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CANUCKS | WHALERS |
REMEMBER: You're choosing the WORST logo!
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| Poll opening date Wed Feb 13 | Poll closing date Sun Feb 17 |
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GOLDEN SEALS | STARS |
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| Poll opening date Tue Feb 12 | Poll closing date Sat Feb 16 |
Normally I wouldn't take quite so much pleasure in this, but because of the rash of mockery-laden emails I receive every time a Canadian team beats the Lightning, I'm making an exception. The Montreal Canadiens are in Tampa right now to play the Bolts. Apparently they got in some time early yesterday. And a couple of players allowed themselves enough time to start a ruckus.
A Montreal Canadiens player was arrested and charged with felony grand theft for — wait for it! — stealing a woman's purse at a night club!
I don't know what goes on in the City of Saints, but come on, purse-snatching? Really?!
February 12, 2008
Associated Press
TAMPA, Fla. — Ryan O'Byrne and Tom Kostopoulos joined their Montreal teammates for practice Monday, hours after being arrested outside a Tampa nightclub.
Police said O'Byrne, a 23-year-old rookie, was accused of stealing a woman's purse. Right wing Kostopoulos, 29, was charged with resisting an officer.
O'Byrne was charged with felony grand theft and released after posting $2,000 bail. Kostopoulos faces a misdemeanor count of resisting an officer without violence and was freed on $500 bail.
"You wish these things didn't happen, but once things happen, trying to go backwards isn't a possibility, so we move ahead," Canadiens general manager Bob Gainey said after practice at the St. Pete Times Forum, where Montreal faces the Tampa Bay Lightning on Tuesday.
I really want to hear the story behind this because you know it's a good one.
And for the record, my Bolts have won three of the last four games against Canadian clubs. (I'm trying to block out the 8-4 loss to Ottawa.)
Back in August I first posted images of the Ottawa Senators' new logos. And everybody was hoping they'd be making the new 2D logo the primary. But the team went the other way and said the 2D logo would only make appearances on fan memorabilia.
But I had yet to see any of it until I got an email this afternoon.
Check out this hat.
No one can deny this is the superior logo. Much more balanced than the "3D" version currently donning the Sens' sweaters.
Now you want to laugh? Seems they've also put together a special edition St. Patrick's Day cap. I'm not making this up.
Plaid accents?! Sign me up!
Anyway, sometimes I find real items make for a better post than concept art, you know? You can't make this stuff up. So I'd like to hear from actual Ottawa fans. How do you guys feel about the new logos? Have you got a beef? Or nothing really to complain about here? Comment!
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BRUINS | PREDATORS |
REMEMBER: You're choosing the WORST logo!
I'm dubbing this the Battle of the Crazy Eyes and Scary Teeth! Place your vote and then feel free to leave a comment as to 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 Feb 11 | Poll closing date Fri Feb 15 |
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SCOUTS | MIGHTY DUCKS |
REMEMBER: You're choosing the WORST logo!
Time for the third round now. Anyone else surprised that, despite the uproar over the Buffalo Sabres' new logo, it managed to get eliminated from the Quest for the Worst in only the second round? Anyway, just thought it was worth noting.
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| Poll opening date Sun Feb 10 | Poll closing date Thu Feb 14 |
I'm not sure how new this news is, but I thought I'd point out that the NHL recently unveiled a new logo for the Stanley Cup Playoffs. You know you want to see it so here it is.
Not that my opinion matters but I like it a lot. Much more than what's been used in the past. For a look at what more recent logos looked like, check out 2007 and 2003.
If you want to see what the rest of the set looks like for this new design as well as past logos, SportsLogos.net seems to be a decent resource.
I covered the New York Rangers in a concept post on Thursday so I thought I'd take care of the rest of the state this evening.
We begin with graphic I just received today, actually. It's a concept for making some adjustments to the Islanders' logo. 
It's certainly cleaner but I don't care much for the oval shape. The circle is definitely the way to go. Anyway, here's something I probably should've included in yesterday's post.
So many horrible colors all touching each other.
Now across the state to Buffalo. This is a Sabres jersey featuring actual sabers on the front. 
We've seen stuff like this before, but never with such "unique" striping.
And obviously this just shows what you can do if you recolor a Flames jersey and drop the '90s Sabres logo on it.
By the way, the third round of the Quest for the Worst begins tomorrow. And I have finally updated the bracket to reflect second round match-ups.
After a week off, Freak Out Friday is back in action tonight! And there's some pretty crazy stuff here. We're beginning in Alberta with a rivalry between the Edmonton Oilers and Calgary Flames.
Now, we've seen "If They Mated" concepts created simply by recoloring one team's logo with the other's colors. This goes a step beyond that. Actual time and effort was put into this. And that in itself is frightening.
Yeah, I'll understand if you need a minute after seeing that. But hold on, now. Wait until you seem these logos on jerseys.
I really don't know what to say about that. But while we're on the topic of odd jerseys, I have these.
The Boston Bruins should never use this logo ever again. I understand it as something coming out of the 1970s. But we're all a little older now and just look at it. It's ridiculous. Meanwhile, the Kansas City Scouts on a Wild jersey? Just weird.
Now I've got some offbeat logos. The first is a Kings/Ducks mixture.
The Los Angeles Mighty King Ducks of Anaheim is pretty spectacular. But how about the Pennsylvania Flying Penguins? (No, I didn't make that up.)
Also we've got a morphed Minnesota Wild logo, making obvious use of the letters MW much to my disapproval.
It's not like I don't appreciate the work put into this, but the Wild have a pretty awesome logo as it is. To do this to it has got to be considered heresy in some manner. Which reminds me...
Yeah, it takes "Flaming C" to a whole new level. (No pun — or offense — intended.)
All right, yes the pun was very much intended.
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LIGHTNING | WHALERS |
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| Poll opening date Thu Feb 7 | Poll closing date Mon Feb 11 |
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