Post a pic of your team's arena banners

[LV*]

If you don't know what Legends row is, you have to check it out: http://mapleleafs.nhl.com/v2/ext/legendsrow/

 

[Vesa Awesaka]

dont the leafs have one for some rock star or something ? lol

 

[LV*]

dont the leafs have one for some rock star or something ? lol

Not a banner, its a plaque.

edit: wait

 

[Microsens]

One of the things I love about visiting other arenas is enjoying the history of the franchise, usually told through banners. Post yours, I'd love to see em.

Ottawa's:

Fraud.

 

[HydroF]

Wow, I didn't know Ottawa hung banners for the original Senators. Not sure what to think about that.

 

[Vesa Awesaka]

Wow, I didn't know Ottawa hung banners for the original Senators. Not sure what to think about that.

imo they are worth putting up to honor that senators team. Also worth having some way to honor finnigan. No other place can really do it except the hockey arena.


If you feel they mean nothing about this iteration of the senators franchise thats fine but in a country where hockey is so important might as well honor some of the greatest teams in history.

 

[saskriders]

Wow, I didn't know Ottawa hung banners for the original Senators. Not sure what to think about that.

I have no problem with it seeing as the team played in the same city.

To me it makes a lot more sense than Dallas having North Star's players banners

 

[Microsens]

I have no problem with it seeing as the team played in the same city.

To me it makes a lot more sense than Dallas having North Star's players banners

Should Montreal add 31 banners then?

 

[hisgirlfriday]

Wow, I didn't know Ottawa hung banners for the original Senators. Not sure what to think about that.

Nothing wrong with it IMO. Makes a lot more sense than the franchises that keep another city's history.

 

[hisgirlfriday]

Should Montreal add 31 banners then?

I don't have a problem if they add banners for defunct Montreal teams in their arena. It's no different than the banner they have the for the Expos.

And when Seattle gets a team, I hope they put up a banner for the Seattle Metropolitans.

 

[spintheblackcircle]

 

[HydroF]

imo they are worth putting up to honor that senators team. Also worth having some way to honor finnigan. No other place can really do it except the hockey arena.


If you feel they mean nothing about this iteration of the senators franchise thats fine but in a country where hockey is so important might as well honor some of the greatest teams in history.

I get it, I mean the new senators framed things not just as ¨ottawa needs a team again¨ but rather as ¨bring back the senators.¨ Since the franchise disbanded so quickly after leaving ottawa, its not like anyone else has any claim to that history. On the one hand, it is like the return of the senators so that history should certainly be acknowledged, on the other hand though, hanging banners seems to be claiming a bit too much connection, since ultimately it is a different franchise who played in the same city decades prior who the owners of the 90s just chose to take the same name as.

 

[These Are The Days]

I have no issue with the Sens honoring the past and hanging up those banners. Even if it WAS 100 years ago. You gotta take into account that despite the Challenge Cup era being often overlooked, it's how professional hockey really got it's start.

Even if it offers merely the illusion of prestige, the fact is that once upon a time the Ottawa hockey club was among the best that the old leagues had to offer. I really do believe that at the time no one would've had words if these banners commemorating their success were hanging from the rafters of the old arenas. If you'd honor it then you ought to honor it now.

 

[saskriders]

Should Montreal add 31 banners then?

Not for teams they were competing against, but other than that I don't care how many they put up.

 

[Lshap]

Sadly, the Maple Leafs had their originals sold

Must admit those are really nice!

 

[Captain Mittens*]

Lol!

 

[Habs76]

Must admit those are really nice!

Too bad they're so old

I kid, I kid

 

[DonskoiDonscored]

lol

 

[Machinehead]

We might have the fewest Cups of the o6, but dammit we've got Elton John!

 

[Kraniumm]

Montreal's makes it look like a place of worship. (as it should be) Top-notch.

Detroit is great, too.

And I dig that Ottawa honours their hockey history. It is a Good Thing.™

 

[wingnutks]

We might have the fewest Cups of the o6, but dammit we've got Elton John!

pssshhhh

 

[Hoek]

I feel the Senators should have combined all of the previous franchises banners into one banner. It should be a nod to their history, not a substantial claim of it as their own.

 

[TrueBlue9]

We might have the fewest Cups of the o6, but dammit we've got Elton John!

and the best damn ceiling in sports!

 

[BackToTheBasics]

Still lacking one banner. Hopefully it'll be there by October 2015.

 

[GiveAFlyingPuck]

It's lonely up there all by itself.