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  1. And Chicago was using black since their inception 2 years prior, so not sure where Jeremy Jacobs gets off, but he's always been a clown.
  2. Yep. In a vacuum that logo is horrible, but when you remember the spoked B is just their 25th anniversary logo I think it's a great call back. White numbers are a head scratcher. The Bruins have used white numbers on their primary black jersey for a total of 9 years out of 99. Makes no sense to use them here, especially if you're getting fancy with shimmery gold everywhere else. The black socks come as no surprise, Jacobs loves the claim that the Bruins are the first professional team to use black as a primary color, even though I'm not buying that whatsoever. If that's true, and it probably is - it's a tremendous stretch. There are 9 stripes per sleeve, and I can guarantee the casual fan isn't going to put together that there's 6 gold ones to signify 6 Stanley Cups. Hell, even I wasn't reading it like that. Going from yellow to black was a great way to remove any and all character from an already characterless building.
  3. I lived in Denver, and in that white building behind Union Station for 2 years. Considering Denver as a city is... boring, I'd say that signage is recognizable enough to use. Everyone who visits Denver takes a picture of that damn thing, it's a great visual. There's not much else to pull from, it's either the mountains (too easy), parking lots, or the Capitol/Civic Center Park, which looks like every other capitol in the country give or take, and it's not really an area anybody in Denver visits on purpose. Just learning the side stripes are supposed to mimic the station itself, nice touch - bit of a Nike force, but still nice.
  4. That was more of a supply issue. There's only 4 GK kit colors, so if they clash or don't fit they're wearing their own.
  5. Most teams (20ish) are in Hummel, the teams that aren't are contractually obligated to wear Nike/Puma/Adidas etc.
  6. Welcome to Celtics basketball. When the threes fall, they play a complete 2 way game. When the threes don't fall they crap themselves.
  7. Naturally the best incarnation of the Leafs with the greatest chance to advance to the ECF will be forced to run into the best incarnation of the Bruins - IF both teams close it out.
  8. Pastrnak signs for 8x11.25 and Bertuzzi to Boston for a 1st/4th. Sweeney cooking this morning.
  9. When I headed back east in mid-December it was snowing in Boston, and cold as F too. A great reminder why I don't live there anymore. I didn't mind the faux snow, it fit's the aesthetic far more than nice green grass surrounding an ice sheet.
  10. I lived off Causeway in 2010-2013, it was a seedy area before redevelopment and remains that way even with all the flashy new glass buildings they put up. There was a plethora of food and sports bar options in the immediate vicinity of the Garden with actual character, the area really didn't need what they added. The only plus of the whole thing was the supermarket in the basement as there was really nothing in that neighborhood other than a smallish Whole Foods.
  11. I'm not sure anyone here is overreacting. It seems that you're the only one bothered about it. There's no asterisk for 2017, either. This isn't the NCAA, they aren't going to take a World Series away. Astros players on that team will continue to pay the public price for what happened, and that's that. Guys like Beltran, Cora, and probably unfairly Hinch will always have that blemish. Do I even actually care that the Astros stole signs in 2017? Not one iota. However.... The outcome of a play doesn't correlate to the seriousness of the level of cheating - in any sport. Just because there wasn't a home run or RBI on every pitch does not make it a lesser infraction. Baseball is an incredibly hard sport, even when you know what's coming you still aren't going to square up on it more often than not. It's still a very clear advantage, though.
  12. Did the Red Sox cheat? Yes. Did 90% of baseball do the same thing? Yes. Did the Astros take it a step further? Yes. However, the "we can with without, just look at the year we didnt win the World Series" is an odd take.
  13. Yeah what were they doing? The Dan Quinn School of Time Management was on full display in those last 6 or so minutes. And then icing on the cake not calling a timeout with 29 seconds left and letting it run down to 20ish. Weird, weird stuff. They should've won that game.
