BigBubba

A Hall-of-Famer who played his entire career with one team, led them to back-to-back championships, and is the greatest player in team history? Yes, it absolutely counts. The point isn't the team, obviously. The point is that his correct uniform is this one: Still doesn't make it his wrong uniformBut it does.

How funny would it be if they put images of crowd shots on the curtains to make the place look full?

This'll take a while to get used to:

And how about the ad on the foul pole? That's just cheap.

Wouldn't that just lead to post-padding?

The MVP ring is pretty stupid. Maybe add something to his personal ring, but don't give his a second big-ass gaudy one.

Colourful and has the trophy on it. Excellent.

Technically, because of Phoenix retaining all the records and history of Winnipeg v.1, all fans in that game were chanting in unison for the same team.Technically. No.

Gary Carter. Until I watched him be honoured at The "O", I completely forgot these ever happened. ^Wrong number, too!

I hate the new trend of having patches that look exactly like the banner. That looks so boxy and clunky. I hate to be the "my team does it right" guy, but yeah, our team does it right.

Agreed. The Blue Jays have a two-tier system (a "Level of Excellence" for the team's great players; you get your number retired if you go into the HoF as a Jay). The Level of Excellence had the players' numbers on it until it was re-done last year, and rightfully so. There's no need to emphasize the number if you're just "honouring" it. Related, I wish teams who had two-tier systems would have specific requirements like the Jays. There's no reason why Nieuwendyk and MacInnis shouldn't have their numbers retired. The way the Flames do it seems so arbitrary.

Put up in the last few days: With regards to the best banners, I like when teams get creative. On top of the Flames, the Leafs and Flyers put images of the players on, which I love (although I wish the Flyers were uniform in the perspective of their pictures, i.e. Not having full-body shots, head shots, and partial shots like they do now). Also, the Leafs and Blackhawks put pictures of the Cup on their banners. I like how the Red Wings put the years a player played for the team on their banners, as well as a captain's patch (not sure why they didn't do it for Lidstrom, though). And, as shown above, the Bruins' retired numbers are really cool

Still can't believe he acted that childishly over the Olympics.And Callahan doesn't look that out of place in a Lightning uniform. Well, he requested a trade to New York back in 2009. The Olympic snub must've been the straw that broke the camel's back.

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I agree. It bothered me that the West always had to be in dark, even if they were "home", because of the Lakers. Now that the Lakers have a white uniform, it would be a non-issue. I wish the NHL would do this (really all leagues, for that matter). ASG uniforms tend to suck, reflecting the most awful of current design trends. There's just something really great about seeing all the different looks from around the league playing on the same field at once.

Ryan Smyth:

You need a few posts (3 or 5 I think) in order to start a new topic.

If you can't even take care of/keep track of your own freaking championship ring, I don't feel bad one bit if you lose it or have someone steal it.

Top-three in the league in my books.

It seems as though Reebok is happy to charge more and more for replicas (charging $10 and $20 more for WC and SS jerseys, plus $15 for the patches) while putting less and less effort into the quality of them (hello, lightweight screen-printed crap!). How long until they turn into Majestic, who in my opinion, makes the worst replicas of any league?

I'm not sure which is more bothersome: when people unknowingly buy fakes and insist that they're real, or people who knowingly buy fakes and insist there's nothing wrong with it.

Sarcasm?

I greatly prefer them that way. It's less "interrupted" and allows more fans a better view of them.

Is the ACC the only arena that has all its banners (Leafs/Raptors...excluding that dumb new Bon Jovi one) parallel to the benches (i.e. Perpendicular to the blue line)?