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This is the unpopular opinions thread? Good. I always thought those jerseys would be cooler if they changed the location of the navy stripe depending on the player's shooting hand. In that picture, it's on the "correct" side. If he was a left-handed shot, though, the stripe would be all bunched up all the time because that arm would be the one lower on the sick. It would probably look better on goalies on the stick hand on the same principle.

If the one on the right faded into the blue more gradually, I don't think it's much worse than their home jersey from the time.

Reebok lied at first about what teams would be able to do with the new template, so that might have something to do with it.

Along those lines, the Sabres' slug uniforms were supposed to debut with the Edge system, but Edge was delayed a year. The first year of those uniforms was the old cut of jerseys.

Still don't like that piping, and I think the red stripe probably shouldn't touch the orange, but the top one might look pretty good. It's somewhat similar to the Ducks' current jerseys.

One hell of a view! I mean, you can smoke weed, get hammered and get blown around the waistline, and the ushers won't give a damn because you're at a Florida Panthers game you'd be behind a huge, black curtain.New name for the curtain: The Honeymoon Suite sponsored by match.com.

Should we rename the thread to include Florida? They are really trying hard to catch up to the Coyotes with how much they don't belong in their current city. Race to Quebec City 2015?

Umm...does this guy really know what he got himself into? And who calls owning the Phoenix Arizona Coyotes a "dream?" In fairness, like all the decision making concerning the Coyotes, he probably got a Magic 8-ball and asked it if it was a good investment to buy the coyotes. The ball probably said "yes, definitely" and he went with it. I shouldn't doubt the ability of the NHL to find an idiot owner, but I feel like this guy has to have bought in with the endgame in mind. He's just saying what's expected of him until the Glendale money runs out.

Umm...does this guy really know what he got himself into? And who calls owning the Phoenix Arizona Coyotes a "dream?" Keep in mind that he has a Tim Hortons down the hall from his office now.

Opinions are never right or wrong; they're "opinions". My opinion is that Florida is a mountainous state.

Plus, you have to leave open a certain number of dates during playoff season for theoretical games the team might be playing. By the time you know for sure you won't need those dates, it's probably too late to book any decent replacement.

The Bucs got close, if they went for a look similar to the Rutgers one I posted, more rustic and weathered, then I think their idea would have worked. The problem with their identity is they overdesigned it, like a Volkswagen, it's too clean and doesn't have enough soul. If the Bucs' new uniforms are any kind of car, they're a Powell Homer.

Does that rule really serve those leagues well? I'd think that at that level of hockey, you'd want the best players who are willing to play for you... not turning guys away.

How the hell is it that one year after the NHL had to beg for someone to buy the team for $170M, now someone willingly steps forward to buy half the team for $150M??? Edit: Also, who's doing the assessment when a team sells for $170M, writes a big red $24M on the ledger book and increases in value to $305M despite no real hope of ever earning a profit in their current location?

It seems like the Thrashers really had a shot, if they had an owner who wanted to own a hockey team. Pretty solid attendance early, quick dip, but then a nice recovery until the continual suckiness finally scared the fans away.

http://www.hockeydb.com/nhl-attendance/ That site has very useful graphs to look at the league as a whole, and teams year-by-year. The only flaw is that the Winter Classic distorts things for the host team (if you consider that a flaw).

"Trolling an entire fanbase" has made its way to Reddit, apparently. By the same token, wouldn't it be "horribly cruel" to the hockey fans of Quebec City to say that they should never get a team because the Nordiques moved away and because a smallish Francophone city "doesn't grow the game" or "does nothing for the league"? Because people say that all the time without reproach, yet "you amount to nothing" is about as cruel to me as "you shouldn't have nice things." So what it comes down to, just as at that other place, is that you're a second-class hockey fan if your city doesn't have a team. Can't troll a fanbase if we say there is no fanbase. HFBoards' own Dred Scott case.

Wow. 14 more years? How godsdamned long was the lease at inception? Why on earth would you commit to that if you're the Panthers - was there really a risk taht they'd be denied tenancy? $$$$$$ Talks....Im sure a buyout can happen for the right price. The county is actually looking for ways out of the lease. The Panthers could probably walk away at any time for free. They like the free money they're getting, though.

The curtains must be sponsored by JoAnn Fabric. If the Panthers clip the coupon in the Sunday paper, they can get 40% off the material to make them.

Our Constitution starts the same way Yeah, but Jefferson also spelled it "happinefs" in the Declaration of Independence, so maybe let's not pay attention to them for 21st century grammar and spelling.

175 years in jail would be about 7.5 days in jail per fake jersey the guy sold.

I don't mind the yoke, but the combination of the yoke and the helmet right next to each other is too much pewter congealed together in one place.

I never realized the pinstripes faded in and out on those jerseys. There's tweak #1.

Good Morning Vietnam? Great movie and great soundtrack.

That would be good in absolutely no way, except that there will be four new identities for us to critique.