FiddySicks Posted March 28, 2010 Share Posted March 28, 2010 I don't really see the problem with different designs for road and home.It looks a lot better when there's some sort of cohesive identity going on across all the uniforms. Nobody minds having a stripe here instead of there, but using different crests and color schemes looks silly to me. The Senators were a mess but at least held true to some basic red/black/white thing. There's no explanation for what the Wild are doing. Remember that year that the Ducks wore their traditional white Mighty Ducks jerseys along with those pseudo-Kings black/silver/purple jerseys? That was weird. I think that was supposed to be a transition between the old Disney stuff and the new intimidating beige or something. Anyway it was dumb.That's my biggest gripe with hockey teams today. They can't seem to pick a set and stick with it for both home and road where they at least match in color scheme. The Oilers, Flyers, Islanders (At least i think the throwbacks are now the homes, could be wrong though), and a few others have this identity problem. On 11/19/2012 at 7:23 PM, oldschoolvikings said: She’s still half convinced “Chris Creamer” is a porn site.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BBTV Posted March 28, 2010 Share Posted March 28, 2010 The Flyers look stupid this year, but at least they're fixing it for next year. Two matching stupid faux-back jerseys is better than two unmatched stupid jerseys, or two stupid edge jerseys. They could fix it so easily - it pisses me off a lot that they don't. "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...
Ryoma Posted March 28, 2010 Share Posted March 28, 2010 Then they can win the cup in those oh-so-snazzy threads.Hey now, there's optimism and then there's delusion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corvus Posted March 28, 2010 Share Posted March 28, 2010 What would happen if the Sabres pulled out the Winter Classic sweaters for the playoffs? Would the referees send them back to their dressing room?These kind of decisions are sorted out with the league office, I think. Enforcing uniform standards is probably not something that's up to the refs. I don't know the league rules, but I'm sure you can't wear a jersey for the playoffs you haven't worn in the regular season. When the Canucks wore their 70's retro for the playoffs it was their third jersey that year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Admiral Posted March 28, 2010 Share Posted March 28, 2010 Right, but what if the Sabres were to throw caution to the wind (and slug to the garbage) and take the ice in unauthorized sweaters, like Team USA memorably did in D2: The Mighty Ducks? Would the NHL just fine the crap out of them after the game or would they seriously not be allowed to play in them? ♫ oh yeah, board goes on, long after the thrill of postin' is gone ♫ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BBTV Posted March 28, 2010 Share Posted March 28, 2010 Right. I doubt that the refs would skate off the ice and say "no game", leaving it up to the Sabres and their opponent to just either scrimmage for the fans or go home. The league wouldn't be happy, but there's not really much they can do about it. It'd be a PR nightmare if they refused to allow the game to happen. They might fine them back to the stone age, but that game would happen.If it was like wrestling, the refs would attempt to send the team back to the dressing room, the captain would knock out the refs, and then the Sabres (to the cheers of their home fans) would bring out their own refs for the game, who would totally support their new jerseys. These new refs would also likely look the other way as the Sabres had 10 men on the ice at all times, but that's different. "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...
JACK IS CONSTRUCTION Posted March 28, 2010 Share Posted March 28, 2010 It's too bad every single sport ever isn't like wrestling. God wrestling is the best, how I love wrestling. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BBTV Posted March 28, 2010 Share Posted March 28, 2010 It's too bad every single sport ever isn't like wrestling. God wrestling is the best, how I love wrestling.When I was in high school, we used to joke about how cool it would be if we had someone like Mr. Fuji as our coach, and he would throw salt in the eyes of the opposing QB right as he was about to throw a pass. We took this idea a little too far - during practice, against the scout team, we (defensive linemen) secretly grabbed handfuls of dirt from the ground, and right as the ball was snapped, threw said dirt into the eyes of the OL. We ran many, many, many laps for that stunt.But yeah - if one of your players could distract the ref while the others pummeled your opponent, it'd be great. Or if the ref could just be knocked out but the game would continue until he was revived, that would be great too. And during the post game handshake, right before you shake your opponent's hand, you have to look to the crowd for approval first, then start shaking slowly, then faster once you realize that it's not a trick. Then you get kicked in the gut and stomped for a while while your opponent celebrates to the jeers of the home crowd.EDIT: also, I'm stealing Admiral's gimmick. "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...
