| 06 August 2010
When there's no new Red Wings news, I like to look and see what's going on around the league. This morning, I found this on NHL.com:
Thanks to 15-year-old Peter Best of Plymouth, Minnesota, Niklas Backstrom will have a paint job on his mask for the 2010-2011 season. 
After days of wrestling with his very difficult decision, Backstrom went with Best's very detailed design. The mask shows the skylines of St. Paul on one side, and Minneapolis on the other, covered by the Wild's crest at the top. Wolves adorn each side, and the back features the Finnish flag, as well as the Wild's 10th anniversary mark.
So the Minnesota WILD has a goalie with CITY SKYLINE painted on his mask. Isn't that like Miika Kiprusoff having a picture of a fire extinguisher painted on his mask? It's the complete opposite, isn't it?
I do appreciate what the 15 year old artist was trying to accomplish with the Twin Cities and all - but it just seems a little counter-intuitive. Then again, I looked at some of the other final entries and you'd need an ice cold MGD to enjoy them...
...luckily, we got that covered.
For those of you unfamiliar with this gentleman, please click here to read how we were introduced this fine, upstanding AP English Flunkee.
