Fezmid Posted March 16, 2005 Share Posted March 16, 2005 (edited) http://sports.espn.go.com/nhl/news/story?id=2014167 I hope they post pictures.... CW Edited March 16, 2005 by SDS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
millbank Posted March 16, 2005 Share Posted March 16, 2005 ice Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LabattBlue Posted March 16, 2005 Share Posted March 16, 2005 http://sports.espn.go.com/nhl/news/story?id=2014167 I hope they post pictures.... CW 276233[/snapback] Actually, the blue ice is being tested at HSBC Arena in Buffalo when the Amerks play here on 3/20 & 4/3. I'll be there for at least the first game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fezmid Posted March 16, 2005 Author Share Posted March 16, 2005 Actually, the blue ice is being tested at HSBC Arena in Buffalo when the Amerks play here on 3/20 & 4/3. I'll be there for at least the first game. 276264[/snapback] Take pictures! CW Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoachChuckDickerson Posted March 16, 2005 Share Posted March 16, 2005 I like it. Looks sweet. If we go back to blue and gold it will be even sweeter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BRH Posted March 16, 2005 Share Posted March 16, 2005 I'm sure this will attract as many new fans as the Glowing Puck did. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elcrusho Posted March 16, 2005 Share Posted March 16, 2005 Lame.... Worst idea ever... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LabattBlue Posted March 16, 2005 Share Posted March 16, 2005 I wonder if this is a subliminal thought idea, where all night long you yearn for a blue slurpee or blue freezee pop. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elcrusho Posted March 16, 2005 Share Posted March 16, 2005 I wonder if this is a subliminal thought idea, where all night long you yearn for a blue slurpee or blue freezee pop. 276365[/snapback] Or a Labatt Blue Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SilverNRed Posted March 16, 2005 Share Posted March 16, 2005 ice 276255[/snapback] Follow the link and check out Cunneyworth's press conference. The ice looks pretty cool but the yellow lines are a little goofy. I'd prefer the old red and blue line arrangement to this but the blue-tinted ice is actually pretty cool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hardy Pyle Posted March 16, 2005 Share Posted March 16, 2005 Isn't this like the Islanders ice. Good ol' Islanders! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drnykterstein Posted March 16, 2005 Share Posted March 16, 2005 heh.. looks like blue and gold to me.... yeah force every team in the league to have old sabres colors on their home ice!!! now thats marketing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ramius Posted March 16, 2005 Share Posted March 16, 2005 i definitely like the blue tint, but i dont like the new colored lines...as jillson said, what are we gonna call defensemen now, orange-liners? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BRH Posted March 16, 2005 Share Posted March 16, 2005 i definitely like the blue tint, but i dont like the new colored lines...as jillson said, what are we gonna call defensemen now, orange-liners? 276524[/snapback] They'll be blueliners forever. Just like lefthanders will always be southpaws even though ballparks don't face due east anymore. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PTS Posted March 16, 2005 Share Posted March 16, 2005 heh.. looks like blue and gold to me.... yeah force every team in the league to have old sabres colors on their home ice!!! now thats marketing. 276488[/snapback] It won't be old color scheme for long. Blue and Gold will return soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Puhonix Posted March 16, 2005 Share Posted March 16, 2005 Really isn't that drastic a difference. Its nice, as long as it works, I'm all for it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PTS Posted March 16, 2005 Share Posted March 16, 2005 i definitely like the blue tint, but i dont like the new colored lines...as jillson said, what are we gonna call defensemen now, orange-liners? 276524[/snapback] It looks stupid with the current logo. But when they go to the modernized version of the old logo, that will look tight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HudsonValleyBillsFan Posted March 16, 2005 Share Posted March 16, 2005 http://sports.espn.go.com/nhl/news/story?id=2014167 I hope they post pictures.... CW 276233[/snapback] I think that a black buck on a blue surface willl be even tougher to track than a black puck on a white surface. Not sure exactly what blue ice will do to make the game more attractive except that they are doing something different for the sake of doing something different. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Puhonix Posted March 16, 2005 Share Posted March 16, 2005 I think that a black buck on a blue surface willl be even tougher to track than a black puck on a white surface.Not sure exactly what blue ice will do to make the game more attractive except that they are doing something different for the sake of doing something different. 277005[/snapback] The thinking, Im assuming, is to make the sport more TV friendly, to kick up the TV contracts. This could be interesting, with each city having a different ice color. Its a sort of home ice advantage. What they really need to do is add more scoring, you know how us Americans love scoring. I was scoring jus tthe other night and.... oh, this discussino has take a wrong turn. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marv Levy Posted March 16, 2005 Share Posted March 16, 2005 Its funny how the media and non hockey people keep saying that "I can't follow the puck." Well, dummy, you don't follow the puck specifically, you follow where the players are going to, setting up, avoiding checks, flow of the game etc. I don't need to follow the puck every second to know where the play is developing. I'm OK with changing the ice color shade if it helps HDTV, but i agree with other posters on this thread, that the Blue Lines to Orange and Center Line to Blue is not needed. Also, when they come back I hope they dump the Two Line Pass rule and reinstall Tag Up Off Sides. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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