My NHL 2014-15 season picks

Hello I'm Alan, I'll get elbow to my head, so you don't have to. Next week the NHL season will start so here's my picks of who's going in, or out.

* = division winner, # = Top 3 draft, (wc) = wild card for my mid season prediction.

Eastern

1. Boston*

2. Pittsburgh*

3. NY Rangers

4. Philly

5. Montreal

6. Detroit

7. Tampa Bay

8. Washington

9. Toronto (wc)

10. NY Islanders (wc)

11. New Jersey

12. Carolina

13. Columbus

14. Ottawa

15. Florida

16. Buffalo#

Western

1. Chicago*

2. L.A.*

3. St.Louis

4. Anaheim

5. Colorado

6. Minnesota

7. San Jose

8. Dallas

9. Winnipeg (wc)

10. Phoenix (wc)

11. Edmonton

12. Calgary

13. Vancouver#

14. Nashville#

Well that's my picks be here this Wednesday October 1st as we begin the "Concept of the Dead" month! Nothing but defunct hockey concepts all month long, click on the banner for info if you want to be part of this event. Until then, I'm Alan, I'll get elbow to my head, so you don't have to.

To the MOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOON!

Hello I'm Alan, I'll get elbow to my head, so you don't have to. Now before we get to today's IceHL post I got some updates to tell you all. First with my team Japan concepts posted, my IIHF series is up for ever to see it's on my DeviantArt page. Second, I updated my "Concept of the Dead" page, it's now got a deadline, you got until October 18 to send your defunct hockey concepts if you want to be part of this event.
Now with that out of the way, on to the IceHL jerseys.

Moscow Cosmonauts IceHL [by me]

Truthfully I took my Hamilton Steelcats IceHL set change the collar, and the stitching. Using the helmet logo as the main logo for the front fits the set to my tatse. Red is the main color on these set follow by black, and gold.

Moscow Cosmonauts IceHL [Jake88]

Up points: The designs on both these set are designed nicely! Good choice of fonts on both nameplates, and numbers. Lastly way to put the Russian flag smartly.
Down point: the stripe from shoulder down to the front is good, but the back doesn't have that not even at least on the back of the shoulder yoke.
My suggestion: Read the down point for my suggestion.

Well another week is in the books for now. I'll try to post one more before I start some post for the "Concept of the Dead" month. Until then I'm Alan, I'll get elbow to my head, so you don't have to.

Friday: "ABOUT DANG TIME!"

Hello I'm Alan, I'll get elbow to my head, so you don't have to. Now normally I rant on new jerseys whenever I fell like it, to even not ranting about it. Until today when the Pittsburgh Penguins unveiled their new third jersey for the 2014-2015 season, and all I can say is "ABOUT DANG TIME!"

Check them out!

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It took this team a long time to really bring back this classic to the Reebok form, base on their famous 1986 to 1992 set worn and made famous by Mario Lemieux that also brought the Pens their back-to-back Stanley Cup titles. The Alternate Jersey is brilliantly made, the stripes is placed nicely, the colors are the way it's suppose to be. Overall: Buy this jersey in a heart beat!

Well that's all I can rant about this jersey it's perfect enough for me not putting anymore yap about it, but I hope this leads to something more like what the Oilers, Flyers, and the Islanders did that's all I can say.

Remember if you want to be part of October's "Concept of the Dead" event send in your defunct hockey team concepts, I repeat it's not a contest, it's just a showcase, good, or bad nothing more.

Oh and I got a Facebook page, O.K. I'm done for now, until then I'm Alan, I'll get elbow to my head, so you don't have to.

From Japan with love!

Hello I'm Alan, I'll get elbow to my head, so you don't have to. Today we got not 1, not 2, not 3, but 4 concept here today! 3 by me and one from a contributor. 2 Japan IIHF concepts, and 2 Osaka Samurai IceHL concepts. Let's get to the concept shall we.

Team Japan World Champions Concept [by me]

All the stripes are simple, nameplate and the numbers are simple. I gave the yoke the Dallas Stars treatment witch I say it gave this concept some nice flavor to it. I made red as the main color follow by black. The logo is the dot with black trim around it, two hockey sticks and Japanese characters for "Japan" to give this concept a good taste to everyone even this concept was in the running for HJC's COTW back in June.

