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NHL 2021: I Pledge Allegiance to Gritty

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Kraken with a nice tribute to and unveiling a banner for the 1917 Stanley Cup winning Seattle Metropolitans.

It's very clearly not a Kraken banner as it's colored red, white, and green and has the old Metropolitans logo on it.
 
Weird. It was a different team and a different league. Still not as dumb as the Wild retiring the number 1 for the fans and putting up a stupid banner for it, I guess.

Edit: I do enjoy how the opponent for this banner raising is the Canadiens, who were also the team the Metropolitans defeated for it.
 
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state of hockey said:
Weird. It was a different team and a different league. Still not as dumb as the Wild retiring the number 1 for the fans and putting up a stupid banner for it, I guess.

Edit: I do enjoy how the opponent for this banner raising is the Canadiens, who were also the team the Metropolitans defeated for it.
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They sort of did that too. Retired 32 for being the 32nd franchise and having 32k depositors.

I’m surprised the schedule balance is already out of whack this early. The Kraken played five games (all on the road) before some played three, and now Seattle has only played two in a week. Most of the league is at six or seven played, but the Bruins and Flyers are only at four.
 
Jimjamesak said:
It's still a Stanley Cup from the city and it's nice to honor the history for the city.
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I like it. I wish we could do more North Stars stuff here but of course our history was kind of erased because the franchise and name was moved entirely to Dallas. Thus, Dallas owns all the rights to the North Stars name and legacy, not Minnesota.
 
Which happens later:

The last winless (CHI, ARI) finally wins (not tie, win), or
The last unblemished (FLA, CAR, STL, EDM) finally loses a point.
 
Spartanforlife4 said:
I’m surprised the schedule balance is already out of whack this early. The Kraken played five games (all on the road) before some played three, and now Seattle has only played two in a week. Most of the league is at six or seven played, but the Bruins and Flyers are only at four.
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I think the Isles are playing their first 13 games or so on the road.
 
ScoobyDoo said:
I like it. I wish we could do more North Stars stuff here but of course our history was kind of erased because the franchise and name was moved entirely to Dallas. Thus, Dallas owns all the rights to the North Stars name and legacy, not Minnesota.
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Don't the Timberwolves have some Minneapolis Lakers banners up? I feel like I recall seeing one the last time I was at Target Center.
 
bronconick said:
Do they have some event they're hosting? San Jose usually has a road trip in February because of a circus or something like that
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Arena isn’t done yet.

The Rangers have also had to schedule around the circus in the past. And the Spurs usually get bumped for two or three weeks every year for the rodeo.
 
That's common for a lot of teams... The Chicago Blackhawks and Bulls had a 2-week roadie each Nov. before Thanksgiving when Ringling Bros. was around and another 10 day trip in February for Disney on Ice.
 
Spartanforlife4 said:
Arena isn’t done yet.

The Rangers have also had to schedule around the circus in the past. And the Spurs usually get bumped for two or three weeks every year for the rodeo.
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And for decades the Blackhawks and Bulls made a "circus" road trip for two plus weeks away from the United Center as Barnum and Bailey set up camp over the winter.

And the Wings routinely made a two week "west coast" trip to save time/energy from flying to/from Detroit for pacific time zone games

*edit* Raceboarder just beat me to the Chicago description.
 
bronconick said:
Do they have some event they're hosting? San Jose usually has a road trip in February because of a circus or something like that
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As noted previously, their arena is finishing up.

Crazy enough, the 13-game road trip is only the second longest in NHL history.

The Canucks hold the record with a 14-game road trip in 2010 (and went 8-5-1).

San Jose is third on the list, as they had a 12-game road trip last season.
 
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