital which gives it patriotic vibes
I feel like Chicago has extremely cool branding. The logo reminding users of the crime kingpins is a great touch and unconventional idea, but is good for the city. It is unique and sways away from the animal theme chosen by so many teams in sports in general.
I have always loved the Winnipeg Aurora brand. It has a great color scheme, features popular Canadian things like the polar bear and the aurora borealis, which isn't specifically Canadian, but the lights are very prominent there.
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I'm incredibly partial to spookiness, as you can tell by my Specters and my Scarecrows. BUT, if I had to really pick other teams, I will say I've always been a fan of Buffalo's branding. The Stampede works for my home city (and the roller hockey team was named the Stampede), and I'm big green guy.
I think I can echo a lot of the sentiment that the Forge branding is very good. It is a newer one to the league but in general it is cool, tough and a nice brand for Philly which is a tough sports town.
I am going to go with the Texas Renegades. I not only love their logo, but I always liked the Black/White/Grey look. It is super sleek and really appealing to everyone
There are a couple of teams whose brandings I really dig. Before I joined the team the Blizzard were actually one of them as well, along with the Aurora, the Pride and the Specters.
For me, it comes down to Winnipeg and Edmonton. I love the simple yet effective Winnipeg logo and the colors are nice. If Edmonton's logo didn't have wordmark incorporated into it, their branding would probably be my favorite.
Winnipeg Aurora is pretty neat, I think. It's a fairly unique choice and polar bears are both hecking vicious and stupidly cute. So I think I would have to go with Winnipeg if you absolutely forced me to say something nice about another team's branding.
I feel like this was very easy to pick my favorite branding because I went off solely vibes and what was prettier in my opinion. That being said Los Angeles Panthers has won this. The colors mesh extremely well together and the scenery has those small details which makes it more of a vibe
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Great question. LA has been my favorite branding in the league for as far back as my SHL memory goes. Outside of LA, my top two are definitely Buffalo and Winnipeg. Buffalo has great colors and is a very clean, classic style. Winnipeg is a great concept executed very well. If I'm forced to pick, I think I take Buffalo, but it's close.
Honorable mention to Manhattan as well. Really like the bull logo.