Wednesday, April 30, 2008

One More Day...

As you know, I've got quite a day planned for tomorrow.



More than a month ago I mentioned Matt (aka GhettoFarmBoy) was working on the next team in his NHL rebranding series. Many of you have surmised that the "big" thing coming on May 1 is that design. You might be on to something.



But that's not even half of what's to come tomorrow. It's going to be a big day and a lot is going to be changing here. I realize that most of you are happy with the way the blog is now, but these changes will only serve to improve things. And you guys will be involved in these changes in a big way!

So if you want to know how NHLToL will be different for our first birthday (which is May 9), then be sure to drop in throughout the day tomorrow. If you're a fan of the blog, you really won't want to miss this.

Until then!

Poll: Raycroft vs Ward


vs
Andrew
RAYCROFT
Cam
WARD


Place your vote and then feel free to leave a comment about how you came to your decision. Tell all your friends to drop in and vote! The more voices heard, the more accurate the results!

Poll opening date
Wed Apr 30
Poll closing date
Sun May 4

Stars And Sharks Fan Creations

I've got a little bit of concept art for you today. We're doing the Sharks and Stars in honor of their current playoff series. (Though it may not last too much longer if the Stars have their way.)

This first Dallas jersey is a green third that would fit in seamlessly with their current set.



Then we have a full set with a green home sweater and a black alternate.





The alternate looks great with the green shoulder yoke.

And lastly, we've got a San Jose fan design attempting to emulate the pre-Rbk EDGE design scheme.



By the way, I know a number of you have been asking about the Freak Out Friday series. It's not over, I think it's just going to be less frequent. I'm not getting as much crazy artwork as I used to so we're probably just going to have it every other week. Not to worry though, you'll be able to get your fix this Friday. Lots of great stuff on the way!

Oh and be sure to drop in tomorrow to check out the big announcement.

Tuesday, April 29, 2008

Poll: Miller vs Ersberg


vs
Ryan
MILLER
Erik
ERSBERG


I can hardly believe we're already beginning the second round the the NHL Tournament of Goalie Masks! The first round was huge, with 66 different masks being involved but we're finally starting to narrow them down. Round 2 begins today!

Place your vote and then feel free to leave a comment about how you came to your decision. Tell all your friends to drop in and vote! The more voices heard, the more accurate the results!

Poll opening date
Tue Apr 29
Poll closing date
Sat May 3

Big Update To Gallery

Not sure how many of you still check out the Concepts Gallery. It's been getting ignored a little lately by me, but you'll be glad to know I just added nearly 300 graphics to the gallery. Almost every album has at least one new image.

Most of the images in the Concepts Gallery have been featured at some point on the blog. Others are exclusive to the gallery. Enjoy!

Monday, April 28, 2008

Poll: Lehtonen vs Rask


vs
Kari
LEHTONEN
Tuukka
RASK


Place your vote and then feel free to leave a comment about how you came to your decision. Tell all your friends to drop in and vote! The more voices heard, the more accurate the results!

Poll opening date
Mon Apr 28
Poll closing date
Fri May 2

Sunday, April 27, 2008

Poll: Theodore vs Denis


vs
Jose
THEODORE
Marc
DENIS


Place your vote and then feel free to leave a comment about how you came to your decision. Tell all your friends to drop in and vote! The more voices heard, the more accurate the results!

Poll opening date
Sun Apr 27
Poll closing date
Thu May 1

Saturday, April 26, 2008

Poll: Nabokov vs Boucher


vs
Evgeni
NABOKOV
Brian
BOUCHER


Place your vote and then feel free to leave a comment about how you came to your decision. Tell all your friends to drop in and vote! The more voices heard, the more accurate the results!

Poll opening date
Sat Apr 26
Poll closing date
Wed Apr 30

Friday, April 25, 2008

Poll: Leclaire vs Mason


vs
Pascal
LECLAIRE
Chris
MASON


Place your vote and then feel free to leave a comment about how you came to your decision. Tell all your friends to drop in and vote! The more voices heard, the more accurate the results!

Poll opening date
Fri Apr 25
Poll closing date
Tue Apr 29

Thursday, April 24, 2008

Poll: Price vs Sabourin


vs
Carey
PRICE
Dany
SABOURIN


Place your vote and then feel free to leave a comment about how you came to your decision. Tell all your friends to drop in and vote! The more voices heard, the more accurate the results!

