revvvrob

i'm not so sure there was such a thing as a 'PR-consultant' when sports teams and leagues (like the NHL or MLB) were created and cities (or owners) started naming their teams. all that any PR company has done (please note that i dropped American from the topic) is expand on an idea that the public (please not that i'm not saying American public - since i believe the Canadian public is a happy participant in this phenomenon) already embraces and enjoys. LONG LIVE THE LOGO AND COOL TEAM NAMES!!!! Buffaslug still sucks.

yeaaaaa - you let me into the league!!!! i promise i'll try not to be the league's doormat and save that honor for some jack.

cool. i used to visit when i lived an hour (or so) south of Poughkeepsie. nice mall.

except that every single weekend has a TO game! only time there is a game that TO doesn't play is Feb 4th and that is Sunday afternoon- Pit/MTL. but - the statement about more Habs games - that is always good news! BTW - are you really from Poughkeepsie?

not as friendly as the cuddly, cute & loveable Boston Bruin! nice teddy - good teddy - aren't you soooo cuuuuute!!!!

http://www.newblueandgold.com/full/ wouldn't you say THESE are better Buffalo unis?

ya - actually - they had pics of just about every possibly team distroying the Buffaslug. some guy was making every variety he could think of! (he hates the Buffaslug) OOPS - correction, upon going back to look at more logos - it isn't a Buffalo site - it is a logo concepts site - and - they all hate the logo.

thanks - found it on some Buffalo site - thought my friends in HW would appreciate it!

I hear the logo is being dubbed the 'Buffa-slug'.

i don't care one way or the other about the logo to me - it is no better or worse than much of what is out there. Buffalo is wayyy more of a football town than a hockey town - so the branding connection is obvious. you never win when you mess with a logo - only time will dictate whether or not this will be a good brand or not. what i don't understand - is that to my knowledge - there wasn't any huge uproar about Buffalo's shirts and logo - why the change - and - if change is so necessary, i think the best way to introduce that change is via the 3rd jersey - let the fans acquire a taste of the new color/symbol.

quite agree with you - i'm not in favor of ANY type of bashing - i thought i was throwing out a harmless joke - guess not! teasing and jabs are great - but - admittedly, it is easy to cross the line now and then. Let's have fun on the boards - but keep it clean boys! (myself included!)

Curious as to who's everyone's 1st choice (top 3 really) for RB WR QB TE K & Def ... who cares! i'm in a few Yahoo leagues - i could use some advice. BTW - please don't let Fanpuck read this thread ... i need to kick his 'rear-end' this season!

you're crazy!

who ... me :?- guess i hit a nerve ok - for the record ... i LOVE Calgary & Edmonton. as far as picturesque - there's no place on the planet i'd rather live than on the Alberta side of the Rocky Mountains. (sorry BC) also - for the record - i have a sister & her family who live in Calgary - they love it there. now - for what some may call humiliating - i will share - in the spirit of transparency ... not only do i own a cowboy hat - i WEAR a cowboy hat in the GTA during the winter ... sure, i get people looking strangely at me - but shucks, i juss luv that thang! sorry for any offense taken - none was intended. just like i'm a city-slicker and i tease my wife about being a *insert mid-western term of endearment here* - i figured we all knew each other enough to know that i was joking around. my apologies.

why lesser?

IF this is true - it's a real risky strategy. He's a great player - but he isn't the greatest player. I would want more than Gomez for that kind of payout!

Huet is actually smiling for the picture!!!

nyce! serioulsy - where did you get that ... or did you make it?

Icelanders are a mess - they need Potvin & Lafontain, Trottier - the old guard to come back and add stability if not ... NYC market will go from 3 teams to 2. and that's sad - cuz the NY market is different from most US cities - the hockey niche is big and strong. when i lived there - i could actually talk hockey with strangers.

i think it helps the habs in the long term - certainly not the short term though - for him to play his time out in College.

i think it will be on the high end of the 2.X - more like 2.8 or 2.9 - but definitely under 3 - and definitely more than 2.5.

don't be.

i collected a lot in the early 80s ... thus it did provide me with a few gems like Gretzky's & Messier's & Bourque's rookie cards.

my point isn't that leadership never screws up - my point is that leadership doesn't always screw up. leadership DID screw up in NO - the debate lies in the question of which LEVEL of leadership - and so - again, my point is - it isn't necessarily the TOP level that always screws up. of course - then, the argument is that the 'buck stops at the White House' - but with NO, the White House doesn't elect a Governor or Chief of Police or Mayor, etc. sometimes you have to work with what you've got. again - i want to reiterate my point - so that we dont' get in a NO debate ... again. my point isn't that leadership never screws up - my point is that leadership doesn't always screw up.