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 […]
Recently, the Vegas Golden Knights unveiled their third jersey that was rumoured to be unveiled years ago…*checks notes*…oh, sorry, earlier this year? Like, in January? Wasn’t January like a decade ago? Weird. Anyway, it’s been unveiled finally. And it’s gold. Very gold. Literally. But figuratively, is it gold? Keep reading to find out. Well, Vegas is […]
As we went through the prolonged 2019-20 season, we’ve been 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. And there’s always been one we’ve left out. Well today, it’s time for the Vegas Golden Knights to get […]
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: […]
Just over three years ago, the world was introduced to the name and visual identity for the NHL’s newest expansion team, and let’s just say it initially didn’t go as well as the front office folks probably would’ve liked… Technological difficulties aside, the name and logo were met with a hefty amount of skepticism and criticism, from […]
The NHL (along with every other sports league and person in the world) are currently operating in very uncertain times, to say the least. With the rapid spread of COVID-19 and subsequent cancellation or postponement of every major event or gathering, there’s been a lot of excellent reporting on the downstream impacts to both the […]
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 Western Conference Preview• […]
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? Click here to jump right down to the ranking themselves. What is a […]
