Prospect Info: 5th Overall Pick, Alex Turcotte, C, USNTDP UPDATED: Signs 3 Year ELC 3/11/20

[kilowatt]

Turc: "Who should take the draw?"
Akil: "Which one of us has a WJC Gold?"
Turc: ...

Our entire team is just top six centers.

 

[Schrute farms]

It's 'paper-scissors-rock' pre-game to see who gets to play Center each game versus LW/RW for the top 6.

 

[SettlementRichie10]

I know the advertising is over the top but i really like those kits

Jersey advertising could be an easy way for the NHL to dig themselves out of financial ruin in the event they can’t have fans in 20/21.

 

[kilowatt]

Jersey advertising could be an easy way for the NHL to dig themselves out of financial ruin in the event they can’t have fans in 20/21.

Once they break the seal, the ads will be there forever.

 

[King'sPawn]

Once they break the seal, the ads will be there forever.

And revenue would go up from advertisements.

 

[KINGS17]

Once they break the seal, the ads will be there forever.

Yeah, I never want to see ads on the uniforms. Hockey players shouldn't look like race car drivers.

I would never buy a jersey with ads plastered all over it.

 

[Docgonzo]

The NBA ones don’t look completely terrible. I’d rather keep the jerseys clean but if you do little ones like the NBA it isn’t that bad. Just nothing more than that.

 

[TwzKing]

I noticed on his Instagram that he tagged like every prospect in his Berlin photo. Glad that they have that bond without really playing together yet.

 

[Statto]

Yeah, I never want to see ads on the uniforms. Hockey players shouldn't look like race car drivers.

I would never buy a jersey with ads plastered all over it.

I’d be ok with a single major sponsor logo on the front of a Jersey and a secondary one on the right arm, maybe. But have very tight rules in the exact position and size. It works ok for Soccer.... but the DEL ones are horrible.

 

[SFKingshomer]

I'd be ok with sponsors on the jerseys as long as someone has Chico's Bail Bonds.

 

[Lt Dan]

Jersey advertising could be an easy way for the NHL to dig themselves out of financial ruin in the event they can’t have fans in 20/21.

There should never be jersey ads

 

[SettlementRichie10]

Would you rather the NHL put ads on jerseys, or go through a significant retraction/outright fold?

That may be the decision the BoG faces if a large chunk of the franchises cannot sell tickets. I don't like the billboard European jerseys, either, but it may be a sound financial solution to the absence of gate revenue.

 

[BigBrown]

I really enjoy how clean NHL jerseys and rinks look without ads. Crossing my fingers they stay that way. The revenue from ads almost certainly won't pass down in any way to the consumer, it will just be more money in the pockets of billionaire owners and millionaire players.

However if they do make that switch it's not the end of the world. It's like most other ads, you don't even see them once you're used to them. And there are ways to put them on jerseys and not make them look as bad as those german ones.

 

[kilowatt]

Would you rather the NHL put ads on jerseys, or go through a significant retraction/outright fold?

That may be the decision the BoG faces if a large chunk of the franchises cannot sell tickets. I don't like the billboard European jerseys, either, but it may be a sound financial solution to the absence of gate revenue.

Look, if the options are financial ruin or advertising on jerseys, the obvious answer is advertising. I'm sure players would love it too, to be honest — more revenue likely means higher salary caps, and you see players getting squeezed right now. If they follow the NBA's jersey advertisement model, it wouldn't be too bad. It feels like one of those things that's just inevitable. I just don't want it.

 

[Statto]

I really enjoy how clean NHL jerseys and rinks look without ads. Crossing my fingers they stay that way. The revenue from ads almost certainly won't pass down in any way to the consumer, it will just be more money in the pockets of billionaire owners and millionaire players.

However if they do make that switch it's not the end of the world. It's like most other ads, you don't even see them once you're used to them. And there are ways to put them on jerseys and not make them look as bad as those german ones.

Yep. I’m a big Liverpool fan and often we refer to to certain Jersey Era’s by the sponsor on the front. So I’ve got a ‘Crown Paints’ replica as they are the first Major Sponsor I remember in my life. If done right, sponsors need not detract from the Jersey design.

 

[Rorschach]

There should never be jersey ads

They should just have this CoJ as a patch on jerseys that blocks other patches that are ad-based.

 

[Bandit]

I know the advertising is over the top but i really like those kits

How can you see anything? All those ads are blinding.

 

[Bandit]

Would you rather the NHL put ads on jerseys, or go through a significant retraction/outright fold?

That may be the decision the BoG faces if a large chunk of the franchises cannot sell tickets. I don't like the billboard European jerseys, either, but it may be a sound financial solution to the absence of gate revenue.

Might be the same result for some people. Not sure I could stomach watching 82 games of players skating around looking like they got paper mached by a mentally disabled orangutan.

 

[Rorschach]

I think this batch of extra hungry forward players like Turcotte will help ignite a guy like Kempe. Vilardi and Frk are still pretty hungry and Kempe on that line seems to be doing well in that short stint.

We got a lot of hungry guys coming in. Kaliyev has got stuff I'm sure he wants to prove, Fagemo is a hungry guy, so is Thomas. We had a lot of starvation on the team back in 2012 too.

 

[cyclones22]

I think this batch of extra hungry forward players like Turcotte will help ignite a guy like Kempe. Vilardi and Frk are still pretty hungry and Kempe on that line seems to be doing well in that short stint.

We got a lot of hungry guys coming in. Kaliyev has got stuff I'm sure he wants to prove, Fagemo is a hungry guy, so is Thomas. We had a lot of starvation on the team back in 2012 too.

I think that's a big reason why the team finished the season they way it did. Vilardi and Anderson being injected into the lineup. That and trading away respected vets to make room for youth.

 

[Rorschach]

I think that's a big reason why the team finished the season they way it did. Vilardi and Anderson being injected into the lineup. That and trading away respected vets to make room for youth.

I saw the same thing. Sad to say because we won with some of these guys but the vets we dealt seemed to have lost a lot of that hunger.

 

[Statto]

I saw the same thing. Sad to say because we won with some of these guys but the vets we dealt seemed to have lost a lot of that hunger.

It’s part of the cycle though and that why it’s important to freshen up the lineup each year. I’m completely confident that Doughty will be on it once he sees Björnfot on his left hand side. Bringing kids into key roles will lift and enthuse the veterans and we’ve seen a small sample of that.

 

[Rorschach]

It’s part of the cycle though and that why it’s important to freshen up the lineup each year. I’m completely confident that Doughty will be on it once he sees Björnfot on his left hand side. Bringing kids into key roles will lift and enthuse the veterans and we’ve seen a small sample of that.

I agree and especially these particular kids at the top of the prospect pool.

 

[Raccoon Jesus]

It’s part of the cycle though and that why it’s important to freshen up the lineup each year. I’m completely confident that Doughty will be on it once he sees Björnfot on his left hand side. Bringing kids into key roles will lift and enthuse the veterans and we’ve seen a small sample of that.

It's been a while since Doughty didn't want to let someone down. I've NEVER seen him talk about someone the way he talked about Toby. Maatta might be the 'safe' play there but I think we see a rejuvenated Drew if he stays next to Bjornfot.

 

[Rooks]

It's been a while since Doughty didn't want to let someone down. I've NEVER seen him talk about someone the way he talked about Toby. Maatta might be the 'safe' play there but I think we see a rejuvenated Drew if he stays next to Bjornfot.

I agree with this. I would like to see bjornfot up there with him to start and see what happens.