Avenging A Loss

The 2007 Mastercard Memorial Cup is over, and the host team has won the Cup for the second year in a row. The Vancouver Giants avenged the loss to the Medicine Hat Tigers in the WHL Championships by defeating those Tigers 3-1 to capture the Memorial Cup. Congratulations are in order for the Giants who defeated the Plymouth Whalers on Friday night to advance to the Finals, and then defeated the Tigers to capture the Memorial Cup. Kudos to the Giants, and to Don Hay's coaching staff.

The problem I had when watching the games in this year's Memorial Cup was the Rbk logo on the left shoulder. It significantly affects the placement of the captain's "C" and the assistant captain's "A". The Rbk logo makes the appearance of the letters to be much further down than where they are on NHL jerseys. They might be slightly lower, but the Rbk logo causes the optical illusion of the letters looking like they are out of place. Quite frankly, it bothered me.

Why does this mean anything? As you know, the Rbk Edge Uniform System is coming into play next season in the NHL. If the NHL allows Rbk Hockey to slap their logo on the front of the jersey in the same spot, I'll be ticked. NHL hockey has, for the most part, been advertisement free. CCM and Nike changed that slightly when they added their logos for CCM and KOHO and the Swoosh under the neckline, respectively. If Reebok puts their logo on the front of the jersey, they are following Nike/Bauer Hockey's lead with a logo on the front. And we all know how Reebok would never copy Nike's lead on anything, right?

Here's hoping Rbk Hockey doesn't screw this up.
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The Stanley Cup Finals start tomorrow night, and I'll have a full preview of the two teams in the Final posted tomorrow. And I'll post my Stanley Cup winner as well. I'll also toss out the Conn Smythe Trophy winner just for kicks. Until then, keep your sticks on the ice!