During the post-draft media availability, it seems like Utah's GM Bill Armstrong may have accidentally leaked the new team name

After the first round of the 2024 NHL Draft, Utah Hockey Club's GM Bill Armstrong spoke to the media like all teams do to discuss their first-round draft selections.

Something interesting happened during that media availability, though: Armstrong may have leaked the voted-on team name for the Utah Hockey Club.

The question is cut off, but we can make the assumption based on his answer that it was about when they knew they would be able to draft Tij Iginla. Armstrong said, "When we hit pick five, that's when we knew. That's when we knew he would be a Utah Yeti, I think."

This had the reporters laughing, to which Armstrong followed up with, "I'm not allowed to pick the name. But I think the little kids in Utah vote about 25 times a day, so I think they got it."

How do you all feel about Utah Yetis?

Full disclosure: that is the name that I voted for. I felt the Yetis would be such a cool name for a hockey team, and my mind was fully made up when I saw this jersey concept a fan put on Twitter.

The only thing I would change would be swapping out the blue for the Utah Jazz's purple to tie the two sports franchises owned by Ashley and Ryan Smith together.

Utah will be known as the Utah Hockey Club this season before changing to whatever their name is next season. However, Armstrong did leak it; it could be the Utah Yetis.