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They did shrink the crest from the first set of jerseys to the second. That original version is super wide, and I can see how it would get it uncomfortable.

Anyhoo, back to the worst owner in the modern-day NHL by a longshot:

I remember when a dude used to get high as hell and post stream of consciousness on here. He got laughed off the board. Nowadays, that approach gets you a contract with MiLB.

"It's a name that's totally about weed, but we have to pretend it's not about weed. What else can we blaze up?"

The s'more is cute and the flag iconography is a lazy crutch. Congratulations on picking a name worse than animal testicles.

They should have just gone with Green Bay Chickenheads, and let everyone draw their own conclusions.

5 minutes ago, Brian in Boston said:

On the logo featuring the State of Texas, the PRAIRIE DOG looks as though it's partially submerged in a liquid.

"It's a, um, Sod Puddle."

That is some embarrassing work. Forget the Brandiosity of the name, the work itself looks unpleasant, unfinished, and unprofessional. "Quick, put an 'A' on there before we post it!"

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A tale of two Stefan Nilssons

In the 12th round of the 1988 NHL entry draft, the Vancouver Canucks drafted 20-year-old Swedish forward Stefan Nilsson. This came as a surprise to the Calgary Flames because earlier that day — in the seventh round of the 1988 NHL entry draft — they also had drafted 20-year-old Swedish forward Stefan Nilsson.

When the Flames demanded an explanation from the league, they were informed that there were actually two 20-year-old Swedish forward Stefan Nilssons in that year’s draft. The Flames, according to the possibly apocryphal story that has made the rounds ever since, had accidentally picked the wrong one. They wanted this guy.

I swear to you, something very close to this happened in my office several years back.

Wheeling did it better than the Penguins did.

You can't separate Chicago from St. Louis. Stick with eight-team divisions.

Niiiiiice.

They should sign an Australian player and give him a special, shiny, metallic jersey.

A Golden Guernsey, if you will.

Hide the kids when the Milkmen are playing the Dogs in Rosemont on Wiener Wednesdays.

Here's something to picture while we await the return for trading Erik Karlsson to San Jose:

 EDIT: aaaaaaaahahahahahahahahahahaha

Eugene Melnyk and the Senators are riding a 3-day streak of rake-stepping, and the most wonderful thing so far is that an NHL team is designating a section of its arena as the "Coke Zone," and it's not the locker rooms.

1 hour ago, the admiral said:

How do you lose $50 million in one year? Even Unkle Adams hasn't lost that much money.

I dunno, have we heard yet if Rocky Wirtz lost $20 million on the Hawks again last season? Or are we no longer subjected to that story now that Rockwell sold his piece of the Sun-Times?

Well, I'm sure another three or twelve years of league ownership will turn things around.

The other difference is that the Hurricanes don't have a large, dormant fanbase waiting for signs that the franchise is finally willing to pull itself out of the depths. Outside of maybe a season and a half's worth of bump around the Cup win 12 years ago, this is what they've got.

I also remember reading around the time of the sale that, unlike pretty much every other Southern expansion team, Peter Karmanos never put any effort into "grow the game" efforts like building youth leagues and rinks. So there's no forthcoming generation in the Triangle with increased interest in hockey, unless the Hurricanes magically become consistently top-tier.

Long story short Pete Karmanos sideways with a rake.

7 hours ago, the admiral said:

Oddly enough, the Blackhawks were at a low point similar to the one the Hurricanes are in now when they abandoned their simulcast, getting rid of Pat Foley on both TV and radio.

Also worth noting that, at this time, the Blackhawks were buying airtime to get their games on the radio, and were being labeled the worst-run franchise in North American pro sports. So, uh, congratulations, Carolina!

The whole idea is nuts.

If "Throttle Jockey" isn't a euphemism for masturbation, I don't know what is.

No word on any potential legal action from Ron Jeremy's softball team, The Hung Bammers.

No thanks, I'll just have the salad.

I thought Assistant Captain Hobby Lobbyist and Mike Ribeiro took care of that on their own, but you do you.

Glen Sather doing the internal rich-guy chuckle as he says he can think of two or three million reasons not to study players' mental health is some bad screenplay isht.

I'd like to be surprised about Mario Lemieux, but didn't he once claim he slept through his teammate violently raping a woman in their room?

I think I've demonstrated over the past several years that I have a pretty high tolerance for NHL owners and executives being unapologetic buffoons and or a-holes. But man, this is awful. There are some genuinely bad people here.

Yeah, Edwards wanted a free billion dollars from the city for all of his sports toys, and when the mayor had the sense to tell him to go screw, he brought in the NHL to try to influence the mayoral election. Murray was stacking Ls all season long on and off the ice.

If Murray Edwards thinks he can do better with one team in Houston than he can with four teams in Calgary, I advise him to go ahead and try his luck.