jp1409 Posted March 31, 2016 Share Posted March 31, 2016 10 hours ago, Ice_Cap said: Thanks As I said, I love the Peace Tower logo. jp1409's comment about the red version still working as an alternate got me thinking, so I whipped this up. The maple leaf crest, the red sweater...call it the "Civic Pride Alternate" or something And yes, I DO think the Peace Tower is strong enough to stand on its own as a primary! With that I'm done. Don't want to turn this into a concepts thread. Just trying to visualize some of the ideas I've had since the Sens discussion started. I'll be totally honest, I'd send these to the team if I was you. I'm not a Sens fan but I'd be picking up a black jersey in a heartbeat. The striping, the logo, the fact that the home jersey is black and that the red alt is nearly as awesome, the vintage yet actual feel... There's a connection to pretty much every Sens previous uniforms and the mix is incredible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sport Posted March 31, 2016 Share Posted March 31, 2016 10 hours ago, Ice_Cap said: Thanks for the feedback guys! Here's a version with black as the primary in place of red... That is so hot. I'm not really a guy who buys jerseys of teams other than my own, but I'd purchase that black one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jp1409 Posted March 31, 2016 Share Posted March 31, 2016 Maybe the current 3D logo on the red? It has history on their red jerseys and might be good as an alt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tigerslionspistonshabs Posted March 31, 2016 Share Posted March 31, 2016 Any of those concepts would be a massive upgrade over their current set. So simple, like it's almost hitting them in the face. Hopefully they go with something like any of these. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Webhamster Posted March 31, 2016 Share Posted March 31, 2016 16 hours ago, Ice_Cap said: Same name, same city. More than a flimsy connection. No one's saying give the new Sens the old Sens' record books (though those Stanley Cup banners seem to indicate the team wishes it were otherwise). The original Ottawa Senators don't exist though. In any form. The current team is their spiritual successor. I have the very first Sens game on VHS recorded off CBC. I know I remember John Ziegler was at center ice and presented Bruce Firestone with a decree from the NHL that made the Senators a continuation of the original franchise that had been "in hibernation" for 60 years. It's all semantics anyway, but that's why they hung those banners. They actually went up on opening night after that ceremony. Unfortunately, we're in the process of moving right now so that tape is in a box somewhere behind me (or in our storage unit) so I won't find it again until probably June. I'll be more than happy to digitize and YouTube it then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Webhamster Posted March 31, 2016 Share Posted March 31, 2016 The senschirp.ca website had an article recently with a Sens rebrand by the guy who designed the heritage jersey. I thought it was quite good although I'm not a fan of the mish-mash shoulder patch. Full article here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OnWis97 Posted March 31, 2016 Share Posted March 31, 2016 11 hours ago, Ice_Cap said: Thanks for the feedback guys! Here's a version with black as the primary in place of red... I really like the Peace Tower logo. It's the only on-ice logo any Ottawa Senators team has ever had that actually attempts to reflect the team's namesake. I just didn't know where to work it in. The profile centurion is the strongest option for the primary. The exercise was to make the barberpole look work in a modern context, so I opted for the =O= over the peace tower for the alternate. I suppose I could have used the Peace Tower and claimed the stripes alone were enough to represent the barberpole era, but the =O= gives it just that extra touch. As for trying to have my cake and eat it too...I honestly don't see that. All three logos I considered, the Peace Tower, the =O=, and the centurion, are disconnected. One is a Roman solider. One is the letter "O" on top of two stripes. One is the central structure of the Canadian Parliament buildings. No two fit together in and of themselves. Any two can be used with each other, in my opinion. These are really nice (though I did like the red one, myself). I think this little homage to the barber pole works a lot better than trying to look like it's the 1930s. Yeah, this will escape a lot of fans of the home team (not to mention other teams) but so be it. I'd still put the tower on the shoulders here...it's a great secondary and I don't think the =O= is needed given that this is a subtle nod. Disclaimer: If this comment is about an NBA uniform from 2017-2018 or later, do not constitute a lack of acknowledgement of the corporate logo to mean anything other than "the corporate logo is terrible and makes the uniform significantly worse." BADGERS TWINS VIKINGS TIMBERWOLVES WILD POTD (Shared) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
