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Does it seem to anyone else like it could be a cigarette logo? Just needs a Surgeon General's warning hem stripe.

There's been talk on the news of the Sabres bidding for it, but nothing concrete. The area around the arena has come a long way from the mid-90s, but it's going to be changing a lot more over the next 3-5 years or so. The Sabres might be waiting for the right time to strike. I'm sure it's just a token waiting period for Vegas.

I'm sure they're wetting themselves over the chance to have it in "Vegas", as well.

Buffalo hasn't hosted since the 70s; they can get in line.

Yeah, I remember the pictures from their first games, but I guess they brought the average up to 4000-something per game. Completely shocked that a team would fudge attendance numbers. So they're threatening Rochester with two big failures as alternatives. Great.

Pretty much my thoughts exactly. And San Jose was below Rochester, as well. The thing I don't get is they're seemingly putting the screws to everyone involved over this rinky dink AHL arena/team, but the political will was there to give the Bills a football palace, but the Bills have been the ones pumping the brakes on that. Same owners. Similar situations. I don't get it.

So glad we don't have to worry about any of this mess in Buffalo/Rochester. Oh, wait... http://buffalonews.com/2017/04/26/pegulas-start-sabres-search-brandon-continues-talks-rochester-amerks/ "The Sabres say they want to keep the Amerks in Rochester, but other options are available for the American Hockey League team. Albany is losing its team, and Buffalo is even an option. The San Jose Sharks share their city with their minor-league club. The Sabres fired a warning shot last year by moving an NHL preseason game from Rochester to Penn State University."

I think Alex Ovechkin will go. He already has a ton of money. If the Capitals cancel his contract (unlikely), he'll play in the KHL and probably make even more.

It all makes perfect sense now.

I really hope the discussion about the NHL wanting back in for 2022 in China is just speculation, and not the NHL's actual business plan. SOUTH KOREA IS RIGHT F'ING NEXT TO CHINA. I think some Chinese people might take an interest in the 2018 Winter Games, since 1) It's close by 2) their country gets the Winter Games next 3) the Chinese gov't is trying to get everyone interested in the winter sports ahead of 2022.

They ran into this guy, just like the Canadians did

Nagano was the Dominik Hasek show, Gretzky kept on the bench in the shootout, and the Czechs beating Mother Russia. Turin was Sweden's triumphant victory over Nike Swift. Maybe you just don't like Olympic hockey? It doesn't necessarily make it bad.

Man, feel like I really missed the party on this one. Might be a record number of mod edits.

WE WON'T THREATEN TO MOVE AS A TACTIC. I'M JUST SAYING THAT WE WILL MOVE IF WE DON'T HAVE A COOL, NEW PLACE TO PLAY.

^^^ I've had that when I sign in on a new device, but it's not a ongoing problem.

Seems like something from a goofy sports comedy... "Well, I wanted 80, but so-and-so was already wearing it, so I wear 8E."

If the team wanted to find someone who "chose" the name, they're going to pick the cute little kid over the 40 YO with a scraggly beard and worn cuordoroys. And ultimately, it's the team who chose the name anyway. Picking a "winner" is a marketing scheme. To be surprised or hold it against the team seems like missing the forest for the trees (or the reef for the coral, as it were).

That's true. Maybe it's my rose-colored glasses, but I feel like there were more "sincere" concepts posted than "Here's my State Bird concept series, where I have the Yankees red-breasted robin uniforms."

I didn't realize it was unpopular. I don't care for them, either. They're not great. They're not bad. They're just kinda there.

The Liberty jerseys?

What about posting concept images in spoilers on threads in the "Sports Logos" section? I don't think spoilered images load until clicked on in mobile (won't eat up data or slow the page too much), and it will keep things decluttered overall. It seems to be fine to say, "I think they should do X, Y, and Z.", but posting a picture showing what it would look like if a team actually did those things is verboten. I think the concepts help visualize what people are talking about.

I think a lot of the badness with the nuBills was going halfway. How many other teams change their color scheme without changing their logo at all? I always joke, "But look at those pants!", but I think the addition of "nickel" actually could look really nice at times. I was looking at that Bills helmet in a museum-- yes, that Bills helmet is in a museum somewhere-- and the stripe looks very pleasant by itself, but it doesn't match the rest of the helmet. The pants look good. The double blue doesn't work, though. The jerseys were probably doomed by the piping and the weird yoke, anyway, but they would have been better if they weren't half stuck in the past. The logo probably could have had a Seahawks-like update and recolor. And of course, changing to something similar to what the Patriots had just changed to ended up being like the mouse dressing up like the cat.

I don't know if the league isn't trying hard enough or if it's just balancing out the different needs/demands of 30 different teams, but it seems like there are always weird schedule quirks. There was a standard "Sabres coach complains about compressed schedule" article recently, but they also had four days off four games into the season; that's only half a day less than a bye week.

Regardless, Jordan playing baseball got a 30 for 30 because it was weird. The early Orlando Magic got their 30 for 30 because they were a huge friggin' deal at the time. We haven't even brought up Little Penny!

I think you just don't appreciate the beauty here. He takes an analytics stat like adjusted shot attempts, then tries to go meta-analytics on that, only to end up (unwittingly, I'm sure) back at the regular old shots on goal stat that's so run-of-the-mill that it's been posted inside arenas for decades. So hot, it's cool. Also, they're 13th in regular ol' shots per game, so he's just wrong.