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I wasn't a fan of these when they came out initially, and I'm still not a fan of all of the crazy alts that they have (including the navy alt), but I've warmed up to them now and they've become one of my favorite looks in the entire NBA. Granted, the rest of the NBA is in a horrid state when it comes to uniforms, but this one is a shining light of doing something right when it comes to the uniforms.

To be fair, that wasn't an NHL decision. I actually got a copy with Heatley on the cover for my birthday when it came out. Needless to say, it was pretty damn awkward.

It was during the 1-2 year period where the Thrashers were actually a somewhat competent team on the ice.

Agreed. Never really got why the majority of CCSLCers seem to hate this logo. It's not as good as the leaping Bengal, but it's not a bad logo by any means.

Agreed 8000%. When they went from stirrups to solid socks/long pants, I didn't shed a tear.

He looks odd in this uniform too: YES. I do not associate A.I. with this uniform at all. Hell, I barely associate him with the Red-White-&-Blue color scheme at all since he only wore it for a year or two in his early days. The logo identity that the Sixers used before this one could truly be defined as the Iverson Era.

Yes, nine posts above yours. A tentative deal? Haven't we been to this dance before? Yeah, like 50 times. If the past is any indicator, this means two things: 1) The deal WILL fall through, but not in enough time to get the team moved. 2) As a result of the Coyotes staying in the desert for yet another season, another team is gonna get sacrificed to Canada. It's been my gut feeling for months that this was gonna be the most likely scenario. Looks like it's gonna happen, again.

What the... That only makes sense if You made your fatal mistake when you tried to make some sort of sense out of this.

Holy crap, this is gonna go on another year, isn't it?!

Wait, wasn't it the whole "counting your chickens before they hatch" thing that got Ol' Sillie Balls thrown out of the Owner's Club before he even got a chance to join?

Tickets for the Islanders-Devils exhibition game went on sale today - here's the seating map on the ticket page: Sorry to interrupt the latest Coyotes news, but the Barclays Center website has a different seating chart with no available seating at one end of the arena. (My apologies for the large image size, they don't have a smaller one on the site.) Holy , the Islanders are SCREWED.

I believe that banner was only hung for the final Expos home game. I'm not so sure it was the last game at Stade Olympique. Look at the Brewers logo right next to the banner, it's the mid-90s "Motre Bame" logo. The Brewers switched to their current identity in 2000. You'd think that by 2004, they'd have changed it. Found the box score from the Tigers-White Sox game on the scoreboard. It was indeed from September 29, 2004.

And that, in a nutshell, is the real problem. They're not the only one with that problem. I was in Anaheim last night and the crowd was very evenly split between Sharks and Ducks fans despite neither team being out of the playoff hunt yet, and it was nowhere near a sell out. I was shocked based on how popular the Ducks were just a few years ago. Well, I mean, the two teams are from the same state and the Ducks are in a down year. Of course there's gonna be a good chunk of Sharks fans in there. The Coyotes' problem is that they probably could win the Stanley Cup this season and still have trouble selling out games next season, should they somehow still be there next season.

It's better not to try to make sense of it. Instead, just say this: OITGDNHL.

I vaguely remember before the last Coyotes game at America West Arena, they said that you could only see about 70% of the rink from the upper deck on that side. Yeah, just looking at the 3rd pic in that post, you can probably tell that if you're sitting up high in the west end's upper deck (not on the front row or anything like that), the only way you're gonna see anything past the bottom of the faceoff circles in that zone is if you see it on the jumbotron. It's amazing that they stayed in that arena as long as they did.

IMO, the nightime lighting @ Qualcomm makes that uniform look really bad. However, during the day it looks awesome. I just hate the navy facemask on that helmet. I wish they'd go to a white one.

Source: islanderspointblank.com I was actually really surprised at the general tone and message of most of the comments there, definitely more surprised than at the article. Usually, even when it's very definitely in the interest of the team to relocate, the fans are having none of it and freak on the owner, but there's a whole mess of Islanders fans over there that are actually supporting a move. Weird. Seems to me they're all blaming Nassau County for the mess that they're in & are 100% on Wang's side. This is like the exact opposite of your typical reaction to a team moving. Then again, most of them are convinced that the team will only be moving into the Barclays Center & not skipping out on New York completely. For their sake, I hope that's the case. It'd be cool if they could leave NVMC but stay in Brooklyn, even if it meant having to play in what would be the smallest hockey arena in the NHL.

You're logic is sound....except that this is Gary Bettman's NHL where teams that are trouble, but not as much trouble as the Coyotes, are sacrificed to save the Great Arizona Hockey Experiment. Bingo, which is why I believe that the next team to be moved will NOT be Phoenix. If they weren't the ones to end up in Winnipeg when it was pretty much set in the stars to happen, then their chances of moving at this point are pretty slim. It's really sad that I've got more faith that another team will be sacrificed to Canada or a new market in America before the Coyotes mess is resolved. Hell, I'd even venture to say that the only way the Coyotes are leaving the desert is if the franchise gets contracted, and even those chances are slim-to-none.

This story just finds brand new ways to top itself.

I LOVED this uniform set. There, I said it.

They really need to start WWE'ing it. Why they haven't just tarped off the upper deck is beyond me.

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Blessing in disguise for my Bluenote brethren. I'm starting to get the feeling that if you put Matthew Hulsizer's and Ice Edge Holdings' capital together, you might be able to buy the Dayton Gems. Dollar Beer/Hot Dog/Pop/Probably Tickets Outside The Arena Saturday at the Jobber drew 13,381. I find it telling that I can't distinguish whether that's good or bad. Other than the home opener, that's probably a season-high for them, right? Then again, their season high is barely above Columbus' average of 13,000, which is 27th in the league. So it's good for Phoenix's below-sea-level expectations, but still bad.

Add the Devils to list of ownership/money woes. So 2 out of the 3 teams that play in the league's largest market are currently going through turmoil. What in the hell.

That's actually not even the worst I've seen for that place. A couple of years back I was watching a weeknight Wild @ Panthers game for God knows what reason, and the place looked like a Cleveland Indians game at the beginning of "Major League." The game you posted looks like a sell-out compared to that one.