Team Japan Olympics concept [by me]

On this one is again simple with some goodies I put on this concept. I paced both Japanese characters, and word mark "Japan" on the arm stripes, made the logo base on the rising sun of Japan, and as always replacing the stupid fake lace with the country's flag.

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Osaka Samurai IceHL concept [by me]

Using the same template as my Blenheim Blades concept but with some tweaks and add extra stripes to it. Using the Winnipeg Jets letters, and my Kroftsmann fonts for the numbers give this concept of my complete.

Osaka Samurai IceHL concept [by jake88]

Up points: These really got "cultural" written all over it! Dark jersey gave that "Ninja" feel to it, while the white is "Pride" and looks proud to show it! The fonts for both the numbers and nameplates was a nice touch to this concept.
Down points: Even thou the white jersey got pride on it, but for some odd reason this also got that Carolina Hurricanes vibe on it too, but that's to me.
My suggestion: I got nothing to suggest.

Well hope you enjoy this big post today, because it'll be it for this week because of this week on HJC latest contest that caught my eye and I'm working on it for the rest of this week, but don't worry there will be more posts next week. Lastly don't forget to send in your defunct hockey concepts if you want to be part of October's "Concept of the Dead" event, click the banner for the info on how to send it, not a contest, no rules, just showcasing defunct hockey teams on this site. Until then, I'm Alan, I'll get elbow to my head, so you don't have to.

Blenheim Blades OHA Great Lakes Jr.C concept

Hello, I'm Alan, I'll get an elbow to my head, so you don't have to. Today is Sunday, and tonight I'm off to a hockey game featuring today's concept, the Blenheim Blades.

The Blades were founded in 1965 as the "Golden Blades" until in 1974 when they removed the "Golden" and just called themselves "Blades." The last time this team won a championship was the BCJHL Jr.D title, ever since then this team had a lot of low seed results more than high seeds results, they can't even make it through the first round until the 2014 playoffs were they finally made it to the 2nd round only to get screwed out of it were they had 2-0 series lead gunning for 3-0 lead, but it was in half in the 3rd period in Belle River when the light went out, and instead of ending that game they decide to restart game 3 the next night, with that call the Blades fell apart and lost to the Belle River Canadiens 4-2.

Now with my yap yap aside time for the concept.

This link will show you what their current set looks like. This is just simple with stripes at the right places. I use the Toronto Maple Leafs old nameplate and using the Minnesota Wild old number fonts to fit this theme I was going for, which I am going to explain about the logo now. Thanks to inspiration from the team's old late 90's logo,  I mixed a saw blade, spokes, and the team's current shoulder patch altogether. The shoulder patch is made by me. Lastly, the colours are black, gold, and white.

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Well, that's today post! Again if you want to send your defunct hockey concept to be part of October's "Concept of the Dead" send them to me, and I'll post them here! Also, don't forget to like my Facebook page. Until then I'm Alan, I'll get an elbow to my head, so you don't have to.

Wallaceburg Lakers OHA Great Lakes Jr.C concept

Hello I'm Alan, I'll get elbow to my head, so you don't have to. Today is Wednesday, to some it's a normal Wednesday, but to me hockey season is here well Junior C league that is even thou I won't be able to attend to the first game of this season, but that doesn't mean I can't show you my concept of this team, so let's get going with the Wallaceburg Lakers OHA Great Lakes Jr.C concept!

The Wallaceburg Lakers is a OHA Great Lakes Jr.C hockey club base from Wallaceburg, Ontario. Established in 1972, they won only 1 Great Lakes Jr.C title in 1999, and at the same year made all the way to the OHA Jr.C finals only to lose in 4 games. After their championship season they've been up and down from making it to the Great Lakes Jr.C finals, to missing playoffs, this team have been through a lot. Last season they wore the Lizard biting a hockey stick with the net in the background as the team's logo! Most of this team's logo history it's always word mark logo that said "LAKERS" on it with they brought it back for the 2014-15 season. Now with yapping about the team's history aside, on to the concept.

The stripes on the arms and hem is the wave style, pretty much simple yet effect to me. The fonts on the nameplate is UConn, and fonts for the numbers are the Connecticut Whale (now Hartford Wolf Pack) I felt the it fits well with this concept. The logo is made by me I try to give wavy like shield with waves in between the team's name above and "Jr.C" below. The colors are indeed green, gold, and black.

