The Guardian Project

In conjunction with the All Star Game, the NHL has partnered with Stan Lee (yes, the same Stan Lee behind the Spider Man comics) for the Guardian Project.  What's that?  You have never heard of such a thing?  Well, the Project is basically the NHL teams in comic book form, where each of the teams will have a comic book version of themselves revealed with each head to head vote.  Now, I understand appreciating to the kids and comic book nerds of the hockey sector, but some of these characters (that have been revealed so far, anyway) look quite ridiculous and the names for the characters are really unimaginative.  I have more of a problem with the latter because names are where things can be made or broken.  For instance, would you buy a Spider Man comic if the character was renamed "The Spider?"  Didn't think so.  This very thing is what causes problems for the Guardian Project.  Let's look at the Minnesota Wild's entry into this Project:

I like the rendering of the Wild's entry into this project, but naming it "The Wild" does nothing for me.  A far better name for this character would at the very least, make the project more interesting.  It doesn't have to stray too far from the Minnesota Wild name, but just simply calling it "The Wild" is a poor excuse for a name. Oh, and this kind of thing is common with all of the characters, though "The Predator" and "The Shark" are only a handful of names that actually make sense, since those are intimidating on their own.  However, it should not extend to teams like the Kings, Penguins, or Canadiens, as none of those inspire fear or awe on their own merits.