If there is one thing I’d like to do is find a DeLorean hidden behind a large billboard for a future subdivision just outside of town, go back to, say, the second decade of the 20th-century and talk to whoever was behind this logo, which was created for the Canadian Athletic Club in 1913. And since then, […]
Wow. A lot of you really hate the Penguins’ logo (or you’re all Flyers and Capitals fans). So, I nickname this post “The Great Defence”. If you’re one of the many people reading this who think the Penguins have no right being placed this high, I’m going to go all Scott Stevens on you. Imagine […]
Another Original Six team comes in at #7. The Blackhawks’ logo rivals that of Toronto’s logo in being truly iconic to hockey, existing in some form or another since 1927. It’s been revised four times in its existence. It went from this is 1927, to this in 1935, to this in 1937, to this in 1955, to this in 1964 when it looks like they […]
Toronto. Winner of 13 Stanley Cups. One of the two most-storied franchises in the NHL. One of the Original Six teams. The ‘Centre of the Hockey Universe’. The most valuable franchise in the league. Arguably hockey’s most rabid fan base with the most scrutinizing media. I mentioned during the Rangers’ post that separating history and legacy from a logo design is […]
That’s Raffi Torres in the image above, yelling at his teammates, “What the bloody blazes are we doing this high in the BTLNHL countdown?!” Because “bloody blazes” seems like something Raffi Torres would say. Well Raffi, it’s because that’s a pretty nice design you’re wearing, and I’m not talking about your tattoos. Like the Canucks in the last […]
Oh boy, here we go. If you read my Calgary Flames post and the comments that followed it, you know I love the Canucks and I’m going to have to defend placing the Canucks so high in these standings. But, let’s be honest, 10th isn’t really that high, is it? In elementary school, you’d only get a participant ribbon for coming […]
In 11th place, we’re heading back to the province of Alberta. But unlike the 13th placed Flames, in which I spilled my heart and allegiances to the Canucks as a preface to the reasoning of their placing, I don’t hate the Oilers. I hated them in the ’80s, but that was back when the Canucks were […]
First of all, I apologize for the gap between this post and the last one. But I hope that, like Heinz ketchup, the anticipation is worth it. The Original Six. The holy grouping of hockey. After the Brooklyn Americans folded in 1942, there would be only the same 6 teams in the entire NHL for the […]
Let me preface the Flames’ entry in the BTLNHL with a little something. I am a Canucks fan. I generally dislike anything to do with the Flames, and I have been trained to think like that almost my entire life. I loved 1994. I hated 1989 and 2004. I tried my absolute best to not let my personal preferences […]
Bob: Okay, we’ve got this hockey team, and we have to make a logo for them. Any ideas? Lucy: What’s the team called? Bob: The Buffalo Sabres. Lucy: How about a buffalo with some sabres? Bob: I like your thinking! Okay, so the Sabres don’t have the most creative, ingenuous or outside-the-box-thinking logo, but that’s […]
