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Why didn't the original Rockies work out? Denver's a good hockey market, at least now. Was it too soon in 1976?

I mean it did help the Avs case to win the Cup immediately and remain good for a decade.

My guess is that it's because the Rockies stunk.

Just like their uniforms and identity

Sorry, but I totally disagree. If there were good things about the Rockies, the crest and uniforms were it. Colourful but clean and simple. The Avalanche could have a top-notch uniform if they simplified their uniforms and ditched the black.

Both teams were exact polar opposites of each other:

Rockies - clean and traditional uniforms, horrible teams.

Avalanche - garish and cluttered "lacrosse style" uniforms, great championship teams.

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Why didn't the original Rockies work out? Denver's a good hockey market, at least now. Was it too soon in 1976?

I mean it did help the Avs case to win the Cup immediately and remain good for a decade.

My guess is that it's because the Rockies stunk.

Just like their uniforms and identity

Also, I'm pretty sure they were the only NHL team to use heat-pressed crests and numbers instead of twill.

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Just adds a whole dimension of nasty to it, doesn't it?

That was actually really common in the 80s. I know the Penguins did it until somewhere around 89-90

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The 80s Blues did the same thing, and their captaincy patch was a single piece of fabric with the design heat-pressed on

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I wish I had more photos of these, there were tons of examples at the Hockey Hall of Fame

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Navy and Vegas Gold in Pittsburgh?

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That's the retro nameplate. Athletic gold on black. It is not a dress.

On 1/25/2013 at 1:53 PM, 'Atom said:

For all the bird de lis haters I think the bird de lis isnt supposed to be a pelican and a fleur de lis I think its just a fleur de lis with a pelicans head. Thats what it looks like to me. Also the flair around the tip of the beak is just flair that fleur de lis have sometimes source I am from NOLA.

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The nameplate is navy

On 1/25/2013 at 1:53 PM, 'Atom said:

For all the bird de lis haters I think the bird de lis isnt supposed to be a pelican and a fleur de lis I think its just a fleur de lis with a pelicans head. Thats what it looks like to me. Also the flair around the tip of the beak is just flair that fleur de lis have sometimes source I am from NOLA.

PotD: 10/19/07, 08/25/08, 07/22/10, 08/13/10, 04/15/11, 05/19/11, 01/02/12, and 01/05/12.

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Why didn't the original Rockies work out? Denver's a good hockey market, at least now. Was it too soon in 1976?

I mean it did help the Avs case to win the Cup immediately and remain good for a decade.

My guess is that it's because the Rockies stunk.

Just like their uniforms and identity

Also, I'm pretty sure they were the only NHL team to use heat-pressed crests and numbers instead of twill.

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Just adds a whole dimension of nasty to it, doesn't it?

And yet back then they probably didn't tout is as 2% lighter so they could be faster lol

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Yeah that and the original concept are so much better than just using the C from the flag recolored in Avs colors.

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All credit goes to the original posters (steve?) concept. Just tweaked it a bit but this would have been great as a shoulder patch. Actually fits with the rest of the design.

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I didn't think steve's concept could be improved upon but here it is. You even used the correct shade of blue! Beautiful!

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All credit goes to the original posters (steve?) concept. Just tweaked it a bit but this would have been great as a shoulder patch. Actually fits with the rest of the design.

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I didn't think steve's concept could be improved upon but here it is. You even used the correct shade of blue! Beautiful!

Hey thanks man. Again this is all Steve's concept, I just wanted to apply a few tweaks. I hope he doesn't mind, I just really liked the concept.

Mockup of a dual logo set up for the Avs:

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No, you guys were right, it was totally navy blue.

https://twitter.com/penguins/status/616709350615191552

On 1/25/2013 at 1:53 PM, 'Atom said:

For all the bird de lis haters I think the bird de lis isnt supposed to be a pelican and a fleur de lis I think its just a fleur de lis with a pelicans head. Thats what it looks like to me. Also the flair around the tip of the beak is just flair that fleur de lis have sometimes source I am from NOLA.

PotD: 10/19/07, 08/25/08, 07/22/10, 08/13/10, 04/15/11, 05/19/11, 01/02/12, and 01/05/12.

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No, you guys were right, it was totally navy blue.

https://twitter.com/penguins/status/616709350615191552

It's clearly navy and Vegas gold, you are the only one who thinks differently

And the dress still looks white and gold to me. It's black. The lighting is likely playing tricks on your eyes.

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