McCall Posted September 20 Share Posted September 20 1 hour ago, SenatorJake said: While I agree that the Thrashers is a pretty poor name because half the NHL's audience still has no clue what it means or what a Thrasher is, it's an identity that was dreamt up by the legend Ted Turner himself. This is certainly one of the more interesting name origins in the NHL, and for that reason, I totally dig it. Firebirds is also a great name given the circumstances. How is naming the team after the state bird any different than any other identity that was "dreamt up" the someone? 3 Quote https://dribbble.com/MakaioCall Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WBGMike Posted September 20 Share Posted September 20 3 hours ago, Morgan33 said: All three of these were great. I would make the t-bird the primary jersey crest for home and road Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SenatorJake Posted September 20 Share Posted September 20 55 minutes ago, McCall said: How is naming the team after the state bird any different than any other identity that was "dreamt up" the someone? Most sports teams' names aren't a unilateral decision made by a mega-famous, eccentric billionaire who paid the expansion fee with his WCW money. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SenatorJake Posted September 20 Share Posted September 20 Although wikipedia seems to claim that the name was chosen in a poll so what do I know.... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VikWings Posted September 20 Share Posted September 20 22 hours ago, SenatorJake said: The 2007 design for the Flames was even worse than what you're showing here. Truly one of the worst re-designs of 2007. Absolutely brutal. My opinion is that the Flames uniforms never should've changed after winning the Stanley Cup in 1989. That's the perfect look for them. I have no idea how those lasted as long as they did. They were one of the last teams to move off the edge designs too somehow. (No idea how the Capitals are still going. They have to just be waiting for Ovechkin to retire at this point) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VikWings Posted September 20 Share Posted September 20 4 hours ago, tigerslionspistonshabs said: The Thrasher holding hockey stick crest is one of my faves of all time. I'm shocked there hasn't been a throwback market for thrashers mech yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tBBP Posted September 20 Share Posted September 20 17 hours ago, Morgan33 said: I disagree. The original scheme was perfection. Imma say something about the Sharks... ...The silver should stay; its the orange that should go. 6 1 Quote *Disclaimer: I am not an authoritative expert on stuff...I just do a lot of reading and research and keep in close connect with a bunch of people who are authoritative experts on stuff. || dribbble || Behance || Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Admiral Posted September 20 Share Posted September 20 26 minutes ago, VikWings said: I have no idea how those lasted as long as they did. They were one of the last teams to move off the edge designs too somehow. (No idea how the Capitals are still going. They have to just be waiting for Ovechkin to retire at this point) I don't know why but I've always sensed a sort of aloofness about Flames ownership. Not really hockey lifers like Ilitch or Karmanos or Jacobs, it's always just been a consortium of oil-and-gas men. So I can see how some slick marketing guy from Reebok could approach them with some drivel about performance armpits and how vertical striping panels make players look slimmer and faster and them just being like "yeah sure ok" and then getting back to their actual resource-extraction jobs. Then again, the Oilers were run by a hockey nerd in Daryl Katz who let them talk him into "looking like the Baltimore Ravens," so who's to say. Quote ♫ oh yeah, board goes on, long after the thrill of postin' is gone ♫ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AstroCreep Posted September 20 Share Posted September 20 I never understood the flags and their purpose on the jersey. Did the Flames ever give a reason why they were included in the first place? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morgan33 Posted September 20 Share Posted September 20 11 hours ago, AstroCreep said: I never understood the flags and their purpose on the jersey. Did the Flames ever give a reason why they were included in the first place? CEO, Ken King thought it'd be novel if the jersey had crests representing the City, Province and Country. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pepis21 Posted September 21 Share Posted September 21 12 hours ago, MiK said: The Atlanta Phoenix. Just to really twist the knife. And then relocate to Phoenix to twist the knife even more. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ruttep Posted September 21 Share Posted September 21 1 hour ago, pepis21 said: And then relocate to Phoenix to twist the knife even more. The Phoenix Phoenix of Tempe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrySmalls Posted September 21 Share Posted September 21 3 hours ago, pepis21 said: And then relocate to Phoenix to twist the knife even more. Another decade passes when the NHL returns to Atlanta for a 4th time while ignoring the Quebec City market. