I noticed that too and its odd.
The commercial has both the NHL and NHLPA logos, so it might mean that when the Oilers joined the NHL in 1979 or 1980, their agreement let them maintain the rights to their logo.
That's puzzling though because the Oiler logo shows up in other NHL things like the console games.
It might also be because of some special agreement between Messier and the Oilers that prevents him from wearing the logo without extra compensation for the Oilers. Also, since Messier is Alumni, he might not be part of the NHLPA and so is not covered by the normal licensing rules.
Either way, its very odd.
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