It's time for another installment of everyone's favourite segment, Today in HJC History! February 3rd has been a fairly big day for HJC, it includes the unveiling of two COTY winners, plus a review of an NHL team's new primary logo. So let's take a trip down memory lane, starting all the way back in 2010.
February 3rd, 2010 (No Post)
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| Image from February 1st, 2010 HJC post. |
There was actually no February 3rd post back in 2010, but the previous post on the 1st is an interesting one to look back on. On that post Ryan talks about the two trades the Leafs had just made to acquire Dion Phaneuf and JS Giguere. He wisely said, "Only time will tell if these guys work out." Looking back, the trades weren't awful, but they didn't bring much success to the Leafs either.
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| Image from February 3rd, 2011 HJC post. |
The post on this day back in 2011 was written by Glen (HJC's first guest writer), as part of his NHL Rebrand series. It features his concepts for the Blues, Sharks, and Lightning. The Blues concept (shown above) is my favourite of the three, but the other concepts are nice as well.
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| Image from February 3rd, 2012 HJC post. |
On February 3rd in 2012, it was announced that Josh's Lethbridge Hurricanes concept won the 2011 COTY. This concept actually made it off the computer screen and into real life, it became the Hurricane's third jersey (with a few minor changes) starting in 2012-13.
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| Image from February 3rd, 2013 HJC post. |
The COTY winner was also announced on February 3rd in 2013. That time it was Justin winning the 2012 COTY with his Ottawa Senators concept. Also announced was the news that HJC would have seven posts a week moving forward (previously there were only six, with concept posts from Monday to Friday, and a weekend update on Sunday).
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| Image from February 3rd, 2014 HJC post. |
2014's February 3rd post was a regular concept post. WinnipegJets96 talked about high school graduation, plus there were 14 concepts including two from Jordan's "Winter Classic Games of the Past" series (his 1986 Winter Classic concept shown above).
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| Image from February 3rd, 2015 HJC post. |
The post on this day in 2015 was also a standard concept post, written by Caden. He discussed the 2015 Super Bowl (like most people, he wasn't a fan of the Seahawks decision to pass the ball from the one yard line with 26 seconds left in the game), and then he reviewed six concepts including Dylan's 2015 All-Star Game concept (shown above).
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| Image from NHL.com/MapleLeafs |
Exactly one year ago today I reviewed the Toronto Maple Leaf's new logo, which had been unveiled the previous evening. At that time I approved of the new logo, saying "I love it" and giving it a 9/10 rating. After a year I still feel the same way (I might even bump up my rating to a 9.5/10). The post also featured a Quebec Nordiques concept from Matt, which was nominated for COTW by six different people (that might be an HJC record).
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