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  1. I posted that Hurricanes image in the 24-25 thread before because I didn't know where to put it and mentioned there was someone in the Hurricanes subreddit who said they got the email said it felt more like a concept testing phase with the accompanying questions asking things like "do you like a stylized letter with team colors/concepts like Calgary’s ‘C’ or script words like…"
  2. Someone in the Hurricanes subreddit who said they got the email said it felt more like a concept testing phase with the accompanying questions asking things like "do you like a stylized letter with team colors/concepts like Calgary’s ‘C’ or script words like…"
  3. It's their first Reverse Retro so they probably did do that. Adidas wasn't going to make them anymore but I guess the Flyers felt it was something there was still a market for.
  4. Somebody needs to check out the Houston airport for a vinyl wrapped window. (Am I correctly remembering that's the leak of the previous Jags set?)
  5. Not to derail this thread any more, but it's interesting reading that with what's happening/happened here in Calgary and this new arena. I definitely think Calgary is above a Winnipeg or a Hartford, but definitely below Atlanta (don't know much about the Twin Cities, but I think it might be somewhat equivalent). However, the interesting thing is that I don't think Calgary is truly a die-hard "sports town". The difference here in Calgary is that all the sports teams are under the Flames/CSEC to varying levels of success under CSEC rule (but I'm unsure how CSEC measures success with the non-Flames teams nor what Hollywood accounting might be in place regarding finances) so if the Flames went, there would have been massive ripple effects.
  6. Like I said earlier in this thread, at least I think it was this thread, the relocation of the prior two Atlanta franchises can be argued away if wanted. At the very least, I definitely think it's disingenuous to hold the Flames move against any potential future Atlanta team.
  7. A lighter blue would definitely work as brought up by @tBBP. Here's Tufts University. Colorado's burgundy isn't the same as Tuft's brown, it's much more like the Phillies throwbacks which also just happen to use a lighter blue
  8. What are shoes if not jerseys for the feet? I didn't know that Vans was started in Anaheim prior to when these were announced.
  9. The two colours are barely touching on the jersey to begin with though? I mean, because when I look at these, I don't see any contrast issues or bleeding between the two. As opposed to a sharper contrast to break them up, how about just white? Change the grey striping to white and then add a blue stripe "on top" of the white stripe on the aways. Like the Blue Jackets aways.
  10. I just looked to see if there was any crossover when the Ducks switched to the black equipment for a short period, which has been explained away as issues getting the purple equipment (though I don't know if I've ever seen an "official" explanation), but they had the black equipment for 97-98 and 98-99 which is after the Avs came in. However, I do wonder how much, if any, of the Rocky Mountain Extreme made it through to the the Avalanche.
  11. Oil isn't orange, lions aren't Honolulu blue, coyotes don't wear clothes and stand on two legs. The only arguments of that kind that I will accept are whenever a lobster based team (of the very few that there are) uses a red lobster because that means their lobster is dead, cooked and about to be eaten and when the New England Patriots wear red.
  12. Yes, I definitely agree. The Flames just haven't been super great at the retirement number banners; They had Lanny McDonald's banner like this from 1990 to 2011 They then originally retired Mike Vernon's number in 2007 in the style of the red and black jerseys, (You can see the McDonald banner in the background. Because of the layout of the Saddledome, the Flames (and Hitmen) will raise banners to a more centre point of the arena for the ceremony and then move them to the permanent spot later) In 2011, they moved the banners to a new spot and updated the old Lanny MacDonald banner to a white version more similar to the current banner (but with a straightened and more bubbly version of the at the time Flames NOB font and almost uncanny valley incorrect block numbers) and changed the Vernon one to match. They then created the retired number second tier "Forever a Flame" (that the Flames spread to the Hitmen and Roughnecks, which as a concept is a bit more defendable with those two teams) for Al MacInnis in 2012 and Joe Nieuwendyk in 2014, which was not entirely well received in the fanbase for either. They then switched the MacDonald and Vernon banners to the current red version for Iginla's ceremony in 2019, leading to where we are today with Kiprusoff's.
  13. Jumping into this late, Disney had nothing to do with the arena construction. Ground broke on the now-Honda Center 25 months before Disney was even awarded the expansion franchise and the arena was already scheduled to be opened about six months after the expansion was announced. Disney specifically picked Anaheim and approached the NHL about Anaheim. It was their first and, practically speaking, only choice and I don't know if Disney would have had any interest in a hockey team had there not already been an in-progress arena down the street from Disneyland. Norm Green had a backroom deal with the Anaheim Arena to move the North Stars there but the NHL blocked it (in exchange for essentially rubber stamping Green's second choice) because Disney approached the NHL about wanting Anaheim.
