Best Team Week 2: Calgary Wranglers Vs. Toronto Legion

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I almost wanted to make this a three way and add Quebec...however I have a match up planned for them so this will be the battle of “Canada” Today we have the Toronto Legion and the Calgary Wranglers. Both Cities mean a lot to me so ill try my best to be partial and put any Bias aside. With that lets start with Toronto

Both teams went through a redesign on Logo, so ill start by talking about the older logos, the logo i'm referring to is the Blue bird used when Toronto won the Season 9 Continental Cup.  a few issues with this logo, what does it have to do with a legion? When I hear that word my brain goes to the Roman Legionnaires automatically. The leafs use a...leaf and the Legion use a Bird? A little confusing. The thing it has going for it is the soft blue blue colors presented in the logo. Now the redesign is 100 times better. The current logo is Clean, the edges the color the outline flawless. This time it has the team name and usually I would dock points for this but they kept the blue bird so the name plate makes sense, and looks good which is a must. Most nameplates are just slapped on the bottom of logos or across the chest lazily, this one tries to make it part of the logo which gives me good feelings. Not only do the wings fold to look like a shield almost feels like a hockey logo. Overall the redesign was needed and worth it.

Now for the Calgary Wranglers. Their first logo which ill dub the Pepsi logo, is again one of many for the rebranding. This first logo is an off center oval with a horse in a red and blue color scheme. Simple, useful but average. However unlike Toronto's logo the Wranglers incorporate part of Calgary into it,...the Calgary Stampede. A bug attraction that brings in much revenue for the city and province. Then the next 2 logos are so similar. The difference is the nameplate which brings this logo down hard. The Horseshoe and Horse is enough of a statement and thank god they dropped the nameplate when they went to logo 3. Which is by far their best. The horse looks fierce, the horseshoe fits well, it flows together nicely and looks strong. The horseshoe is center, and anatomically correct it looks like the real deal. Then the horse, it's got the reins and the mane, all around HUGE steps up and a really great logo.

Now the verdict. I'm torn. The Zamenanta (Pokemon shield legendary Pokemon….by the way ide look at a lawsuit) looking logo for Toronto is a very wide logo. It looks like it fits long on a Jersey compared to Calgary which is centered and dimensioned well. Calgary dropped the blue for Red and Gray and those colors seem boring but I feel between look, composition and can I imagine it on a Jersey Calgary Wranglers take the win with this redesign and win the battle of “Canada”


NEXT MATCHUP: DC Vs LA


AUTHORS NOTE: I realized AFTER i wrote the article which logo Calgary was using currently. that my fault however it doesn't change the outcome of the decision.

Edited July 21, 2021 by Horvat98

[JigglyGumballs 1,056]

40 minutes ago, Horvat98 said:

AUTHORS NOTE: I realized AFTER i wrote the article which logo Calgary was using currently. that my fault however it doesn't change the outcome of the decision.

Derp Horse >>> New Calgary logo

[Horvat98 30]

9 minutes ago, JigglyGumballs said:

Derp Horse >>> New Calgary logo

Derp Horse better win them a Cup

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New Calgary Logo >