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June 25, 2012
Notes from the Isles Draft Party
Yes! Islanders
Interesting to note were some (pretty nice looking) t-shirts for sale. Many sales associates were pushing them pretty hard as I was walking through the store. I have never seen a shirt promoting anything like this. They have an image of the Brooklyn Bridge on them and they are promoting the pre-season game at Barclays Center as an ‘inaugural event’. As a social studies teacher, one word popped into my head: propaganda. I think it’s pretty evident that the team wants to send a message to the many parties involved in he arena situation that a) this is happening and b) we like Brooklyn as an option. One of two things may happen 25 years from now. 1) These shirts will fetch a premium on eBay as a ‘vintage’ tee for the Brooklyn hipsters; if the hipsters are still there. Or 2) the Quebec City hipster crowd will be sporting these bad boys. Time will tell.
NoLandGrab: We're pretty sure that blog will be calling itself "Oui! Nordiques" come 2016.
Posted by eric at June 25, 2012 11:15 AM