Around the League - 2023/24

[UnkleKraker]

There was a thing in the turn of the millenia where Finnish teams did this as well. Well, the club names didn't change, but they rebranded to these "gimmicks". They have since reverted back. On the left, the logos that were introduced in the 90s-early 2000s and carried over to the 2010s. On the right, the original logos which they reverted back to:
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The first one is especially stupid. Rauman Lukko, "Lock (of) Rauma" is a pretty decent team name to begin with, and they had this awesome logo. They then went to the fox from 1996-2012, because what @expatriatedtexan and @UnkleKraker said I guess. "The kids will like it". Well f*** them kids.

With HPK (2nd) and HIFK (3rd) respectively, we are talking about sports clubs where the names are acronyms anyways so it might have made some sense to find themselves a mascot in this 90s craze. HPK sported the knight 2001-2012, and HIFK "the beast" or whatever 2000-2010

Thank god we have got away from that, and thank god my team never got into this type of shit.

When I was a season ticket holder for the Seattle Thunderbirds they had the cringiest mascot "Cool Bird". That said, every game you would see little ones carrying around a plush version. What team is going to be against that? Total merch and pandering to the littles but that is $$$'s.

 

[Metallo]

https://x.com/i/web/status/1798748942701932723

They all suck.

 

[henchman21]

Yeah it's like a child drew it.

JYP with the No Smoking Team slogun for a couple years was also funny.

Guess we know where Mikko will never play.

 

[Ceremony]

I'm still surprised by people who're still surprised by how consistent our branding is. Our jerseys look great and aren't changing.

 

[ASmileyFace]

I'm still surprised by people who're still surprised by how consistent our branding is. Our jerseys look great and aren't changing.

I really like the current home and away look and don't want them to change that... but bringing in a new third or doing RR 1.0s again would be nice.

 

[Balthazar]

Weird

https://x.com/i/web/status/1799429767667593376

 

[Alienblood]

delete

 

[Pokecheque]

They really should update the third jersey.

This might not be popular but I’d love it if they just broke out the old Rockies uniforms.

 

[LOFIN]

The f***?

After the transaction officially closes, the website will go dark.

 

[hockeyfish]

Capitals reach agreement to purchase CapFriendly website

Total bullshit.

 

[Balthazar]

I made sure it wasn't some kind of old April fool or something

That really sucks. Another copycat might take over and make a public website again but it will take a lot of time to reach that level, if ever.

Damn

 

[Balthazar]

https://x.com/i/web/status/1799856519321628918

 

[The Moops]

Capitals reach agreement to purchase CapFriendly website

Total bullshit.

That's kinda sad and interesting.

I mentioned it last off-season, but I've been working on an advanced analytics site right now. I got discouraged when I lost my designer and the stupid league changed their API (for the worse), but I started working on it again the last few weeks.

Hope the guy made a killing at least.

 

[a mangy Meowth]

That really sucks. Another copycat might take over and make a public website again but it will take a lot of time to reach that level, if ever.

No it won't lol

 

[henchman21]

https://x.com/i/web/status/1799856519321628918

Montreal loves this.

 

[a mangy Meowth]

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[henchman21]

No it won't lol

The real positive to CF is that the owner has been well connected and get details we wouldn’t normally get. Someone will have to know some people to equal it from that perspective.

 

[a mangy Meowth]

The real positive to CF is that the owner has been well connected and get details we wouldn’t normally get. Someone will have to know some people to equal it from that perspective.

For the vast majority of folks here, that shouldn't effect anything they want to do with the tool.

 

[hockeyfish]

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Sucks so bad. Also name sounds creepy.

 

[expatriatedtexan]

What am I missing? Why would a team want to purchase capfriendly?

Is it to simply to shut it down and take salary info out of the public sphere?

 

[henchman21]

For the vast majority of folks here, that shouldn't effect anything they want to do with the tool.

For the most part yeah… the details of NTC, signing bonuses, etc are useful and probably not going to be confirmed as quickly.

What am I missing? Why would a team want to purchase capfriendly?

Is it to simply to shut it down and take salary info out of the public sphere?

Teams actually purchased rights to use it and the api behind the scenes. This takes that tool out of their hands (about 10-12 teams if rumors are to be believed).

 

[Balthazar]

Montreal loves this.

Why Montreal?

 

[expatriatedtexan]

For the most part yeah… the details of NTC, signing bonuses, etc are useful and probably not going to be confirmed as quickly.


Teams actually purchased rights to use it and the api behind the scenes. This takes that tool out of their hands (about 10-12 teams if rumors are to be believed).

I hope he made a killing.

It just sucks to live in the data and information age and to constantly have both taken away from the public sphere.

 

[henchman21]

Why Montreal?

Joke… but a big reason Montreal has so many Cups is their success prior to the draft and signings.

 

[Metallo]

For the most part yeah… the details of NTC, signing bonuses, etc are useful and probably not going to be confirmed as quickly.


Teams actually purchased rights to use it and the api behind the scenes. This takes that tool out of their hands (about 10-12 teams if rumors are to be believed).

I think the Caps would have to honor previous agreements made by CF. Depending on the details of licensing agreements teams could keep access.