Around the NHL 2020-2021 | Offseason Edition

[Oddbob]

I'm late with this but I see our old friend Adrian Dater is still just crushing the media game...

HSJ ain't looking so bad, eh?

Wow that was idiotic!

 

[Ghost of Ethan Hunt]

Report: Ads coming to NHL jerseys

 

[Bench]

Report: Ads coming to NHL jerseys

I had a hunch once they put ads on the helmets they would never remove them. This is the next logical step.

 

[Ghost of Ethan Hunt]

I had a hunch once they put ads on the helmets they would never remove them. This is the next logical step.

As long as they sell jerseys Without the ads is my main concern. Secondly, don't clutter them up like Euroleagues do. 1 very small ad on the shoulder should suffice...then charge more for exclusivity. Imagine being a EDM based CDN co. & your main competitor(s) are concentric to the T'ranna area. Now you just outbid them & have 1st right of refusal the following season to renew/renegotiate etc. Mainly, you just cut into their market share.

 

[Winger98]

As long as they sell jerseys Without the ads is my main concern. Secondly, don't clutter them up like Euroleagues do. 1 very small ad on the shoulder should suffice...then charge more for exclusivity. Imagine being a EDM based CDN co. & your main competitor(s) are concentric to the T'ranna area. Now you just outbid them & have 1st right of refusal the following season to renew/renegotiate etc. Mainly, you just cut into their market share.

It really does make those jerseys look worse and cheaper. And if they go overboard it's going to stand out in a bad way in comparison to the other big sports in NA. The NHL has a hard enough time gaining traction as it is but if they let their jerseys become a cluttered mess of corporate logos it is going to reflect badly on them.

 

[Bench]

What worries me is the creep. That's how these things go. First it's ads on the boards. Then a few, not many, on the ice. Then more on the ice. Then digitally placed ads on the glass. Sponsored power plays. Play of the game. Player of the game.

And now, because of a pandemic, they had a window of opportunity onto a uniform. It was just the helmet but that's all it takes. It's on the uniform now and they will slowly but surely keep trying to find ways to slip more corporate logos on those boys.

And all of this ignores the jerseys already have a damn corporate logo on them: the manufacturer CCM or Nike or RBK or Adidas or...

 

[jkutswings]

As long as they sell jerseys Without the ads is my main concern.

Buy a dozen blank ones now. Hold them for a decade and you'll be able to name your price.

 

[Ghost of Ethan Hunt]

Buy a dozen blank ones now. Hold them for a decade and you'll be able to name your price.

Probably. Or, someone starts 3D printing them for pennies on the $ well before then.

The Chinese knock-offs you see on Etsy etc. come to mind. I almost bought a $40 Datsyuk Winter Classic (Red/Away) jersey ~2013/14 on Alibaba. I decided to buy a few small items to test & 1 was the wrong size, the other was just wrong, so I decided against it.

 

[Bench]

Probably. Or, someone starts 3D printing them for pennies on the $ well before then.

The Chinese knock-offs you see on Etsy etc. come to mind. I almost bought a $40 Datsyuk Winter Classic (Red/Away) jersey ~2013/14 on Alibaba. I decided to buy a few small items to test & 1 was the wrong size, the other was just wrong, so I decided against it.

Those knock offs aren't all that convincing in person. I'd love them to be, because jersey prices are wild. The Winter Classic variety is the only one I'd even gamble on, simply because the differences won't be as readily noticable.

The lettering the Wings use on their traditional jerseys is not easily replicated. And basically never replicated right. Most knock offs just take the letters and arrange it in a fan shape across the back. But you'll note each letter needs to be individually cut to actually make the proper arc across the back.

Both the Es and As are a little different here.

Meanwhile here they just tilt their way too thick letters a little and don't get the proper arch.

Pre-season unis have basic lettering that don't feature the arch. Guess they figure many of those guys may not be worth the effort or earned it yet.

 

[deca guard]

EXCELLENT ARTICLE , BELIEVE I SAW THE FRENCH CONNECTION PLAY
IN THE OLD RED BARN AND WHAT I REMEMBER IS THEY WERE FAST AND ELUSIVE .
IT WAS LIKE SEEING GUY LAFLUER . RIP RENE :

 

[Ghost of Ethan Hunt]

@Gniwder

 

[jkutswings]

I don't know the player. Does anybody have any interest in Marcus Pettersson?

https://thehockeywriters.com/penguins-red-wings-trade-partners-marcus-pettersson/

 

[Ghost of Ethan Hunt]

I don't know the player. Does anybody have any interest in Marcus Pettersson?

https://thehockeywriters.com/penguins-red-wings-trade-partners-marcus-pettersson/

Pens fans have been down on him this past season. (paraphrasing): "Part of it is contract $ & term. His play fell off from prior season, suspect defensively, kinda weak. Expensive bottom pairing guy."

He's young enough to bounce back, but I'd want a sweetener.

 

[Ghost of Ethan Hunt]

Vegas' Offensive Shortfalls Create Questions for Offseason

 

[DInTheB]

 

[Ghost of Ethan Hunt]

Report: Nugent-Hopkins set to sign $40 million deal with the Oilers

what a steal for Kenny. Good/great value for the 1st 5-6 years.

 

[lhsgolf19]

Report: Nugent-Hopkins set to sign $40 million deal with the Oilers

what a steal for Kenny. Good/great value for the 1st 5-6 years.

Steal? An 8 Year Deal with a NMC for an average 28 year old... Thank god he's gone

 

[Henkka]

Probably there is some LTIR clause for the last years. Kenny special for Franzen/Zetterberg.

Good value. Cap is gonna rise a lot in 8 years, and that current figure is quite ok for the stand pat cap and RNH prime years.

 

[jkutswings]

Another Kenny special. Looks like a good signing...for the first half of the deal.

 

[Ghost of Ethan Hunt]

Steal? An 8 Year Deal with a NMC for an average 28 year old... Thank god he's gone

I wouldn't want him for that term, but I'm not sold on RNH either. He's a decent fit for EDM's needs & @ $5.1m he's at minimum pretty good 2C value for 5-6yrs (assuming ~recent yrs. production). Also tradeable, if/when EDM fails to win with current core, he can compete elsewhere at a fixed/low cost for a 2C. By then he may wanna leave EDM, waive NMC etc. 8 yrs from now, cap could be $120M+? mod.

 

[MBH]

As long as they sell jerseys Without the ads is my main concern. Secondly, don't clutter them up like Euroleagues do. 1 very small ad on the shoulder should suffice...then charge more for exclusivity. Imagine being a EDM based CDN co. & your main competitor(s) are concentric to the T'ranna area. Now you just outbid them & have 1st right of refusal the following season to renew/renegotiate etc. Mainly, you just cut into their market share.

Once you break the dam, it's over.
It'll only be a couple years before they look like Nascar uniforms.

 

[Frk It]

Once you break the dam, it's over.
It'll only be a couple years before they look like Nascar uniforms.

The EPL has had 1 exclusive sponsor on the jersey for awhile now, NBA has 1 sponsor on the jersey.

 

[MBH]

The EPL has had 1 exclusive sponsor on the jersey for awhile now, NBA has 1 sponsor on the jersey.

Wait and see.
It took 100 years for the first ad.

 

[JoesuffP]

That deal is terrible imo

 

[MBH]

Good deal for RNH.
A bit long. but you can't complain.
He's only 28. You're pretty darn good value on the front end here.
By the time he starts really slipping - year 5-6 - the cap should be rising. So at worst you're looking at 1-2 years of not liking the contract.