On the DEWLine 2.0: Dwight Williams

...since I'm sure that I've broken some sort of intellectual property rule by using the old Hockey Night in Canada roundel like this. This logo is part of my childhood. I don't know who owns the trademark these days - probably Rogers Communications through Sportsnet, rather than CBC or whomever else - but this was a thing I expected to see every Saturday night from October to the following May.

So I'm using this for the foreseeable future as a marker to tell you if/when I decide I want to discuss hockey in its various forms. If I ever get a Cease and Desist letter about it, I'll probably take it down and work up something else.

Whatever I think of the NHL turning their backs on the CBC after six decades of a solid brand-building relationship, I just had my attention drawn to this item again tonight: the 2014 NHL Sustainability Report.

It's apparently occurred to some people looking at this report that the NHL might have both a financial and ecological stake in the outcome of Canada's next federal election. And that the oil and coal sector might have a problem with that perception.

I don't know that they're wrong about that assessment. Some of you reading this might have your own thoughts.

Anyone?