  14. I don't know if there would be desire to deal with the travel and add a border crossing to the league for one team. The closest WHL team to Billings would be 6.5 hours away.
  15. The Charlotte Checkers did a Florida Panthers night, because that's the current affiliation, on Saturday and instead of having a themed Checkers jersey, they just dressed up as the Panthers. This feels weird and almost patronizing to me.
  16. The Angels front number has been pushed up. Also, the inconsistent number renderings from the online store may unfortunately be correct as the front number has the drop shadow while the back numbers don't anymore.
  17. Someone on the Jets subreddit created a version of the logo using the font from the release. However, the person added serifs/points to the letters that aren't there in the social media graphics.
  18. As someone from Calgary, the Northern Lights connection seem like a bit of an stretch for "Alberta skies" in relation to Calgary. Yeah, the Northern Lights can be seen in Alberta skies and can be seen from Calgary but they're much more an Edmonton/Northern Alberta thing, not really a Calgary/Southern Alberta thing. If they wanted a Calgary skies effect, they should have gone with a chinook arch.
  19. I know and we are essentially saying the same thing. What am I trying to say in regards to your point is that it reads like you are saying it's a problem that the WHL has grown and as a result is now closing off potential markets because of that. I'm saying is that I don't see a problem because the WHL doesn't appear to be looking to expand, especially to a smaller market, and any unfilled WHL market either can't make it work due to costs/population or has a Jr. A franchise (or both in a lot of cases). So if the WHL isn't looking to expand and none of "open" markets can or are willing to meet WHL arena or population standards, I don't see a problem, it's just how it is. Nanaimo has been discussed many times in the past about doing what eventually happened in Wenatchee and essentially promoting the existing Jr. A franchise. However, there hasn't been anything actual and I think the moment has passed. Winnipeg is in a special situation and if you are basing your whole viewpoint on what happened to the Ice, it's not a situation that can really be applied to other markets because I don't know if the WHL really wanted that team out there and they clearly didn't hesitate to abandon the market. Wenatchee didn't have to build a new arena to get the team, they're still in the same arena they were in for the BCHL. The WHL isn't using the arena standards they had in the 80s, so GP and Lloyd can't support WHL teams. Like I said above, I don't think that's a problem. GP and Lloyd have also been in the Jr. A circuit for decades and have evolved as such with the other Alberta non-WHL markets who have Jr. A teams as well.
  20. I think it would be fair to give the Jets a little leeway on combinations for this upcoming set until they show otherwise. I also do believe what we saw the Jets doing over the last two seasons was a result of fatigue with that uniform set and nobody liking them anymore. The white was deemed as the better looking of the options to run out the clock on the five years. With the previous Pennington-Sanchez-Early Nike set, they rarely wore white at home.
  21. You'd think they'd have to. Whomp whomp.
  22. I edited my post to a newer tweet, but I don't know if it took fast enough. The tweet and the website release says this year's throwback whites will be permanent and there will be a green and a black version added.
  23. I think it's less stadium expectations for adding a new CFL market, it's a lack of population and corporate money in markets that don't already have a CFL team. There's only like two potential realistic CFL expansion markets in a Maritime team and Quebec City and both those have issues preventing anything concrete. But that's not for this thread. I don't know where you are getting that the "WHL's centre of gravity is shifting to the US". Of the six American teams, two started in the 70s, two started in the 80s, one started in 2003 and the most recent just started this year because they were a quick relocation fix to the Winnipeg problem. Three of the last four expansions have been Canadian markets and the most recent relocations prior to Winnipeg to Wenatchee were from Canadian market to Canadian market, including previous Wenatchee franchise moves. I mentioned this earlier in the thread, I haven't seen or heard any indication from the WHL that they are interested in expansion. Like with the CFL, all the realistic Canadian markets are full and, not that I know all that much about the PNW, can't think of any other markets in America that would realistically work either. If the WHL doesn't say anything about Swift Current, I think Brandon will be fine. I also don't know how strict the WHL would be on the arena standards for existing markets and Swift Current will be the bellweather on that. Is there even a league arena wishlist with as you say, a minimum 5,000 seat building with all the pro-style bells and whistles?
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