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I can't unsee that the gradient on the Canucks one makes it look like a can of Sprite.

Minnesota's is really nice, almost feel like they should be wearing those full-time. That and the Avs/Nordiques mash-up are easily my favourites.

Coyotes' GM quit and it's gotten messy.

Put Nashville at the top of that list as well, they've done a great job building a fanbase in one the least traditional markets.

I guess Sockeyes would have required them to make some kind of a deal with a children's author? And apparently nothing ever really got started on that front. My preference was always graduating the Thunderbirds name from junior to pro but I never held out much hope. Colour scheme and the logo mark aren't bad at all. NHL is notorious over the span of decades for having no idea what is cool in the contemporary sense. But recent stuff like Gritty and the Vegas ice shows have played out better than expected after getting dragged really early on. So maybe the team will figure out a way to

Good news for Detroit is they've already got terrific odds on 1st overall next year.

The split between Central & Pacific teams balances out in the West this way. The Eastern half would just require one Metro division team (probably Carolina) to slide over to the Atlantic. I like the round robin idea and think you don't even need the best of 3 play-in series if you just cut the bottom 2 from each pool of six after the group stage. Seed based on round robin record and goals for and you've got a fair bracket of 16. Very torn on the season continuing at all because while I really would like to watch new hockey, I am not fully convinced on the safety of it all. I doub

In my young lion phase, we’ll say.

Bit the bullet, grabbed the game & discounted DLC and put Windows on my iMac. Currently trying to get my button timing back, it’s been probably five years since I picked up FPR and I suck right now 😕

Tons of good forwards left over, so this felt like the hardest pick yet. C Joe Thornton @Malenko

Jonathan Huberdeau @Maxx

D Jake Muzzin @Malenko

First time my next pick was snapped up right before I could grab them... LW/C Ryan Nugent-Hopkins @Maxx

LW Nikolaj Ehlers @Malenko

D Mikhail Sergachev @Maxx