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Hopefully it'll be just a small skinny banner of words on back under the number like where the Bingle banner is in your picture but shorter rectangle, I'd hate anything with advertiser logos. Anything on front even in corners like where the Jeep and AFL are above - it not too bad in those sweaters above because there no team logo unlike hockey. The CFL ads on their jerseys are like the Jeep and AFL, and it not too bad either - but because hockey teams have big logos on fronts, anything that distracts from the team logo and the Captain and Assistant Captain letters are unacceptable for me.

I'm disgusted with this too, cheapens hockey, the helmet ads were bad enough - NHL keeps finding ways to sell out

Yeah, Boston would've been nice place for his last few years.

Florida making all the right moves this off season

Personally, I don't really care that he doesn't want to pay or care for his kids or girls, we don't know what goes on in personal relationships - only thing I care about is if he bet on his own games because that puts the integrity of the game into disrepute. The integrity of the player means nothing to me, he has the right to be an asshole if he want.

Haha, well...he not that bad, for a tougher middleweight I like him over some of the others we have that don't okay as physical - like Lievo and Nordstrom Frose, all way cheaper but for the price I like both brothers on same team.

Reinhart for a 1st and goalie

1. Sutter 2. Ritchie Sutter for 1.25M and Richie for 2.5M especially good deals we missed out on...

Haha yeah with everything all the speculation is just that, but yeah he brought you guys 2 Cups so was time to make him richer. For me I like his size and speed and toughness like you said, and I do agree we overpaid by around the amount like you said - but it seems to me that price have gone up for all the free agents, looks like most of the big signings are way more than anyone in the media suspected. Tampa losing many key players, can't wait till season starts to see what'll be left and what they add too. It what you said in other thread, Florida adding alot, hopefully Tampa can keep up!

Zadorov is a good choice too, he's big and physical just the type that fits with Sutter coaching plan, and didn't cost too much too

Even though it seems expensive for Coleman and too many years, this will help us right away - I like this and it's a good start to build better team for Sutter to coach

Don't let that get back to any of the owners

Faaak...was hoping Reinhart would land in Calgary somehow... Totally agree with you that Florida is getting significantly better with each move they make, this is a prime example - and like @Brewin Flamessaid above, they already have so many of the top draft picks of recent years, including our Sam Bennett. Yeah I totally believe they a Cup contender now

Hopefully we can get him back next year though we his contact ends...

Other picks look good too, LW William Stromgren, C Cole Huckins, D Cameron Whynot.

Seems like a good pick, anyone called The Bison is what we want in a player, saw his interview and he tries to model himself after Braydon Point so that definitely a good sign

Tweaking things with the intention of fixing a broken system is good, but don't you think that even after the changes you mentioned, both sides will still find ways and loopholes that will make one side complain that more tweaking is still needed to avoid bad deals? I think most salary regulations have to removed and let the free market punish both sides for bad deals. If teams can't control themselves giving lifetime contacts then let them go bankrupt.

Totally agree with everything you said about hockey is a business not a game, and also about work for pay etc. I'd just rather not have these caps and taxes and let owners make bad deals that hurt their teams, because it usually the richest teams that make these bad deals - and as a Calgary fan when other teams make bad deals it help us in Calgary Also thorough I understand that players have to be greedy and get as much pay as possible like lifetime deals that pay them into old age pension haha, I don't blame them at all for making owners look dumb - owners don't have to be dumb but they always choose to be, and personally I don't care if owners are dumb paying too much, and I don't care if players are dumb play for free either if they agreed to under contract or not.

Totally agree with what you said. I just meant that I don't care if owners make stupid deals that benefit players.

I like this alot

Seattle made good picks and very conservative didn't take any expensive contacts that seemed obvious to take and even didn't take contracts that were pretty reasonable either - such as Domi and Holtby... Picks they took especially on defense were solid, and I like the Gourde and Appleton and Tanev and Donskoi picks too. I wonder why they didn't take a veteran goalie like Holtby that want too expensive, Drieger is ok but for another million a year I'd rather have Holtby. Not taking Domi is odd too, I think Seattle has to get more forwards because just relying on their defense doesn't seem very promising.

Can't wait for hockey season to start

I agree with what you saying about nobody owes anyone anything, least of all owners don't owe players a lifetime deal nor do players want to be paid less than the maximum they can get. We can compare players to roofers, but we all know that roofers are in less demand than players, so players will be able to command a higher price based on what it will cost to get another player of similar value. Personally, I rather just abolish all the salary cap rules etc, and let them all make up whatever contact they like - if you want to play for free then good for you, if you want to bankrupt your team then good for you too.

I say don't protect any, let the free market reign and let teams keep paying for dumb contacts. If players can get set for life, good for them. If owners can get players for under market value, good for them. Makes more sense than inventing all these rules that lawyers find loopholes around anyways.