Sodboy13

Hey, in these Unprecedented Times, we're all having a little trouble with the ol' landlord, aren't we?

6 hours ago, the admiral said:

 

Brandiose could make 1950s-hamburger-stand mascots out of a snuff film.

That's it! The South Wisconsin NippleBelters, with a Vault Boy-esque Ed Gein swinging a femur bone as a primary logo. Checks all the boxes!

Supposedly the kill list has been shuffled a bit in secret. I believe Beloit's presence on the list was contingent on them not getting a new park. If they got the new stadium, I believe Quad Cities would get killed instead.

One thing that's been nagging me about the Beloit name choices - so, "Supper Clubbers" is probably the most tolerable of the very bad lot, right? Now, I may be incorrect about this, but I always associate the Supper Club scene with northern Wisconsin. Like, you've at least gotta get north of the 39/90 split in Portage before you're in what could be considered supper club territory. And here's Beloit, parked on the Illinois border. The identity options feel like the brainstorming went as far as, "Beloit's in Wisconsin, right? Okay, what are some Wisconsin things?" and then that was lunch. Shocking that Waterskiiers or AquaBats or Chicago Suburbanites didn't make the cut.

17 hours ago, kimball said:

They should just be the Snappers BUT the Beloit Sky Carp is fitting.

If they're trying to pass that off as a nickname for geese, they'll be called the "Beloit Sky Crap" by people far and wide within hours of the unveiling.

Good God almighty. Not a salvageable identity in the lot. My joking attempt at Brandiosing them into the "Stateline RockRollers" seems tolerable by comparison.

I now humbly suggest the Beloit Woodmen, in homage to my preferred stop for beer, meats, and cheeses whenever I would drop off or pick up an order at EPS.

I'm so happy to revive this thread. It brings me such a weird sense of community.

I'm not saying it's time to fire up the Whitesnake yet, but maybe keep the playlist handy.

5 minutes ago, the admiral said:

Milbury was actually fine when he coached the Bruins, got 'em to the Final where they lost 

I just realized this is also Don Cherry's résumé.

I don't think they fired him, they're just sitting him out for the rest of these playoffs. I'll believe he's gone when it actually happens, kinda like how we were told Pierre was getting demoted and he ended up being on TV just as much this past season.

Milbury also caught it for saying a couple weeks ago that the completely empty stands in the bubble looked like a women's game. You can maybe hold onto your gig despite trading away Luongo or Chara, but it's gonna be a lot harder for the bosses to ignore you doing both.

You always, always, always treat the microphone as if it's live, kids.

All they need to do is drop the gold from their color scheme and go navy/double green/yellow, then get some decent uniforms for once. I don't want to see the delightful Snappers get Brandiosed into being the StateLine RockRollers or some such trash.

3 hours ago, MBurmy said:

The Kenosha Kingfish (Northwoods League summer-collegiate) announce they will be playing baseball this year, in the form of a two-team series against a to-be-named Kenosha-branded team.

 

Name-the-team contest runs until 4 PM Central tomorrow...I voted for them to bring back one of the league's "original five" and 1995 Champions (which you can find on my sig), the Kenosha Kroakers!

Submitting "Fielders" because there's no better name if you're making a team from whole cloth to play against you and calling it a season.

The Pegulas have pretty much blown out the entire Rochester Americans front office, and I wouldn't be surprised if that was a precursor to something worse for hockey fans in Rochester.

It's bad, and it takes far too much work for me to figure out it's supposed to be a horse. Maybe they should have worked on that before they started counting up rivets.

6 hours ago, monkeypower said:

 

So, which team does the league force to move into Springfield to fill its suckhole headquarters?

EDIT: wait lol it's the Blues as long as it's cheap

Sprint Center has prided itself on being successful and booked enough not to actually need a primary tenant, though. Don't see why it would want one that would half-fill the place at maximum and demand lots of weekend dates out of the 38 total it requires.

Flames parachuting their AHL team into a town with no interest in the NHL club, and taking up residence in an older arena, going head-to-head with a big local university program.

But enough about the Ak-Sar-Ben Knights.

Wildcats remind me a lot of the old AFL New York Dragons in their home uniforms. Having a number 8 under center probably enhances the similarity.

Get the Guardians some gray-topped socks like Houston has, and this look is a 10.

Also, New York's using a different nameplate font than the rest of the league.

19 minutes ago, rams80 said:

 

There aren't that many AHL teams left that would be easily purchased and moved.  Nothing more than that.

I'd have to think, with the 1:1 ratio and so many AHL teams now NHL owned, the selling price for a team might be at a premium, relatively speaking. Don Levin says he hasn't heard an offer to his liking yet, but the Spurs obviously did, and Don many not be in a position to turn down offers much longer.

I don't want to picture 1,200 in the Alamodome for hockey, and neither should anyone else.

Elliotte Friedman reports that the next commissioner of the AHL will be former Blue Jackets GM Scott Howson, and that should just about do it for the ol' American Hockey League.

It will be hilarious if the Blues have to go back to the Wolves for their affiliation, given that the two organizations hated each other by the time their deal ended. It will be far less amusing if Dave Andrews uses this as an opportunity to force the Wolves out of the league as his last action before he  s off into the sunset.

The Blues have little other choice, though. As @rams80 noted, the reason they got stuck with the Wolves the first time around is because they "couldn't afford" to own and operate the Peoria Rivermen anymore, so they sold the Rivs to Vancouver. Maybe the coffers are a bit more full after the Cup, but this is a franchise that was cool with casting its prospects to the four winds until San Antonio opened up, so I doubt it.

Practice squad gets practice gear. Blank helmets, screenprinted solid-color porthole mesh jerseys. Why pay for a design you're never going to sell?

2 hours ago, Volt said:

 

I am now officially off the XFL bandwagon.

 

"now"?

Somebody translate "integrity" into Esperanto so Ferdinand can grasp its meaning.