Toggle sidebar

OT: PWHL: Ottawa Charge

NyQuil

NyQuil

Big F$&*in Q
Jan 5, 2005
98,991
65,170
Ottawa, ON
Beech said:
PWHL OTTAWA

W otw otl L
8 1 6 9

9 wins, 15 loses

62 Goals for, 63 goals against

IT HAS GOT TO BE IN THE WATER.. we need to drain the Rideau canal, pour a few million gallons of bleach to clean the place out and then re-introduce water..

You can download water quality from the stations around the city. The analysis has 3-4 pages of stuff. The last page is radioactive material....20-30 items!!! eekkk. YOU FIGURE they have added another section?. "Losing at hockey particulates".. Or maybe "losing at hockey organics'..

We need to know this. Maybe there is a cure.

Remember the early 1990's when they would use water bombers to spray insecticide in California.. We could do the same. Heck, Agent Orange.. The contaminated areas north of Waterloo (where they manufactured the stuff) is still there. We can re-open the plants.

Bombardier makes water bombers.. We get two or three, load up 20-30 Agent Orange canisters and spray the area.

That could help!!

We went from one group of hapless hockey losers, to two! The PWHL batch is a hell of lot, cuter, though!!
Click to expand...

1715022351721.jpeg
 
Beech

Beech

Registered User
Nov 25, 2020
3,270
1,158
@BondraTime . I noticed the UMass rink where PWHL Boston plays has a goal line that is way further out. Pretty much like the NHL in the past.

Is the NCAA game still using those ice markings?

It looks so strange
 
Senscore

Senscore

Let's keep it cold
Nov 19, 2012
21,400
16,934
Very telling that amongst all the new awards the PWHL is handing out, we are the only team to have no nominations in any category.

In a six team league that's just embarrassing.
 
  • Like
Reactions: Tuna99
JimmySpaetzle

JimmySpaetzle

Registered User
May 16, 2014
1,289
1,313
Senscore said:

I'm not too deeply attentive to the finer dealings of the PWHL, but from this account it seems like we got f***ed over during the free agency period and are now looking down the barrel of an even worse season.

Classic Ottawa mismanagement bullshit.


Best attendance in the league and what do we get for it?
Click to expand...
GM seems to be completely incompetent lol I still don’t understand moving Adzija at all
 

Snowwy

Registered User
Jan 29, 2006
210
169
JimmySpaetzle said:
GM seems to be completely incompetent lol I still don’t understand moving Adzija at all
Click to expand...
Im not sure how I feel about the GM yet, but Adzija very clearly is not a meaningful player to me when you watch the games. She is a perfect player for the Ottawa fan base who tends to love the low skilled nice 4th line or 13th forward type of player. She had 6 points in her final 25 games of the season.
 
Flamingo

Flamingo

Registered User
Nov 13, 2008
8,008
2,162
Ottawa
Senscore said:

I'm not too deeply attentive to the finer dealings of the PWHL, but from this account it seems like we got f***ed over during the free agency period and are now looking down the barrel of an even worse season.

Classic Ottawa mismanagement bullshit.


Best attendance in the league and what do we get for it?
Click to expand...
Watts was never going to re-sign here. She resented not being treated like a start after having signed a $150,000/year contract in the Premier league. Not all of it was Ottawa's fault, she was available in the sixth round of the PWHL draft and they picked her. But she didn't like playing on the third line for the first half of the season. In Toronto, she's closer to her family, and is in tighter communication with Hockey Canada. When she left her apartment at the end of the season, she discarded all of her Ottawa team mementos.

Of note, Ottawa signed Rebecca Leslie today.
 
  • Like
Reactions: Snowwy
JimmySpaetzle

JimmySpaetzle

Registered User
May 16, 2014
1,289
1,313
Snowwy said:
Im not sure how I feel about the GM yet, but Adzija very clearly is not a meaningful player to me when you watch the games. She is a perfect player for the Ottawa fan base who tends to love the low skilled nice 4th line or 13th forward type of player. She had 6 points in her final 25 games of the season.
Click to expand...
She was a fan favourite in Ottawa’s first season, selling tickets is worth a lot to a franchise in its infancy
 
  • Like
Reactions: Bileur and Snowwy

Snowwy

Registered User
Jan 29, 2006
210
169
JimmySpaetzle said:
She was a fan favourite in Ottawa’s first season, selling tickets is worth a lot to a franchise in its infancy
Click to expand...
Selling tickets wasn’t an issue. I wouldn’t be surprised if she’s out of the league this year. Seems very nice but the level isn’t there.
 
Beech

Beech

Registered User
Nov 25, 2020
3,270
1,158
Dead of summer. NO Sens. No 67's. The Redblacks are not exactly the talk of the town.

It is not wise for the team to be active?

Like creating a buzz around a team name/nickname? New uniforms.

Having players here, doing appearances.

They would have the city all to themselves!!!!
 
Tnuoc Alucard

Tnuoc Alucard

🇨🇦🔑🧲✈️🎲🥅🎱🍟🥨🌗
Sep 23, 2015
8,297
1,974
Beech said:
Dead of summer. NO Sens. No 67's. The Redblacks are not exactly the talk of the town.

It is not wise for the team to be active?

Like creating a buzz around a team name/nickname? New uniforms.

Having players here, doing appearances.

