Bar on the top of Assistant Captain Crest

[Dan Malette]

OK this has been bugging me since the other night. Maybe someone on here can help me. I apologize if this has been discussed on another thread. I was watching the Leafs game the other night and they were wearing retro jerseys. The assistant captains (Hyman and Muzzin) had an A on their chest with a bar across the top kinda like this Ā (but touching). Isn?t that a Leaf tradition from the 80?s? Didn?t it have something to do with Salming? If you know the answer please reply. Go Leafs Go!

 

[CarltonTheBear]

Closer look at it here, if anyone is curious:

http://1.cdn.nhle.com/nhl/images/upload/gallery/2021/02/1231011319_slide.jpg

Not sure if it's connected to any kind of Leafs history though.

 

[herman]

 

[ZBBM]

A line over a vowel (called a macron, but not touching) is used in Hawaiian ... but somehow I don't think that's what's they were going for here.  My guess is that it's nothing more than failed typographic design. 

 

[Heroic Shrimp]

I hadn't noticed. Best guess I can offer is that maybe it's a graphical reference to the solid line on top of the letter T of Toronto...?

 

[Kaberle15]

I hadn't noticed. Best guess I can offer is that maybe it's a graphical reference to the solid line on top of the letter T of Toronto...?

Maybe a reference to the Toronto Arenas on the retro Jerseys

 

[bustaheims]

I hadn't noticed. Best guess I can offer is that maybe it's a graphical reference to the solid line on top of the letter T of Toronto...?

Maybe a reference to the Toronto Arenas on the retro Jerseys

The Arenas' logo was a giant T, and the typeface they used was san-serif, so, probably not. It's a nod to the Leafs jerseys from the 70s and 80s. Why they had it then, who knows? The 70s and 80s were weird time for design in general.