njdevs7 Posted March 31, 2016 Share Posted March 31, 2016 Literally every concept on this page is better than the current jerseys. Put that peace tower logo on a black jersey and I think it would look really good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Berlin Wall Posted March 31, 2016 Share Posted March 31, 2016 I always thought that the Sens could simply eliminate white from their traditional hoops design and go with a simple black and red hoop design: I'm a simple person, I have a pixelated David Beckham as profile photo since 2010. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Giant Pacific Octopus Posted March 31, 2016 Share Posted March 31, 2016 I think the logo the Sens have now is the best they ever had and far superior to any of these mockups. A bust of an ancient Roman senator? Awesome. Although not as awesome as Julius Caesar! The Catch of the Day! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B-mer Posted March 31, 2016 Share Posted March 31, 2016 i like the heritage jerseys as much as anyone, vintage white aside. The thing that I struggle with is the O. It obviously works for a throwback, but I'm not sold on it as the primary. With that, I haven't really seen a concept of that striping with either of the roman heads that look really good to me. Maybe one but I can't remember. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrianLion Posted March 31, 2016 Share Posted March 31, 2016 Ottawa's home sweater should always be black. Distinguishes them from NJ, Calgary, Chicago, etc. Those concepts are all great and light years better than what they wear now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rollins Man Posted March 31, 2016 Share Posted March 31, 2016 20 hours ago, Ice_Cap said: Same name, same city. More than a flimsy connection. No one's saying give the new Sens the old Sens' record books (though those Stanley Cup banners seem to indicate the team wishes it were otherwise). The original Ottawa Senators don't exist though. In any form. The current team is their spiritual successor. As for accomplishments...again, there's not much. You know what the pre-Edge red swoosh sweater calls to mind? The Maple Leafs consistently beating them in the playoffs. And a run that ended with the Ducks curbstomping them in the Finals. The original Senators were founded in 1883 and folded in 1935 (I'm including their single season as the St. Louis Eagles for completeness). That's a run of 52 years and 11 Stanley Cup Championships. The current Senators began play in 1992. That's 24 years and zero Cups. I don't see how. I'm fine with either of these logos. Just no more 3D centurions. Those things are brutal. The Roman theme isn't a deal-breaker, but I would like to see a profile centurion used in tandem with a uniform that used barberpole-esque striping. The guy accusing us of being lazy/unoriginal just wants to revert teams back to what they were wearing fifteen years ago? Heh. Trying to find a way to do the barberpole in a way that can work in 2016 takes more creativity than going "just put them in what they were wearing in 2001." There is no way to make the barberpole work in 2016, move on. The pens, avs, flames, and sens looked great pre-edge and should have never changed what they looked like. They should do what st. louis did and take their pre-edge set, that is actually theirs and not some other teams, and make it better. Why make something new to be "creative" when what they already had was fine and should have never been changed? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CreamSoda Posted March 31, 2016 Share Posted March 31, 2016 Can I get notified when this thread is about 2016-17 NHL changes and not the Ottawa BarbePoles? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morgan33 Posted March 31, 2016 Share Posted March 31, 2016 The only thing I don't like about Ice Cap's concepts are the shoulder patches. Every crest should have gold so the colour balance isn't thrown. Besides that, it's a home run and exactly what the team should be wearing. Whether they went with the reds or the blacks. 9/10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BBTV Posted March 31, 2016 Share Posted March 31, 2016 So Ed Snider is probably going to die, which is surprising because I thought he's been dead for years. Or at least looked that way. I'd expect the patch to end all patches next year. Off the the top of my head I can't recall any on-uniform tributes since Pelle Linberg, but I'd imagine this will call for something big. "The views expressed here are mine and do not reflect the official opinion of my employer or the organization through which the Internet was accessed." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IceCap Posted March 31, 2016 Share Posted March 31, 2016 5 hours ago, Rollins Man said: There is no way to make the barberpole work in 2016, move on. Not to toot my own horn but...well, I'm going to toot my own horn. I did just that on the last page. PotD 26/2/12 1/7/15 2020 BASS Spin the Wheel, Make the Deal Regular Season Champion 2021 BASS NFL Pick'em Regular Season Champion Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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KittSmith_95 Posted April 1, 2016 Share Posted April 1, 2016 I... I actually like two-tone purple together. Anyway.... any new news? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcj882000 Posted April 1, 2016 Share Posted April 1, 2016 7 hours ago, Purple said: You know, now that you mention it, the B-Sens' logo always reminded me of that face: I dunno, must just be the squinty eyes & toothy grin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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