Baggins Posted August 10, 2012 Share Posted August 10, 2012 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NLluvitorleaveit Posted August 10, 2012 Share Posted August 10, 2012 A whale is not a fish, it is a mammal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
higgyfan Posted August 10, 2012 Share Posted August 10, 2012 Not entirely true. When Griffiths approached Quinn about a change Quinn said he'd only be on board with "yet another change" if the new logo was more of a representation of the city and/or province. Which the Orca and native art theme certainly do. And it was rather creative having it crashing out of the ice to form a C. I don't believe for a moment that Quinn actually went looking specifically for an Orca logo so it tied in with the parent company name. It was kind of a bonus for the company though. Vancouver is famous worldwide for native art and whale watching. You don't have to hunt around the city to see plenty of evidence of this. Which is why the Orca is the best logo we've had regardless of the parent company at the time being named Orca Bay. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SukhKular Posted August 10, 2012 Share Posted August 10, 2012 Agree with this. Some of you boys need to get away from the internet for a while and explore the waters off Vancouver. Georgia Strait is full of these beautiful killer whales. They are a great representation of our area. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MC Fatigue Posted August 10, 2012 Share Posted August 10, 2012 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GLASSJAW Posted August 10, 2012 Share Posted August 10, 2012 god yes, they are tacky as hell. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Garret's moustache Posted August 10, 2012 Share Posted August 10, 2012 Post of the day! You sir, win a cookie! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
19eightyfour Posted August 10, 2012 Share Posted August 10, 2012 Not entirely true. When Griffiths approached Quinn about a change Quinn said he'd only be on board with "yet another change" if the new logo was more of a representation of the city and/or province. Which the Orca and native art theme certainly do. And it was rather creative having it crashing out of the ice to form a C. I don't believe for a moment that Quinn actually went looking specifically for an Orca logo so it tied in with the parent company name. It was kind of a bonus for the company though. Vancouver is famous worldwide for native art and whale watching. You don't have to hunt around the city to see plenty of evidence of this. Which is why the Orca is the best logo we've had regardless of the parent company at the time being named Orca Bay. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nuckswillwinitall Posted August 10, 2012 Share Posted August 10, 2012 More like sorry old men who want the stick in the rink back Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheRocket18 Posted August 10, 2012 Share Posted August 10, 2012 ummm... an Orca is actually a dolphin fyi... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheRocket18 Posted August 10, 2012 Share Posted August 10, 2012 and keep it the same for now... although a johnny canuck jersey would be cool as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick 2.0 Posted August 11, 2012 Share Posted August 11, 2012 are we the vancouver "orcas"? does the organization have anything to do with native heritage? no. the insignia is terrible, and the (first) colours that came with it were even worse. did they only go looking for an orca? probably not, but i'd bet my left nut that even if there had been something better on the table, the owners/management chose the whale exactly because of the company correlation. and if you don't think so, you clearly know little about the corporate world. the native art is a gimmick to a company like this, it's not trying to pay homage or be representative of the aboriginal peoples, but the west coast granola yuppies eat it up like it's some sort of tribute to either a peoples or an animal that have little if anything to do with this hockey club and its history. besides, it's just plain ol' ugly and too obvious. it's not fun, unique or relevant (to the team). unless they change the name to vancouver "free willys" it really should go asap. i'm not sh*t-talking nature and all the beauty we live amongst, but as someone whose entire family has lived on the west coast for several generations and as a canucks fan of nearly 30yrs, i don't feel it represents what this team and its history means to the city/province as it should (currently it's the other way around, and that seems rather pompous). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moonshinefe Posted August 11, 2012 Share Posted August 11, 2012 So unless you want to change the name to Vancouver Whiners with a logo of a crying baby who's never satisfied, you'll never accurately depict the general (and overly-exaggerated) essence of what the team is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
E-ROD Posted August 11, 2012 Share Posted August 11, 2012 I personally like the Orca, the grin gives it a nice pissed off look... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nucks fan555555 Posted August 11, 2012 Share Posted August 11, 2012 nooooooooooo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GHL Posted August 11, 2012 Share Posted August 11, 2012 But I dont wanna change jerseys again-.- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-AJ- Posted August 11, 2012 Share Posted August 11, 2012 The Millionaires concept is interesting, but it won't likely happen because the two teams were entirely different organizations. The Millionaires had nothing to do with the Canucks except that they were both in Vancouver. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baggins Posted August 11, 2012 Share Posted August 11, 2012 are we the vancouver "orcas"? does the organization have anything to do with native heritage? no. the insignia is terrible, and the (first) colours that came with it were even worse. did they only go looking for an orca? probably not, but i'd bet my left nut that even if there had been something better on the table, the owners/management chose the whale exactly because of the company correlation. and if you don't think so, you clearly know little about the corporate world. the native art is a gimmick to a company like this, it's not trying to pay homage or be representative of the aboriginal peoples, but the west coast granola yuppies eat it up like it's some sort of tribute to either a peoples or an animal that have little if anything to do with this hockey club and its history. besides, it's just plain ol' ugly and too obvious. it's not fun, unique or relevant (to the team). unless they change the name to vancouver "free willys" it really should go asap. i'm not sh*t-talking nature and all the beauty we live amongst, but as someone whose entire family has lived on the west coast for several generations and as a canucks fan of nearly 30yrs, i don't feel it represents what this team and its history means to the city/province as it should (currently it's the other way around, and that seems rather pompous). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baggins Posted August 11, 2012 Share Posted August 11, 2012 The Orca logo was a corporate logo and the colour scheme was horrid. The company is long gone. But at the same time. The Orca logo represents the whales in the Pacific ocean just off the coast of BC and include the Aboriginal style of artwork from this area. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tokasmoka Posted August 11, 2012 Share Posted August 11, 2012 Blue represents alofness and sadness while green represents jealously and greed seems about right with this team. Whereas as Red, Black and Yellow represent anger and power. What do you want your hockey team to represent? Blue and green has to go, along with the orca whale logo. Time to get a better logo and color scheme.BTW 15 of last 17 cups have been won by a team with red or black as their primary colors. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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