Flint naming team Monday AM
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Finally. Even if it is just to confirm you're right about the name. They better have a mock up jersey to show me. One with no flames at the bottom or collar or any of that other non sense. I'm all in regardless, and Firebirds is completely fine. Actually it's probably like top 3-5 percentile. Watched the Sherbrooke Phoenix play on NHL network today (sorry Canadians. I no longer get CBC or TSN I'm stuck watching remedial hockey coverage usually) and it is gonna be hard to top their uni's. I prefer a touch more old school classic.......but that Sherbrooke kit is niiiiice. I like Firebirds a touch more than Phoenix though.
OHLArenaGuide
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very nice...was still hoping for #Tropics though but I'm thinking the jerseys are going to look really nice; navy blue, orange and white go really well together IMO
OHLArenaGuide
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No OHL team has used orange since the Detroit Ambassadors, and blue and orange are a terrific and underused colour scheme. The logo's kind of meh but I think the jerseys are going to look amazing.
No Fun Shogun
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https://trademarks.justia.com/owners/ims-hockey-corporation-3027602/
It looks like they had/have a few mockups of the logo
It looks like they had/have a few mockups of the logo
AnotherDimwit
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OHLArenaGuide
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Mightygoose
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I like the name and the colour scheme and jersey overall is sharp.
Glad they're not going with Tropics though it can be useful for themed nights.
Glad they're not going with Tropics though it can be useful for themed nights.
Kingpin794
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I like the name. Logo is ok. Jerseys look like they'll be decent.
Yeah a theme night isn't bad for those that wanted Tropics. Gears vs Tropics home and home once a year? Can we handle that much neon?
Looks pretty sharp, and i think the logo will grow on people... but colour scheme looks great and the jersey looks great.
No Fun Shogun
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Always a fan of orange and blue teams, as my avatar can probably attest to, and the logo's okay. Not a fan of the unnecessary piping, though. The gray section of the jersey is giving me a bad vibe about the Sabres thirds, though...
CharlieGirl
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I like the name and the colour scheme, but I hope that's not the jersey. I'm a big fan of orange, but that's awful.
The Jersey's kind of remind of the New York Islanders from Taveres' rookie season. Don't mind the decision to go with Firebirds, although the logo seems a little busy.
Overall pretty good look for the new team!
Overall pretty good look for the new team!
AnotherDimwit
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There is considerably less orange on the posterboard pic of the jerseys than the twitter header.
wingsfan17
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I like the colors but the logo is hideous and the name is meh.
It also doesn't take a marketing genius to realize that Tropics was the best choice. I can understand that you want people to take the team seriously but really you shouldn't move a team to Flint if you want it to be taken seriously. I think the Tropics name would bring in a ton of people who aren't really hockey fans and the merchandise sales would be unreal. I know of multiple people who said they would buy a tropics jersey just to have one if that was what the team name was, and some of those people were out of state. I mean it's going to be hard to try to get people to Flint for a junior hockey game, as gimmicky as it is, I think the Tropics name would have helped that.
It also doesn't take a marketing genius to realize that Tropics was the best choice. I can understand that you want people to take the team seriously but really you shouldn't move a team to Flint if you want it to be taken seriously. I think the Tropics name would bring in a ton of people who aren't really hockey fans and the merchandise sales would be unreal. I know of multiple people who said they would buy a tropics jersey just to have one if that was what the team name was, and some of those people were out of state. I mean it's going to be hard to try to get people to Flint for a junior hockey game, as gimmicky as it is, I think the Tropics name would have helped that.
I would have bought one, and still will if they make a third jersey with the Tropics name
AnotherDimwit
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You can still have a Tropics night where you go out and do everything Tropics for one night. You design a 3rd jersey with the Tropics identity, sell Tropics jerseys and other gear, but you don't make your team the laughing stock of hockey and alienate the fans that are going to attend your games. It'll still get decent headlines when they announce the game.
The majority I've seen think positively so far on the name and the logo, the jerseys everyone seems iffy on, but who knows exactly how they'll look, plenty of time to tweak them. It would seem they're decently smart with their marketing at this point.
I swear if everyone who loves the Tropic name would have went and seen Semi-Pro, the movie may have actually made a profit.
