[News] NHL sells rights to division names

[corporatejay]

Originally Posted by Locke

I mean....whats the Hierarchy here?

- VISA
- MasterCard
- American Express
- Diner's Club
- The League of Women Voters Credit Bureau
- Discover?

Discover is the third largest credit card brand in the U.S. based on the number of cards in circulation, behind Visa and MasterCard, with 57 million cardholders.[3]

[FlamesAddiction]

Back when I was in high school I worked at an Esso and American tourists would whip out their Discover cards and get upset when I said we didn't accept them.

They claim to be accepted in 200 countries and territories, but there are only about 20 or so countries that they are reliably accepted in, by the their own admission.

[Monahammer]

IIRC from my time living in the states, Discover was basically a credit card that anyone could qualify for. So it may be that a lot of lower income people who generally wouldn't make the credit cut for Visa or Mastercard through a legit bank default to discover. I also think that Sears founded it.

[Plett25]

The Scotia NHL® North Division is comprised of the Calgary Flames, Edmonton Oilers, Montreal Candiens, Ottawa Senators, Toronto Maple Leafs, Vancouver Canucks and Winnipeg Jets.

Looks to me like the old Smythe Division dumped the Kings and added the Leafs, Canadians and Sens.

I'm calling it the Smythe Division.

[Senator Clay Davis]

I mean I guess from a positives perspective we're not dealing with the Doug Lacey Basement Systems North Division.

[Hot_Flatus]

Originally Posted by lambeburger

When do we see the Mastercard Norris Trophy for best defenseman? Or how about the Tim Horton's Stanley cup?

I'd vote for the Viagra hardest shot contest.

[Reaper]

Originally Posted by Hot_Flatus

I'd vote for the Viagra hardest shot contest.

Or Viagra Fastest Skater Competition

[Senator Clay Davis]

Just start calling "the rookie of the year" "the rising star" instead, and the Viagra Rising Star award takes care of itself.

[Strange Brew]

Originally Posted by Monahammer

IIRC from my time living in the states, Discover was basically a credit card that anyone could qualify for. So it may be that a lot of lower income people who generally wouldn't make the credit cut for Visa or Mastercard through a legit bank default to discover. I also think that Sears founded it.

There was a time when they had the best cash back option with no fees, and it was Costco I believe that had an exclusive arrangement with them. So it was popular there for a while but seems to be dwindling.

[JohnnyB]

Would a flaming Scotiabank logo really be worse as a crest than a flaming C?

[Dx54]

Whatever lol. Just a name.

[Geeoff]

This reminds me of the UFC where every little thing has a sponsor LOL.


"Harley Davidson Prep Point"
"Instant replay brought to you by Modelo"
"this look into the fighters' corners brought to by Corn Nuts: Corn to the core! The official corn-based snack of the UFC"

[Toonage]

I miss the UFC days of Mickey's Fine Malt Liquor

They could pour that into the Stanley Cup as part of a sponsored celebration.

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2021/2022:

On behalf of Google, Rogers Sportsnet welcomes you to tonight's EA Sports NHL Nike Bauer Playoffs broadcast of the Tim Horton's Stanley Cup Dunkin Donuts Semi-Finals between the Scotia North Division champion Scotiabank Calgary Flames vs. the Honda West Division Chevrolet Colorado Avalanche...

[Geeoff]

Originally Posted by Toonage

I miss the UFC days of Mickey's Fine Malt Liquor

They could pour that into the Scotiabank Stanley Cup as part of a sponsored celebration.

I've had Mickey's and Modelo and Modelo is definitely better IMO

[Toonage]

You aren't wrong.

[FlamesAddiction]

Mickey's quality control was inconsistent I found. Sometimes I would get a case and a few would be flat, skunky, or both. I think it was the type of bottles they used with the caps not always going on tight enough.

[cannon7]

In time it will become, "Welcome to the Scotiabank Scotiabank, where the Scotiabanks faceoff against the Scotiabanks for the Scotiabank championship brought to you by Scotiabank Now please stand for the Scotiabank anthem..."

[FireGilbert]

At least there are no inter divisional games this year or else I'd be worried the Honda Center curse would change into the Honda Division curse.

I'm reminded of a University paper I wrote for a Technology in Society course on "Advertising in the Information Age". I provided examples of the increasing technological impact of advertising on our lives and concluded this required a correction though strong regulations or even violent revolution (I'd just read Fight Club).

I got an A- on the paper with feedback from the professor that stuck with me. He noted I had focused on solutions to the problem of increased advertising but failed to note that humans are very adaptive and another option is that we all just get used to increased advertising and move on with our lives. I'm thinking the helmet and division ads fall into this. Sure there will be a bit of outrage and bemoaning the ever increasing hold of advertising but most fans will become comfortable with the changes.

[Nsd1]

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