They would have the city all to themselves!!!!
Click to expand...


Last year I questioned why the PWHL teams did not have “Nicknames” or team “Logos” and if this was a sign of poor organizational leadership at the league level…. And then the excuses came rolling in….”Not Enough time, had to be done the right way” and others.

I admittedly am not a follower of the local non named (still) team, and really wouldn’t be able to name a single players name….. So you make and EXCELLENT POINT, this league is freaking terrible at selling themselves, and if you go and do an internet Search, and can find the 2024/25 schedule, please let me know, as I could not.

I assume their season begins in October, but have no clue, it’s like they don’t have clue to, as you say, create any level of Buzz for the local team or the league.


Also, have they had enough time by now to Trademark and Register the team nicknames and create logos?

The team Merch should already be in the stores, and we should at least know the nicknames of the teams.


To me it just seems like a below minor league operation, and perhaps me and others see it that way, and is partially the reason there is no interest as it seems they’re not even trying to expand their fan base.
 

caymanmew

Registered User
May 18, 2014
1,909
148
Ottawa
Tnuoc Alucard said:
Last year I questioned why the PWHL teams did not have “Nicknames” or team “Logos” and if this was a sign of poor organizational leadership at the league level…. And then the excuses came rolling in….”Not Enough time, had to be done the right way” and others.

I admittedly am not a follower of the local non named (still) team, and really wouldn’t be able to name a single players name….. So you make and EXCELLENT POINT, this league is freaking terrible at selling themselves, and if you go and do an internet Search, and can find the 2024/25 schedule, please let me know, as I could not.

I assume their season begins in October, but have no clue, it’s like they don’t have clue to, as you say, create any level of Buzz for the local team or the league.


Also, have they had enough time by now to Trademark and Register the team nicknames and create logos?

The team Merch should already be in the stores, and we should at least know the nicknames of the teams.


To me it just seems like a below minor league operation, and perhaps me and others see it that way, and is partially the reason there is no interest as it seems they’re not even trying to expand their fan base.
Click to expand...

Season is starting in November iirc, team names and logo's in September. I do agree, their marketing is not great atm.
 
Senscore

Senscore

Let's keep it cold
Nov 19, 2012
21,400
16,934
Bileur said:
Underwhelmed? Straight up trash. One year to work on this and this is what they come up with?

I’ve seen dozens of random people on social media who design better logos than this.
Click to expand...

I'm trying to be optimistic and it's just not coming


Is it supposed to resemble a bear claw or something?
 
  • Like
Reactions: Bileur
Bileur

Bileur

Registered User
Jun 15, 2004
18,770
7,628
Ottawa
Senscore said:
I'm trying to be optimistic and it's just not coming


Is it supposed to resemble a bear claw or something?
Click to expand...

https://x.com/i/web/status/1833138917270237360

It’s just weird to go all in on an “electric charge” theme. Like why? How does this relate to Ottawa? This looks like something you’d get in a video game’s default create a team logos.

I didn’t like the RedBlacks name either but I thought they at least nailed the logo and colour scheme. Their explanation of the saw blade was good, with the lumberjack theme, mascot, alternate uniforms etc. all while tying in Ottawa history with the R.

Here, apparently going all in on the electric charge theme, we replace the classic Ottawa red, black, white colour scheme with red and yellow, which just makes the logo even more reminiscent of the Flames and Cavaliers.
 
Last edited:
  • Like
Reactions: DrEasy, RyCam and Senscore
AchtzehnBaby

AchtzehnBaby

Global Matador
Mar 28, 2013
15,476
9,329
Hazeldean Road
Bileur said:
https://x.com/i/web/status/1833138917270237360

It’s just weird to go all in on an “electric charge” theme. Like why? How does this relate to Ottawa? This looks like something you’d get in a video game’s default create a team logos.

I didn’t like the RedBlacks name either but I thought they at least nailed the logo and colour scheme. Their explanation of the saw blade was good, with the lumberjack theme, mascot, alternate uniforms etc. all while tying in Ottawa history with the R.

Here, apparently going all in on the electric charge theme, we replace the classic Ottawa red, black, white colour scheme with red and yellow, which just makes the logo even more reminiscent of the Flames and Cavaliers.
Click to expand...
Free charging for all EVs in the parking lot
 
  • Like
  • Haha
Reactions: Good in Osgoode, The Professional and Bileur
Bileur

Bileur

Registered User
Jun 15, 2004
18,770
7,628
Ottawa
Bileur said:
https://x.com/i/web/status/1833138917270237360

It’s just weird to go all in on an “electric charge” theme. Like why? How does this relate to Ottawa? This looks like something you’d get in a video game’s default create a team logos.

I didn’t like the RedBlacks name either but I thought they at least nailed the logo and colour scheme. Their explanation of the saw blade was good, with the lumberjack theme, mascot, alternate uniforms etc. all while tying in Ottawa history with the R.

Here, apparently going all in on the electric charge theme, we replace the classic Ottawa red, black, white colour scheme with red and yellow, which just makes the logo even more reminiscent of the Flames and Cavaliers.
Click to expand...

The cavaliers mention seems even more appropriate. Turns out the Charge is the name of their minor league affiliate:

https://x.com/i/web/status/1833154232880357780
 
You must log in or register to reply here.

Ad

Latest posts

Upcoming events

Ad

Ad

Top Bottom
X