The Bad
Bernie the St. Benard (Colorado Avalanche)
Look, I love dogs. I’m all for more dogs as mascots. But having a St. Bernard as your mascot when you’re the Avalanche is kind of weird. St. Bernards are known as rescue dogs, particularly in the mountains during avalanches.
Do the Calgary Flames have a firefighter? No. Do the Anaheim Ducks have that dog from Duck Hunt as their mascot? Of course not. That would make no sense! And neither does Bernie. Luckily, the Avalanche already have a suitable replacement in their former representative Howler The Yeti. Cute, cuddly, and just scary enough to be awesome.
Chance (Vegas Golden Knights)
Props to the Vegas Golden Knights for resisting temptation by not going with a slot machine or roulette wheel as their mascot. But they should have gone with a golden knight. When you go to a Golden Knights game, you’re not going to remember Chance the Gila Monster. What you’ll remember is that cool knight who destroys things in the pregame ceremony. Make that guy the mascot and he’s easily in the top 10.
Louie (St. Louis Blues)
Though his name is amazing, the St. Louis Blues mascot should not be a bear. He has no ties to the team or the city. So what should the Blues mascot be? How about a horse since St. Louis is quite famous for having Clydesdales nearby at the Budweiser brewery?
Wild Wing (Anaheim Ducks)
A lot of people really like Wild Wing. But he’s way too scary and not cuddly enough. Also, though the Mighty Ducks cartoon was awesome, not enough people saw it to understand Wild Wing.