OT: Introducing the 2017-18 Black Knights
Posted: Sun Jul 10, 2016 5:01 pm
Well for those that know me, I am native to Chicago and lived there my entire life until recently. I have a family and now my family has a hockey team nearby . We are thrilled with this and Foley did just an amazing job of getting this done. The entertainment tax associated with the gauging expansion fee stinks but T-Mobile arena is quite beautiful and I'm excited to one day drive a few minutes to see a Blackhawks game!
On the name / colors / uniforms.... It's universal here that it's "meh".... Not good not bad, could have been worse, it's ok type of reaction. The logo is probably the best thing of the design.
So we will pick through teams rosters and then get approximately the 6th pick in a weak draft next year... So basically we will have nothing to start with as teams aren't allowed to release players drafted within their first 2-3 seasons of drafting them I believe.... It will be a team full of underachieving high picks and vets that were overpaid and underperformed.... And that's ok, it will take 3-4 years before competitive.
Excited about the expansion? Don't care?
We will be in the pacific with the californianans lol
On the name / colors / uniforms.... It's universal here that it's "meh".... Not good not bad, could have been worse, it's ok type of reaction. The logo is probably the best thing of the design.
So we will pick through teams rosters and then get approximately the 6th pick in a weak draft next year... So basically we will have nothing to start with as teams aren't allowed to release players drafted within their first 2-3 seasons of drafting them I believe.... It will be a team full of underachieving high picks and vets that were overpaid and underperformed.... And that's ok, it will take 3-4 years before competitive.
Excited about the expansion? Don't care?
We will be in the pacific with the californianans lol