Quote:Written task: If you were the GM of an expansion franchise, what would your new team be? Where would you place it? What's the team name? Why there? Why that name? Describe your branding, goal song, colors, etc.

As mentioned in my mini PT, I would send a team to Butte, Montana and name them the Butte Buffalo. I would place them in Butte because I have recently determined Butte to be the heart of the American hockey community, and no I will not be sharing my research or reasons into this determination. The mascot of the Buffalo comes mostly from the alliteration that the name provides, but I feel like there is also some wild buffalo roaming the Montana wilderness, so the name could be more fitting than I originally thought it would be. The team colours would be brown and black, so to express the spontaneity of the state of Montana. The goal song will be "She'll be Coming Round the Mountain when She Comes" to highlight the vast Montana wilderness and the country attitude that comes along with it. I'm honestly not sure if there's enough people in Butte to actually come to our games, but hopefully we can pack a few hundred people into the barn (yes, our home rink will be a barn) for some home games.