Gary Bettman thought it was a crazy idea.The NHL commissioner had not overseen any of the league’s teams conduct as wide-ranging a fan survey as Smith Entertainment Group did to find its franchise’s official name.

The new name for Utah’s NHL team, which completed its inaugural season after emerging from the ashes of the Arizona Coyotes, was picked by fans through multiple rounds of voting.

After a mammoth undertaking of buying an NHL team, moving players, coaches and a full staff more than 600 miles and getting it all together in a matter of months before the puck dropped on a new season,