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Good god, people are treating game one as if the ******* Holocaust happened on ice. People need to take some deep breaths and ease up a bit. There are some pretty different lineups on offense and while at moments like on the second goal it clicked, the pairings and chemistry are something that need to be tinkered with, especially with many of the big players having missed sizeable chunks of the preseason. Even Flames fans aren't raining as much verbal fire and brimstone as people here are about the wings, and the Flames performed worse at virtually all aspects of play than the Wings did. Just chill the f*** OUT.

That's damn impressive that they managed to make a jersey centered around a garbage can logo look good.

High-FIVE

Only time I've really seen that in a long while has been more for ceremonial presentation than anything else, like when Obama and Biden were given Wings jerseys with 08 numbering a little while ago. Don't, they feel inexcusably cheaply made. Look around for a pre-EDGE CCM replica, they're much better quality and they're quite a bit cheaper now, and they're obviously the same design anyway.

I also can't get over how ironically appropriate the placement of TAMPA BAY is.

Finger's foot is injured. God, that never fails to crack me up.

Partially that, partially idolization, partially people aren't likely to shell out money for a whole roster of replica jerseys, especially with the Wings' uniform remaining unchanged for so long. I myself have one away (Lids) and one home (which I finally got Zats numbers on after ages of remaining blank) and unless there's a Winter Classic vintage one-off I don't really have much of a reason to shell out more money for what I essentially already own.

Aaah I see what you're getting at. I concur with that, then. The beautifully frustrating thing is, I don't even need to design one from scratch. If they simply went back to this remodeled for the EDGE cut and maybe some variation on the sleeve striping it'd be a million times better than the basketball-meets-hulkmania look they were apparently going for.

At this rate I'll be ecstatic over the unveiling of ANY jersey that isn't just some freaking wordmark cop-out. Wordmark-orientated jerseys automatically suck, this is an almost universal given. It wasn't even imaginative when Dallas got this ball rolling, much less when it's being done in the second, third, fourth incarnation of the exact same thing repackaged in slightly different fonts.

I'm not saying it is. But christ, how many teams need to do this team-name-with-numbers-on-the-front scheme? It wasn't particularly clever or imaginative when the Stars started the trend, and it sure isn't getting any better with second, third, and fourth incarnations of the exact same thing packaged into different fonts. It's like they aren't even trying anymore. I don't know if you're referencing a vintage jersey here or what. If not I sure hope it stays that way, if so I'm sure glad they got rid of it.

The guy put out similar leaks for Boston, St. Louis, and most recently Atlanta and all of them ended up being accurate, so by now I'm willing to put faith in the track record. Plus it's corroborated by the description of the jersey. I'd bet good money that for all intents and purposes, this is what the Lightning's third will be.

Maaaaaaan I can't wait to see that first line in action.

Would they wear 3rd jerseys when away?

You're probably not gonna be happy with the Winter Classic, then :X

I think it might be an elaborate ploy to increase attendance for the team, people will go mistakenly thinking they're at a Hawks game.

They should have gone back to their earlier dark-blue home jerseys with the alternate logo, those looked great. God, every time I look at it I find something new to hate. Are those numbers stitched onto the GLOVES?! Is that something that's always been around that I've just missed? How many places do you really need your number placed, it's like he's a numeric-obsessed NASCAR driver.

I'd pay good money to watch an orchestra of zambonis coordinating horn honking to the tune of The Good Old Hockey Game. In fact, that's what they should do during intermission at the All-Star Game. Screw the c-list rock bands and hip-hop artists. Wouldn't it be so freaking awesome having a zamboni from every team brought on the ice for a GOHG singalong?

I've always thought the Sabres' original logo looked horrendous, so I hate how they constantly revert back to it. The Oilers 3rds look great, it's what their regular uniform SHOULD be. Expect lots more football-on-ice huge-numbers-on-the-front jerseys coming up, though, ugh. Apparently the lightning, senators, and thrashers are jumping the bandwagon this season, and if the leaks for the latter are accurate they're gonna look like shiiiiiiiiit...

Honestly, I completely forgot about him after he finally selected his team.

At this rate they'll be replacing nets with end zones in a few years. If I wanted football I'd *WATCH* football. Also, #2 reminds me of Eragon: pretty impressive that a 13-year old wrote it, but at the end of the day the composition fails to impress me. #5 is probably my favourite out of these selections but frankly they should just use The Good Old Hockey Game instead of dragging out this charade.

I have, and I thought Farve was totally classless to completely change his mind and expect the entire franchise to automatically bow to his will when they already committed to move on without him. It's the sports equivalent of a spoiled rock star demanding a bowl of M&Ms with all the green ones picked out by hand. If I was so indecisive as to quit and rejoin a job within weeks, I'd probably be out of a ******* job. Why should Farve have expected anything less?

He still stands for what it means to be captain more than Pronger ever will, at least.

I'm not voting in the competition out of protest for the criminal exclusion of Hockey Scores from the final stage of the competition. GOD BLESS HOCKY

Eleventh Hour sounds more like Monday Night Football than Hockey Night in Canada.

Obviously really early to tell, but Satan looked kinda iffy in today's game.