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Well that's today post. Remember send in your defunct hockey concepts if you want to part of my "Concept of the Dead" month this October. Lastly once again check out my Facebook page, and like it! Until then I'm Alan, I'll get elbow to my head, so you don't have to.

Monday: Long time no see Blues

Hello I'm Alan, I'll get elbow to my head, so you don't have to. Today we got some more goodies from two concept contributors for you all today. let's not waste time and get going!

St. Louis Blues concept (By Caden P.)

Up points: Stripes on the arms, and hem makes both home, and road really pop my eyes in a good way! Love the yokes nice design! Lastly using blue more on this concept is a plus from me.
Down point: Even thou the numbers got a trim around but one trim on the numbers looks plain to me. On the road you pulled the "Flyers" with the nameplate
My suggestion: Give the numbers the same treatment as you did with the arms, and hem stripes.

St. Louis Blues concept (By Ricky M.)

Up point: I like the idea of using the Blues current alternate logo as the main crest.
Down points: The jerseys are good design, but it doesn't fit with this team all to me. The alternate is the only thing that pretty much works for me. Lastly red being use on these concepts I'm not a big fan of.
My suggestion: Replace all of the red with blue to make this concept work to me, remove the vertical piping on both home, and road, and lastly add one more trim around the numbers to give these concept the edge and good enough to my taste.

Well that's today post. Remember to send in your defunct hockey concepts if you want to be part of this October's "Concept of the Dead!" Don't forget to "Like" my Facebook page for my throwback Thursdays, and there will be my extra feature showing off my work with prototypes stuff putting together before being completed. Until the next post here I'm Alan, I'll get elbow to my head, so you don't have to.

IceHL World: Stockholm Hammers

Hello I'm Alan, I'll get elbow to my head, so you don't have to. Well summer is over, kids are back to their schools, and over at my job is busy. What better way to post today with a concept made by me!

Today one my concept that was part of IceHL World contest the Stockholm Hammers.

This one I admitted was rushed, I had 5 hours left til the due date. Simple stripes, and Dallas Stars yoke with trim. SF Piezolectric is the font for the numbers, and the letters are the Columbus Blue Jackets.

Well that's today post, it may been quick but worth it because it's the only Stockholm Hammers you're going to see here, why? Because my next 3 IceHL concept posts will also featuring a contributor IecHL concepts so hope you all enjoy it. Don't forget send in your defunct team concepts if you want to be part of October's "Concept of the Dead!"  For now I'm Alan, I'll get elbow to my head, so you don't have to.

Labour Day Rant

Hello I'm Alan, I'll get elbow to my head, so you don't have to. Hope you all enjoy my last Summer of Concept Contributor. You may see here I change around this site from green, black, and gold to orange, and green. I decide to bright it up nothing more. No concepts today just rants, let's get going.

Concept Contributor posts still going strong and a new Contributor event.

The Summer of Concept Contributor maybe over but there still be more Concept Contributor posts in the future, in fact I announce that this October will be called "Concept of the Dead" all October will feature nothing but defunct teams, teams that are no longer active any more like teams from NHA for an example. If you have any defunct concepts you made to be part of this event send it to "ajhftw@gmail.com. So far total concepts for the "Concept of the Dead" is at 17, that's included me. If received at least 31 total it could be all 31 days of posts all October. Again you want to your defunct team concepts to be featured on my "Concept of the Dead" send them.

St. Louis Blues new set!

It's about damn time that the Blues change their set to a look base on their old set from 1998-2007. The set is nice looking, the stripes, the hem, and the yoke is put together brilliantly. The down point is the socks, I kinda wist they would give it the same treatment as the stripes, the hem. Overall great set for the blues.

HJC Open, and IceHL updates.

Well first one off the bat, I entered the HJC Open, and got the first round out, nuff said. as for the IceHL contests I entered 8 out of 9 them the last 4 wasn't easy for me beating the deadline while at the same time being busy with work that I had to put some other projects on the sideline temporally and so far 2 got in the final four round, I'm waiting what my latest 4 sets end up. My IceHL concepts will be posted this month including some contributors too so keep your eyes over here for them.

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In case you all didn't follow my twitter page yet I had a hard time putting it together that sucker, but in the end it's here so like it and see some updates.

Well that's today post! Hope you all enjoy the rest of your long weekend, and see you all later this week for some more post by me, until then I'm Alan, I'll get elbow to my head, so you don't have to.