Sodboy13 Posted March 28, 2010 Share Posted March 28, 2010 EDIT: also, I'm stealing Admiral's gimmick.Where should I send your Coyotes jersey? 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corvus Posted March 28, 2010 Share Posted March 28, 2010 Right. I doubt that the refs would skate off the ice and say "no game", leaving it up to the Sabres and their opponent to just either scrimmage for the fans or go home. The league wouldn't be happy, but there's not really much they can do about it. It'd be a PR nightmare if they refused to allow the game to happen. They might fine them back to the stone age, but that game would happen.If it was like wrestling, the refs would attempt to send the team back to the dressing room, the captain would knock out the refs, and then the Sabres (to the cheers of their home fans) would bring out their own refs for the game, who would totally support their new jerseys. These new refs would also likely look the other way as the Sabres had 10 men on the ice at all times, but that's different.Also, Lindy Ruff would be holding a mystical urn behind the bench. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
habsfan1 Posted March 28, 2010 Share Posted March 28, 2010 It's too bad every single sport ever isn't like wrestling. God wrestling is the best, how I love wrestling.NHL refs don't get knocked down and out like in wrestling. Sometimes, they should because they do screw over alot other teams/players for real. Their work or lack of now reminds me of wrestling officiating.Examples: 1, , . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Admiral Posted March 28, 2010 Share Posted March 28, 2010 Talk about a Montreal screwjob! ♫ oh yeah, board goes on, long after the thrill of postin' is gone ♫ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ElwoodCuse Posted March 28, 2010 Share Posted March 28, 2010 Right. I doubt that the refs would skate off the ice and say "no game", leaving it up to the Sabres and their opponent to just either scrimmage for the fans or go home. The league wouldn't be happy, but there's not really much they can do about it. It'd be a PR nightmare if they refused to allow the game to happen. They might fine them back to the stone age, but that game would happen.The Broncos, I think, got fined by the NFL not long ago for wearing the "wrong" jersey. They only brought their whites with them to San Diego, when the Chargers were technically scheduled to wear white. One of those "sunny afternoon" deals where the players figured wearing white would keep them cooler. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IceCap Posted March 29, 2010 Share Posted March 29, 2010 Right. I doubt that the refs would skate off the ice and say "no game", leaving it up to the Sabres and their opponent to just either scrimmage for the fans or go home. The league wouldn't be happy, but there's not really much they can do about it. It'd be a PR nightmare if they refused to allow the game to happen. They might fine them back to the stone age, but that game would happen.The Broncos, I think, got fined by the NFL not long ago for wearing the "wrong" jersey. They only brought their whites with them to San Diego, when the Chargers were technically scheduled to wear white. One of those "sunny afternoon" deals where the players figured wearing white would keep them cooler.Yeah, they fined them. They didn't say "ok, game's off." 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...
eMKayUSA Posted March 29, 2010 Share Posted March 29, 2010 YES!!! YEEEEEEEEESSSSS!!!!!! Oh god yes. DING DONG THE SLUG IS DEAD, THE SLIMY SLUG IS DEAAAAAD!!!Please excuse my exuberance but as you can tell I'm very exited. You know a couple days before this was posted I checked this site for slug death news like I do every few weeks or so. I got this news on another site. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crashcarson15 Posted March 29, 2010 Share Posted March 29, 2010 I had the "Ding Dong the Slug is Dead" idea in my head Friday night when I saw the "Slug Sale" in Buffalo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eMKayUSA Posted March 29, 2010 Share Posted March 29, 2010 I really need to pay more attention to the news, I just heard about this today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ebod39 Posted March 29, 2010 Share Posted March 29, 2010 when I first heard "script" associated with the Sabres I immediately thought of the oldbottle cap wordmark. Nice touch.But...that jersey design sucks! Taking your design cues from an f'in sweatshirt?? that is seriously pathetic. Put down the mouseand walk away, you are not a designer. That is just horrendous, sophomoric design sensibility.Get rid of the yellow pits, ditch the number on the front, the hem striping is way to busy and the piping on the shoulders isnot needed. Bringing elements from a white based jersey onto a dark jersey render them useless.I love the part where it says "the fans have been clamoring for the old logo". Yes, we have, we also been wanting the old uniforms, as is, untouched as they last were in 1995-96.Why can't Reebok and The Sabres organization get it through their thick heads. Buffalo had a great opportunity after the Winter Classic to bring those back and blew it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eMKayUSA Posted March 29, 2010 Share Posted March 29, 2010 That's the 3rd though, I'm much more exited about the primary home and away, the current 3rd will be the home and a white version will be the away. I can't wait to see the away jersey. I'm betting that 3rd will look much better in person. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DOech714 Posted March 29, 2010 Share Posted March 29, 2010 so i heard that the Flyers might be wearing the Winter Classic Jerseys on the Road in the Playoffs, has anyone heard anything about this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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