Anaheim Ducks (0-0-0) at Buffalo Sabres (0-0-0), 10 am
Anaheim Calling and Die By The Blade -- Hell's Linky.
As you all know I've been doing a late summer series re-designing logos for SBN's hockey blogs, and I've purposefully left the Buffalo Sabres and the New York Rangers blogs off the to-do list. Not because I had any incredible ideas for them or anything, but I figured with back-to-back morning starts it'd give me something usable to post for the first two gamedays.
So to kick of this Finnish season-starter, here's the logo I drew up for SBN's Sabres blog:
This logo's gimmick could have been better, but I was pretty determined to feature Buffalo's lingering (and rightful) anger about Brett Hull's skate somewhere in the logo, so I had the blade-wielder go on an angry message-carving rampage. I like the idea that he scratched cartoon-swear marks instead of actually swearing, though -- that's some solid self-control right there. :)
Once again, the blog name lettering is the strongest part of this one. There's an old-school buffalo-head logo for the "D", a new-school Buffaslug for the "B", and then it even the referenced sabre-blade is incorporated.
Overall, satisfactory! But you know what? I could have drawn a better Buffaslug. In fact, I did. A bonus cartoon after the jump!
Hooray! :)
Now I don't want to overstate the importance of Game One of an 82-game schedule, but check out how the Ducks have fared in their last five season openers, plus what their end result has been:
Season | Game 1 Score | Won Stanley Cup? |
2010-11 | 0 - 4 | No |
2009-10 | 1 - 4 | No |
2008-09 | 1 - 4 | No |
2007-08 | 1 - 4 | No |
2006-07 | 4 - 3 | Yes |
Seems like an eerily strong correlation to me. :)
Prediction: Nobody's making me watch this game delayed, so I'll be around for comments this morning -- should be fun. Ducks 4, Sabres 3. Sprinkles of salt by Lucamir Sbisnovsky (both of them), Smellypants, and Koivu.
Go Ducks.
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