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Old 08-24-2017, 12:36 PM   #1
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Old 08-24-2017, 12:38 PM   #2
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Do we know what the two logos that they submitted looked like?
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I wish we could see what the 2 rejected logos were.
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Al Coates was right when he said "It will grow on people".

The Flaming C is now synonymous with Calgary!
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I love the Flames logo, if any logo has no imagination its the one up north.
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Was thinking this, would love to see them.
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Old 08-24-2017, 01:03 PM   #7
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The Flaming C passes the good sports logo test...it's simple and memorable enough that a small child can scrible it for you, and you instantly know what it is. Good luck doing that with a lot of new team logos.

It's a great logo, and I hope they're not dumb enough to ever change it.
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It's a great logo, and I hope they're not dumb enough to ever change it.
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Old 08-24-2017, 01:11 PM   #9
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I wasn't going to mention him...but yeah.
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The Flaming C indicates the team name and the city without saying a word. Can't do better than that.
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Huh. I didn't know that Nelson Skalbania owned both the Oilers and the Flames at one point.

Seems like a really greasy guy, but was great for pro hockey in Alberta.
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I love the Flames logo, if any logo has no imagination its the one up north.
Crazy thought- Every time Edmonton gets mentioned in a thread that has nothing to do with the Oilers it should result in an infraction.

Every time I see them mentioned, which it feels like is every damn thread I click on, I feel like the Dude when he finally snaps on Walter-

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Old 08-24-2017, 02:19 PM   #13
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Eric Duhatschek has been around a long time
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The Flaming C passes the good sports logo test...it's simple and memorable enough that a small child can scrible it for you, and you instantly know what it is. Good luck doing that with a lot of new team logos.

It's a great logo, and I hope they're not dumb enough to ever change it.
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Before the internet when news print was the only way to get updates and stories on your team, he was a godsend for Flames fans. I put him up there on a pedestal with Peter Maher, and Ed Whalen when it comes to Flames media greats.

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Before the internet when news print was the only way to get updates and stories on your team, he was a godsend for Flames fans. I put him up there on a pedestal with Peter Maher, and Ed Whalen when it comes to Flames media greats.
Very true. And he was a key member of the satellite hot stove on CBC - another important source of updates and stories on the happenings in the NHL pre-internet.
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Huh. I didn't know that Nelson Skalbania owned both the Oilers and the Flames at one point.

Seems like a really greasy guy, but was great for pro hockey in Alberta.
Yup - others can correct me if i'm mistaken but i think Skalbania also owned the rights to Wayne Gretzky before he sold them to Pocklington.
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The Flames do a lot of things wrong with their jersey, but their logo is beautiful. The red version is my personal favourite, and is among the best in the league if you ask me. I also love the white one. The black is my least favourite but I still think it's awesome.
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Very true. And he was a key member of the satellite hot stove on CBC - another important source of updates and stories on the happenings in the NHL pre-internet.
Boom, totally.

Even though he didn't represent the Flames or the oilers or the province of Alberta, he really did give the canadian western conference their due on an ultra professional and presentable level.

You got the sense that him and Davidson were the meat of the segment and Strachan was the sideshow.

Still one of if not the best hockey journalists in print today.
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Yup - others can correct me if i'm mistaken but i think Skalbania also owned the rights to Wayne Gretzky before he sold them to Pocklington.
The story "I heard" was he lost him in a racquetball game.

I guess it was backgammon.

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"It all started in a private jet between Nelson Skalbania and Peter Pocklington, and it was a backgammon game with pretty high stakes as it turns out," said Larry Gordon, who was the Oilers' general manager in 1978. "Peter won that game and there was a wager made, some money exchanged hands and Wayne Gretzky, Eddie Mio and Peter Driscoll ended up in Edmonton Oilers uniforms.
https://www.nhl.com/oilers/news/is-g...ction/c-430450

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