Definitely happy with the full team autograph event this year compared to last years.
They definitely had triple the tickets.
Only missed one table (Dahlin). I had a ticket for it, but when I got up there they closed the line.
My suggestions:
Why not just make a giant table with all of the players or split it into two lines and let everyone just line up around the arena. Seems like it would be easier that way. Or even put a carpet across the ice that has tables in the middle. I feel like people could grab every signature if they did it as a single table or two.
The security guard at the tuch line still had a stack of tickets left, and said that they were keeping lines open until 8 or out of tickets. 5 minutes later, I saw her come to the front of the line near the players and hand her tickets to the other guy and said they're closed. She was very confused and seemed upset that they changed it as that's what they told people. You can tell a lot of people left by 7.
Other than that, good event. Not sure why Power couldn't attend though. Not a good look for him to be the only player not there. Yeah he's hurt but he couldn't take the 2 hours out of his day? As the other injured reserve players showed up
Was able to get a mini helmet signed, and my sister got a goathead wall clock signed. Nearly all of the players commented on the clock lol

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  2. I was behind you at one point. I thought this year was much better than last. I got 6 tables this year compared to 4 last year. I like their method but seems like they need a “until tickets run out or 7:30pm comes” or something more of that nature. The guys sign A LOT so def have to take that into consideration.

  3. Nice choice with the clock! I tried to get the whole team on a blank goathead but I missed out on Tuch and Kulich’s tables, it was like 7:15 when they told me the lines were closed.

  4. My first year going and I really enjoyed the event! Was great to be able to interact with the team and get some autographs! I just wish they handed out a team picture or actual paper poster with some sort of picture or graphic on it (such as a picture of the arena/ice, would still be a lot of white space for signatures) that we’d be able to frame and display/hang at home, instead of the cardboard poster sign with words and the logo that they did. I ended up running into the store last minute before entering to buy a few pucks because I wanted something else to have for signatures instead of that cardboard sign, but the person I attended with was also caught off guard a little by what the sign handed out looked like, it was not what we were expecting when our ticket rep told us they hand out posters to use. I think what they provided is great for kids, but I think they can do better. Anyway, now we know for next year to bring something for the entire team to sign, like your mini helmet!

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