The best NHL dressing rooms - and those most in need of a facelift

[Hockeyfan2390]

Pretty amazing to me that this is better than at least 1/3 of NHL dressing rooms today.

 

[TheNumber4]

After reading the entire thread taking in everyone’s opinions and studying all 32 locker rooms in detail. I think it’s safe to say the Oilers have the consensus nicest dressing room in the League.

 

[zar]

This is a great vid of the entire Oilers dressing room.

 

[PhysicalGraffiti]

There's 2 shelves and a bunch of hooks in the room proper

The Oilers home room itself is inter-connected to a pretty huge complex of facilities including:
- equipment maintenance area
- equipment storage (with museum-like giant sliding shelves)... perhaps some extra active-player equipment can be stashed here... not just new stuff
- medical area incl. a hydrotherapy area (see pic)
- massive fitness areas with natural light (it's a big weight room and another functional training area with a turf surface and mini-rink for shooting pucks)
- players lounge (watch the YT vid of Kevin Smith meeting Nurse and they're in this lounge)
- video room is like a small theater w/ 3 rows (see pic)
- besides the main sheet, there is a "Downtown Community Arena" attached where the team can also practice/skate (see pic)

Actually tough to find good pics, most exist from the early media tours when it opened.

Can get full of stuff:

Helmets & elbows can go on the upper shelf, skates have hooks up there too:

Hydrotherapy:

DCA surface:

Hard to find a good pic/vid of the fitness area:

video: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmo...bouchard-kailer-yamamoto-ethan-bear-1.4813510

Team video room:

McDavid always looks like he just got hit in the head. Has no one taught him how to smile or look like he's happy?

Aside from that, some of these seem pretty narrow. I'd think NHL guys would have way more room than I do in beer league.

 

[Straight Fire]

Lots of really nice dressing rooms, indeed Calgary def needs a new one.

Logos on the floor or like the Leafs where they tie their skates seems odd. Kind of like a flag on the ground or spreading grandma's ashes in front of your toilet.

 

[Ceremony]

I see the new Avalanche dressing room hasn't been posted.

Old:

New:



The ceiling was apparently installed freehand:

 

[Sam de Mtl]

Nashville recently underwent an upgrade...

Before:

After:

My god.

The previous one was better. Way to spend that money though.

The CBJ went from this last season to this

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Another terrible re-do. Why should the players constantly get blasted by screens? Do they not want them to sleep well after the game?

 

[Chainshot]

I wanna see a triangle and maybe even a hexagon before I can make a personal conclusion.

A dodecahedron please.

 

[Tufted Titmouse]

The Oilers one is glorious but also feels a little gaudy.

 

[Jersey Fresh]

New Jersey Devils

Before:

After:

Need to get rid of that drop ceiling. Just looks cheap.

 

[GeeoffBrown]

I see the new Avalanche dressing room hasn't been posted.

Old:
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New:



The ceiling was apparently installed freehand:

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I kinda like the old one better. That ice rink rug is top tier

 

[zar]

I see the new Avalanche dressing room hasn't been posted.

Old:
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New:



The ceiling was apparently installed freehand:

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I generally prefer straight lines and squared designs but when it come to a team dressing room, round/oval is 100% the way to go. Having an oval/round room is probably a conscious psychological design.

I also prefer the team logo on the ceiling rather than the floor.

I like the new design.

 

[Scomerica]

 

[Leafidelity]

Not really sure what everyone loves so much about the Oilers room? For me the high ceiling lends itself more to a retail outlet than a dressing room.

 

[2014nyr]

Vancouver's dressing room looks very cool.

they should be dressing in the visitors room until further notice

 

[Jumptheshark]

A recent survey of NHL players rating the top visiting dressing rooms:

Edmonton Oilers: 40% Vegas Golden Knights: 28% Detroit Red Wings: 20% Minnesota Wild: 12%

With the worst visiting dressing rooms:

Washington Capitals: 42% Boston Bruins: 34% Carolina Hurricanes: 18% New York Islanders: 4% Florida Panthers: 2%

I think arizona now has the worst

Not really sure what everyone loves so much about the Oilers room? For me the high ceiling lends itself more to a retail outlet than a dressing room.

colour me shocked a leaf fans does not like something when told some people like something more than theirs

 

[DanT]

I think arizona now has the worst

 

[Leafidelity]

I think arizona now has the worst


colour me shocked a leaf fans does not like something when told some people like something more than theirs

There's that Edmonton inferiority complex... could you point out where I mentioned the Toronto dressing room?

Personally, I think Detroit got it right. Its an intimate room, not a cavern.

 

[Mickey Marner]

Damn, McBain doesn’t even get hooks or a shelf.

 

[Crede777]

Another terrible re-do. Why should the players constantly get blasted by screens? Do they not want them to sleep well after the game?

I can't speak for other teams, but the Jackets players were heavily involved in designing the new lockerroom. So this is apparently what the players wanted.

 

[Hockeyfan2390]

San Jose - definitely needing a renovation.

 

[Hockeyfan2390]

The Flyers upgraded theirs in a big way, finally.

Before:

After:

 

[Drytoast]

Go ahead and chalk up the recently rennovated Sabres dressing room among the best; looking like the inside of the Starship Enterprise:

That's slick but that logo in the middle shouldn't be angled as it's not visible by half the room.

 

[MCR74]

The Coyotes settled in my former high school? I didn't know that.

 

[Drytoast]

Carolina for me is a mix between plain and looking good.

That carpet looks like a blood splot.