  14. The problem with NESN's streaming service, aside from its ridiculous cost is it's of no use to me out here. It's essentially for locals only, which kind of defeats the purpose of the whole thing.
  15. I'm not sure how that one works, I do it through my PC and cast to the TV. I'm assuming it would work, though.
  16. Eck was really the last glimmer of hope at that network. Happy to see him get to spend more time with his family and grandkids, but damn, what a loss for a booth already spiraling into obscurity. @DG_ThenNowForever VPN into MLB.TV, that's how I watch the Rockies.
  17. John Henry has won enough to no longer care about winning. It's solely profits at this point - and it's a business so I get it. But he's well aware people will still watch, and still go to the games regardless of how good or not good the team is. 4 championships for the freakin' Red Sox in 20 years is incredible, but when you zoom out and really look at the resume it's pretty bad. He burns through GM's every 4 years, which if you catch fire is great (and they have), but it leaves the team as a whole with little to no direction long-term. There's no true plan for sustained success. I also signed off during the Bobby Valentine season and have struggled to care since then. Even in 2013 with all that was happening in the city, and as joyous as the WS should've been for me, I was disconnected from it - still left with a bad taste from the Inventor or the Wrap (TM). Moving to Denver last year, and San Diego next summer I'll be on the Padres train listening to Don Orsillo nightly while drifting even further from whatever the hell Henry & Co. are doing.
  18. The hockey ops team at Adidas is the best creative department in the business, bar none. It's almost like they didn't want to deal with all the skus and/or the manufacturing it requires to produce all of that gear. And here they are wondering why they aren't making money. Really odd decision to leave the high selling cheaper items to another company.
  19. I haven't read a bad thing about him outside of his personal issue which he's been very open about and dealt with, players unanimously like him. And then you add on to the fact that the timing of Bergeron's announcement and DeBrusk's withdrawn trade request - AND Krecji rumors swirling, it sounds like the reports of Cassidy losing the room are pretty accurate.
  20. Agree to disagree here. I thought Kuemper looked the best he's looked all playoffs, other than that softy from Hedman. The first goal he had no chance on, I understand the rule there, but as a former goalie it's pure dog:censored:. It's a dangerous play and an impossible one for a goalie to recover from. If a skater has to leave immediately, the play should be blown dead for a goalie as well. Either way, he made some massive saves that kept the Av's within reach all game. Very impressed with how he bounced back. I was convinced with how the overtime was playing out that it was going to end on a random bounce for Tampa, Vasy was playing out of his damn mind.
  21. The only thing I can think happened here was Cooper talked to Vailevskiy and asked if he wanted to sit and take a mental reset for Game 3 and he said no this is my net, then Cooper said "They scored 10 goals, Jim. Right now it's everybody's net." Or something like that. Literally the only reason he was out there was because he wanted to be. It might be pride in being the only goalie to play minutes on their current run or maybe he just wanted to find his game again, I don't know - but it was a really odd thing to see him out there.
  22. It's just so unfathomable I can't even process that.
  23. I was never a huge Butch fan. Despite his record he was routinely outcoached in the playoffs, he let Berube run all over him in that Final and didn't fire back. With the veteran core the Bruins have, the leadership came from the locker room - not the coaches office. Cassidy getting fired really cements the fact, in my mind, that both Bergeron and Krecji return next season, and I sense a career year out of Debrusk who couldn't stand the guy. Now just keep Claude Julien the hell away from New England in the coming months and I'll be happy. Now if Neely would just steal Sweeneys phone and delete the nudes or whatever dirt he has on him that's preventing him from being fired the Bruins will be in great shape.
  24. No, you can’t rely on them every game and expect to win. Which is why Sweeney needs to go, the entire front office should be gutted and rebuilt. Cassidy should be a casualty as well - I haven’t seen anything that really wows me about anything he does. There’s absolutely no fire, his only go to move is a clueless look into the abyss. Also, Taylor Hall… woof. Lights looked a little to bright for that guy today.
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