The Wales and Campbell Conference logos are two that I’ve been mulling over for months.
FUN FACT: With the one-year anniversary of Foogos only a week away, I just want to say that it was my goal to make six – SIX! – hockey logos from food in all of 2011. The official number is closer to 75.
And now that the NHL has opted for a new four conference realignment, I will hopefully be able to add four new conference logos to that list. As Carlito would say, now that’s cool.
I gotta admit, I love love love the possibilities for this new format. In the homogenous world of sports, everything about this just feels fresh.
Some thoughts:
If you’re a Devils, Senators, or Jets fan, you might as well kiss the playoffs goodbye for a good three seasons.
The rumor (or rumour) is that after the divisional wars of attrition we’re bound to see in the first two rounds of every playoff season (Flyers, Rangers, Penguins, Capitals oh my!), is that the remaining four teams will be reseeded according to their regular season point totals. And that, in turn, means you could see a Stanley Cup Finals that pits the Philadelphia Flyers against the Montreal Canadiens, or the New York Rangers vs Boston Bruins. If this was 1997, everyone on Earth would kill for a Detroit Red Wings vs Colorado Avalanche Finals… and it could happen.
People rag on Gary Bettman like no tomorrow. There is no way he is anything but the most hated commissioner in North American sports. But between this realignment, getting away from ESPN – all the ESPN apologists need to get over it; the network treated the NHL like a 3rd class citizen for years, no reason to think that would ever change – and the Winter Classic, I’m almost okay with him. Ditch the geographic division names for Malinowski, Billington, Zalapski and Beers and we’re all square.
I might even make a Gary Bettman Foogos. And it won’t be out of baby food!