Our Canucks have a new Jersey!

With all of the politics that have been going on with our Vancouver Canucks, rumor had it that the jersey had to be changed because Orca Bay no longer owns the Vancouver Canucks (so they'd be getting rid of the orca on the jersey). On August 29th, Darla suggested that we go see the unveiling of the new jersey. Our school is about a block or two away from General Motors place (where the Nucks play) so we went to see what was going on. She thought the unveiling would be outside, where everyone could see. However, once we got there, we saw a fairly big line up so we stood in it (figuring it would be free to get in... after all it's noon on a Wednesday and it's not like its a game or something like that). Of course, once we got to the entrance, we saw that people were handing over tickets. I asked the lady that was scanning them where we could get some and she said we could get some at international plaza. I wasn't too sure where this was and was figuring out a solution when the guy who was standing behind us gave us his extra ticket! I'd said that it was very nice of him and we were two and one ticket wouldn't let us both in, but.... and then the lady who was scanning the tickets said she'd let both Darla and I in.
So in we went :) We thanked the guy and went to find our seats (not assigned seating so we wouldn't be stealing someones spot). I thought it was so exciting! The high mucky mucks gave a few speeches and we watched a quick movie about the history of our Vancouver Canucks and their jerseys. There aren't too many teams that change their jerseys 5 times. Hopefully this jersey is here to stay.
After the speeches and the movie, the crowd greeted captain Markus Naslund and the new jerseys with great cheers! Shortly after, Trevor Linden, Mattias Ohlund, Willie Mitchell and Kevin Bieksa skated in after him, all sporting the new jersey. My initial feeling was that it was the same but with different colours. But after looking at it, I realized that it was actually quite nice. I was confused about why we still had the orca... after all, isn't that why we had to change jerseys? I really liked the way they incorporated the old and they new. The old rink and stick logo on the shoulders and the old colours of green, white and blue added quite a bit of class to the new orca. When I saw Vancouver written across the front, I was proud :) When we win the Stanley Cup this year, people will see where our team is from and they'll know which is the best city in the west! Ok so I am getting a bit carried away here... but I am proud of our new jerseys, no matter what other people say. Cuz really it's the team, and what's under the jersey that counts... Right?