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VampyrRabbit Posted September 21 Share Posted September 21 45 minutes ago, BrySmalls said: Another decade passes when the NHL returns to Atlanta for a 4th time while ignoring the Quebec City market. And just over a decade after chronic mismanagement and financial woes, the flame of Hockey once again sputters out in ATL and the team head for Norfolk/Virginia Beach (or another one of the 10 or twenty cities that make up that metro area) and at long last, Hampton Roads finally makes the bigs when the Rhinos take to the ice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spartacat_12 Posted September 21 Share Posted September 21 Interesting that the logo treatment on the Preds yellow practice jerseys is slightly different than the home jerseys. It doesn’t have the extra white outline, which is an upgrade imo. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RyanMcD29 Posted September 21 Share Posted September 21 PSA: NHL Shop's finally putting a discount on the Adidas stock. Snagged both a Flames and Oilers Adidas Authentic for a combined 250 for Christmas Quote Twitter: @RyanMcD29 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monkeypower Posted September 21 Share Posted September 21 20 hours ago, The_Admiral said: I don't know why but I've always sensed a sort of aloofness about Flames ownership. Not really hockey lifers like Ilitch or Karmanos or Jacobs, it's always just been a consortium of oil-and-gas men. So I can see how some slick marketing guy from Reebok could approach them with some drivel about performance armpits and how vertical striping panels make players look slimmer and faster and them just being like "yeah sure ok" and then getting back to their actual resource-extraction jobs. Then again, the Oilers were run by a hockey nerd in Daryl Katz who let them talk him into "looking like the Baltimore Ravens," so who's to say. They are. The chair of the ownership group, Murray Edwards, even lives in Switzerland... for no reason in particular, wink wink. It shows up more with the other CSEC teams but Edwards and ownership are the reason that the Flames hadn't entered a rebuild stage in recent years with the highly rumoured story that the organization was given a directive not to say the word "rebuild". But they did make sure they got a new arena with public money. Which the arena was needed, but, you know. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Admiral Posted September 21 Share Posted September 21 Yeah, the Flames have never been run by A Guy, which takes a lot of the low end off but a little of the high as well. The Sharks were a good example of cromulent ownership without A Guy, and the Kings are probably the best example of non-A Guy leadership. Quote ♫ oh yeah, board goes on, long after the thrill of postin' is gone ♫ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monkeypower Posted September 21 Share Posted September 21 Yeah, you can really see the absence of the high end and the low end. Losing the low end means that they can extend to have so many teams under the umbrella but losing the high ends means it does sometimes feel like the organization doesn't do anything else besides opening the gates on gameday, which shows up for me being a non-Flames fan who is a fan of others under the ownership. It could be a bit of a tough stretch for the Calgary teams upcoming. The Flames aren't expected to be good (but I don't think their roster as it stands right now is bad enough to bottom out) and butts in seats was down towards the end of last season, the Stampeders are in their worst season in 20 years amidst attendance woes of recent years, the Hitmen attendance has halved since pre-pandemic but should have a decent to good team this year after missing on their most recent 4-year junior hockey cycle and the Wranglers have been outdrawn in average attendance by the Hitmen over the Wranglers two years of existence (but that is in large part thanks to the Hitmen's yearly two big draw games in the Teddy Bear Toss and the school field trip game). However, a worse Flames team will get more interest in the Wranglers even though there's not really any high-end talent in the Flames pool right now. The Roughnecks are kind of the only team that seemingly punches above their weight but have also lost a lot of good players in recent years and weren't super great last season, so we'll see. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Klondyke Posted September 22 Share Posted September 22 Already the 2nd incident of either a logo or number peeling. How about instead of running fan fests or purposely leaking stuff to Icethetics for good PR, they just focus on what they are being paid to do? This company has spent a ton of money on PR stuff, which involved blaming Adidas and Nike for other issues, but still remain the only constant with all these jersey issues. 1 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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