Poll opening date
Thu Apr 24
Poll closing date
Mon Apr 28

New Canada Sweaters Official

Just following up on yesterday's scoop regarding a new look for Team Canada here. Seems it's official now.



They're being called "retro-futuristic" if that's even possible and TSN has more on the story.



Go online and buy yours now.

IceJerseys.com


Hope all you Canadians like them.

Wednesday, April 23, 2008

Poll: Niittymaki vs Holmqvist


vs
Antero
NIITTYMAKI
Johan
HOLMQVIST


Place your vote and then feel free to leave a comment about how you came to your decision. Tell all your friends to drop in and vote! The more voices heard, the more accurate the results!

Poll opening date
Wed Apr 23
Poll closing date
Sun Apr 27

Primarily Pennsylvania

Did you see what I did there? I'm a day late on the joke, but still. To thank all you Pennsylvanians for going out in record numbers to perform your civic duty, I have concept art tailored especially to you.

We'll begin with a cool new logo redesign for the Penguins.



It's a really sharp logo that pays tribute to the past in a big way while also bringing something new to the table. There are also jerseys to go with it.



The black one doesn't do much for me, but oddly enough, the white one blows me away. I think it's the shoulder striping.



A likely third jersey candidate for the Pens going into next season is a version of the powder blue sweater they wore for the Winter Classic.



But stepping outside of that for a moment brings us some interesting designs. This dark blue strikes me as slightly strange, however.



And remember the days when gold was actually yellow (though no one wanted to admit it)? Well there's a little more where that came from.



We'll wrap up our Pennsylvania trip in Philly. Not much to speak of with this.



But one designer came up with a notion of what might well be a good candidate as an alternate for the Flyers next season.



They could do worse.

New Look For Team Canada

A reader emailed in to say that apparently Team Canada will be unveiling a new look next month. CBC has the story if you're interested. I'll post pictures here when it happens so keep checking back.

UPDATE (3:13 PM): Shortly after I posted this information I got an email with "leaked" in the subject line which always makes me wary. But if for no other reason than to cover all my bases, I figured I'd post these pictures and see what you guys make of them. This isn't something I'm following very closely, not being Canadian myself (though if wishing made it so), but perhaps some of you might have answers.







Post your comments and conspiracy theories below.

Tuesday, April 22, 2008

Poll: Thomas vs LaBarbera


vs
Tim
THOMAS
Jason
LaBARBERA


Place your vote and then feel free to leave a comment about how you came to your decision. Tell all your friends to drop in and vote! The more voices heard, the more accurate the results!

Poll opening date
Tue Apr 22
Poll closing date
Sat Apr 26

Monday, April 21, 2008

OHL Logo Tourney Starting!

Just wanted to let you guys know we've just kicked off the OHL Tournament of Logos over at ToHL. Go place your vote as we determine which team has the best logo in the Ontario Hockey League.

Poll: Fleury vs Anderson


vs
Marc-Andre
FLEURY
Craig
ANDERSON


Place your vote and then feel free to leave a comment about how you came to your decision. Tell all your friends to drop in and vote! The more voices heard, the more accurate the results!

Poll opening date
Mon Apr 21
Poll closing date
Fri Apr 25

Sunday, April 20, 2008

Poll: Biron vs Smith


vs
Martin
BIRON
Mike
SMITH


Place your vote and then feel free to leave a comment about how you came to your decision. Tell all your friends to drop in and vote! The more voices heard, the more accurate the results!

Poll opening date
Sun Apr 20
Poll closing date
Thu Apr 24

Saturday, April 19, 2008

Poll: Joseph vs Valiquette


vs
Curtis
JOSEPH
Stephen
VALIQUETTE


Place your vote and then feel free to leave a comment about how you came to your decision. Tell all your friends to drop in and vote! The more voices heard, the more accurate the results!

Poll opening date
Sat Apr 19
Poll closing date
Wed Apr 23

Friday, April 18, 2008

Poll: Lundqvist vs Budaj


vs
Henrik
LUNDQVIST
Peter
BUDAJ


Place your vote and then feel free to leave a comment about how you came to your decision. Tell all your friends to drop in and vote! The more voices heard, the more accurate the results!

Poll opening date
Fri Apr 18
Poll closing date
Tue Apr 22