Canadiens announce RBC as first official game jersey partner

[BenchBrawl]

f*** them all

 

[expy]

It looks disgusting. I definitely will not be buying anything with that rbc logo on it.

They won't be on official merchandise.

 

[417]

This is a fair point. Goes both ways. But I think the Canadiens's image >>> RBC (or any bank). At least for now.

Or maybe Royal Bank of Canada is the Montreal Canadiens of Financial Institutions?

*ducks for cover*

And the controversy has already begun: Greenpeace asks fans to paint RBC logos on new Habs jerseys black

lol that's cute...because Greenpeace could never be accused of exploiting "scandals" for their own benefit.

 

[Dach Vader]

I hate RBC.

 

[417]

I hate RBC.

Waiting to hear back from them about my mortgage so I love them.

cc @RBC

 

[OpenIceHit]

I hate this. As if they weren’t making enough money already. But hey, it’s business and they can do whatever they want with their sport team.

 

[417]

I hate this. As if they weren’t making enough money already. But hey, it’s business and they can do whatever they want with their sport team.

There's only 1 thing people who have a lot of money, love more than money.

Making more of it.

 

[McGees]

Well if this helps league revenues increase, it will invariably lead to an increased salary cap, which is what all fans claim to want to see.

I’ve never seen ‘a higher cap’ on a fans wish list …again except for desperate Leaf fans.

 

[417]

I’ve never seen ‘a higher cap’ on a fans wish list …again except for desperate Leaf fans.

Wait...so you haven't seen fans/media complaining about the fact the cap has essentially been at the same point for the last 3 years?

The whole "flat cap" thing is a figment of my imagination?

No one is ever talking about "well when the cap rises in 2 years, we can do _______(insert roster move there)"?

 

[dkd]

Disgusting looking on the jersey *pukeemoji*

 

[OldCraig71]

Re-Building Canadiens.

 

[Frankenheimer]

Dude, I don't feel the need to write a novel explaining why something this trivial doesn't matter. You get trivial responses because the issue is practically meaningless.

At the end of the day, this makes no meaningful difference in the quality of someone's day to day life. Everyone will survive this change, as they did when they added logos to the boards, or on the helmets.

Nobody, other than you, has made the argument that we won’t survive. Pretty sad, huh? You’re all by yourself arguing against a point nobody has made.

But the good news is that Eric Engels has taken up your side of the argument, so you’re in excellent company.

 

[McGees]

Wait...so you haven't seen fans/media complaining about the fact the cap has essentially been at the same point for the last 3 years?

The whole "flat cap" thing is a figment of my imagination?

No one is ever talking about "well when the cap rises in 2 years, we can do _______(insert roster move there)"?

Ya true I guess some people have

 

[Frankenheimer]

Well if this helps league revenues increase, it will invariably lead to an increased salary cap, which is what all fans claim to want to see.

It’s all proportional. It’s not like the league is going to draw from a new pool of talent by paying higher salaries. The NHL already has the monopoly and the players are already decently paid. If this were some trade off for lowering ticket prices, fine, but it’s actually to line the pockets of millionaires.

 

[Treb]

(MOD)


Youthful naivety

I predicted this would happen when they put the ad on the helmets, so, so far I'm right.

Call me when it happens.

 

[JianYang]

It’s all proportional. It’s not like the league is going to draw from a new pool of talent by paying higher salaries. The NHL already has the monopoly and the players are already decently paid. If this were some trade off for lowering ticket prices, fine, but it’s actually to line the pockets of millionaires.

Thats the name of the game though, and it's never changed.

Billionaires didn't become billionaires by being satisfied with a certain degree of wealth.

 

[417]

It’s all proportional. It’s not like the league is going to draw from a new pool of talent by paying higher salaries. The NHL already has the monopoly and the players are already decently paid. If this were some trade off for lowering ticket prices, fine, but it’s actually to line the pockets of millionaires.

I'm not sure why we're arguing whether or not increased revenues for the league which leads to an increased salary cap, which leads to high salaries

Is a good thing for the owners, players and fans.

 

[Andy]

Nobody, other than you, has made the argument that we won’t survive. Pretty sad, huh? You’re all by yourself arguing against a point nobody has made.

But the good news is that Eric Engels has taken up your side of the argument, so you’re in excellent company.

i didnt say you wouldnt survive. I said despite the addition, everyone will survive another day.

 

[417]

i didnt say you wouldnt survive. I said despite the addition, everyone will survive another day.

It's been an emotional day man

I even forgot we got a new captain

 

[haseoke39]

Wait...so you haven't seen fans/media complaining about the fact the cap has essentially been at the same point for the last 3 years?

The whole "flat cap" thing is a figment of my imagination?

No one is ever talking about "well when the cap rises in 2 years, we can do _______(insert roster move there)"?

It's a meaningless thing. No team really benefits from a higher cap. It just makes it easier to do lazy thinking. If the cap dropped by 50%, you'd have the same odds at the cup. Work more efficiently with the same constraint everybody has, because if you can't do that now, you won't do it with a higher cap.

 

[Frankenheimer]

I'm not sure why we're arguing whether or not increased revenues for the league which leads to an increased salary cap, which leads to high salaries

Is a good thing for the owners, players and fans.

Why? I was happier when there was no cap, salaries weren’t as high, when I could walk to the forum and buy a ticket for 10bucks and the Habs were winning cups. You sound like Bettman.

 

[Lshap]

It amazes me how people think that narrating the logic of capitalism is somehow an argument for anything as opposed to having a principle of some kind. RBC just pissed all over your favorite jersey and your reaction is “this is all just a normal consequence of the economic system I’ve been born into, so, I guess I should accept it and allocate my emotional ressources to more important matters and also let others know that they must not react negatively to the actions of our corporate overlords”. Great take man. Just beautiful.

I'm sincerely curious what power RBC – or any advertiser – gains by displaying their logo? I see passive brand-awareness; you obviously see something more insidious since you used the term "Corporate overlords".

 

[General Fanager]

Im not gonna lie i don't like the looks of it on the jersey. But hey its a business. Go make some money.....

 

[Frankenheimer]

i didnt say you wouldnt survive. I said despite the addition, everyone will survive another day.

I didn’t say you would die, I simply said you wouldn’t live. Why doesn’t anybody understand me!

 

[OldCraig71]

This thread is as busy as a GDT.