Following the popularity of the league-wide Reverse Retro jersey series, Adidas came back strong with a limited set of retail throwback sweaters titled “Team Classics,” slightly re-imagined fan favorites from six teams’ histories. • More: HbyD Roundtable: Reverse Retro Jerseys• More: HbyD Gifs: Reverse Retro Jerseys “Team style in the NHL never stands still,” the Adidas product pages state. […]
Phew, this off-season was a roller coaster when it came to goalies trading teams, which for us, means a slew of new masks to review. Even the goaltenders who tend to stick with the same traditional themes will be forced out of their comfort zone with something new. With just about a month to go […]
In a David-versus-Goliath match up in the most literal sense, the defending Stanley Cup champion Lightning are facing the 16th seeded Canadiens in a Cup final that literally no one saw coming. View this post on Instagram A post shared by MoneyPuck.com (@moneypuckdotcom) View this post on Instagram A post shared by MoneyPuck.com (@moneypuckdotcom) Despite the Carey […]
After an opening round of both hard-fought upsets and surprising sweeps, we’re on to round 2 and one step closer to crowning another Bucket Bracket Champion. • More: The 2021 Bucket Bracket Showdown: Round 1 You know the drill – we’re going to take a look at each presumed* starting goaltender’s bucket (*presumed, so don’t yell at […]
What started as a 24-team field is now down to eight, which means we no longer get all day hockey marathons, and frankly I’m a little bummed about it. One perk of this chaotic format though is that without the usual logistics-juggling of arena availability, travel and ticket sales, we were able to dive directly […]
Well, the superior visual brands had a rough go in the first round, going 2-for-8, with just two biggest upsets – Montreal and Chicago – correctly predicted. To be fair, some of them were extremely close calls, but let’s hope the better(-looking) franchises do a bit better in the second round Round of 16. • More: NHL Playoffs 2020: […]
As we go through the 2019-20 season, we’ll be updating all of the Worst to First Jersey posts every Monday, as almost all the teams in the league have unveiled new jerseys since their original posts. We’ll start with the ones most needing updating and work our way through the league. Today, it’s time for […]
The Conference Finals gave superior branding a perfect 2-for-2, which brings us to 9-for-14 through three rounds. With only one more match-up to go, branding is guaranteed an above .500 success rate, which is probably more than you can say for your own bracket (myself included). Let’s see who we’ve got in the Finals. • […]
This is it, the definitive (and only) power rankings for NHL team brands. And it’s based on more than just a subjective opinion about each team – there’s actual math/science/statistics behind it. For those interested, I’ll outline how the rankings were calculated. Don’t care? What is a Brand? First, a little bit about branding. There’s a […]
The 2018-19 season is fast approaching, and new masks are starting to be unveiled. We’ll be breaking down the newest bucket art from across the league and grading the designs according to style, legibility, composition and branding (if you’ve read the Bucket Bracket Showdowns, you know the drill). • More: HbD Masks: 2017-18 Eastern Conference Preview• […]
