Morgan33

I like those metallic silver stripes. The rest is… okay. Not terrible but nowhere close to as good as the jersey we want.

Since we're discussing the Bruins, I was curious if opinion on here has soured on these uniforms? I remember them being one of the first Edge unveilings, getting near universal acclaim on arrival, and being held up as an example of a modern classic for many years after... Though in the past couple years I've seen a lot of people advocate a return to what they wore in the early 90's. The overall look took a bit of a hit during the conversion to Adidas (the shoulder yoke doesn't look as good and black socks at home remains a contentious issue) but it's basically the same uniform. Adidas and Edge versions shown for comparison.

Hopefully they’ll use the occasion to go back to yellow socks at home.

I didn't threaten to leave, I took a break. And I'm sorry for not thinking an argument on whether or not homosexuality is causing the downfall of civilization has anything to do with Jersey Changes for the 2023-24 season... I can see from the reactions I'm getting that I've struck a nerve for not thinking that .

I thought you were “done with me” . I’m not sure how hitting a reaction button equates to “impotent rage.” Nice projection though.

I’m so glad we banned the discussion of politics on here. Was getting tired of it derailing the uniform discussion…

I like the multi-coloured stars and the striping is passable but that logo is even worse than the current version. Hockey is the only major sport where teams put their logo on the front of their uniforms and that's what makes them special. I don't want to read your jersey. This is why the Screagle wins the honor of best Capitals (primary) logo by default.

This is best looking jersey the Blue Jackets have had in their 23 year history. I absolutely love it, especially the minor inclusion of neon-green on the right shoulder patch. Normally, things like having a base colour found nowhere else on the uniform, having red exclusively on the logos & number or using both black & navy would bother me... But against all odds, this uniform comes together and just looks fantastic. It should be their full-time home with a matching white.

Why are they keeping the Stadium Series inspired alternate? That has to be the most boring, half assed design in the history of the franchise and the oversized numbers are an eyesore. If they must have a black alt, bring back the Lindros Era version with the white shoulders.

This is a great compromise between era's and light-years ahead of what they use now. The only thing I'd change is making the Stars on the Screagle copper and maybe losing the script. Everything else is perfect... And you couldn't really accuse them of abandoning their cup winning look completely either.

The only thing more tired than this uniform is the argument that a Washington team must wear Red, White and Blue Navy. Their recent resurrection of their mid 90's colour scheme & logo resulted in the fastest selling Reverse Retro of the recent batch... The Capitals made a huge mistake, in 2007, trying to modernize a design that was never particularly strong to begin with and it's a shame the pinnacle of their franchise will forever be associated with it. The Adidas template improved it a little bit but it still looks like a dated relic of the late 2000's. The conclusion of the Ovechkin era gives them a great opportunity for a much needed rebrand.

True, but it initially looked like the SCF patch was going to remain in that awkward, claustrophobic position on the right regardless... Glad they changed their mind.

You people can go cry some more because someone posted a Sports Design opinion on a thread about Sports Design... You can get your panties in a twist because someone pointed out how many times a striping template has been recycled ad nauseam by Adidas. Here's the league in 1991 where very single team has a traditional look. You know how many use Detroit's template? One: Detroit. So get ed!

Yeah, I have terrible taste because I don't want every new design to use the same template... You got me there. Tell me more about your one-striping-configuration-fits-all-teams viewpoint. I bet it's really interesting .

The logo references this jersey, phantom or not... They could have done more with the striping. And what's with the Navy?

You've said nothing that explains why more time and effort can't be put into the striping of new uniforms... You've just parroted that Adidas only had a year. Well it doesn't take a year to come up with a few different options besides re-colouring Detroit's template... Especially when you have a 100+ year history to draw from. Again, this doesn't explain why more striping options can't be presented to teams. Adding and changing the width and colours of horizontal stripes is hardly an arduous process. Detroit is not the only team that has a Faux 06 look. The Lightning had a very traditional striping configuration when they entered the league but it stood apart because of how it was coloured and framed. Dallas had plenty of traditional striping configurations in their history (especially if you included their North Stars history) they could have drawn from that looked very different from the Detroit template. I'm not oversimplifying the entire process. I'm wondering why teams and Adidas can't come up with striping configurations that honor there own history or break new ground instead of going with that tired Detroit template for 50th time. Horizontal striping is one of the most distinctive characteristics of a hockey uniform. Why can't more attention be paid to it?

Because there are no lazily designed alternates in the league right now that went through "the full design process" . No full time jerseys either. I would love it explained to me in detail why a Detroit, recolour with no sleeve stripes and a logo that already exists couldn't be topped by anyone with mild knowledge of Illustrator in under two days... And your approval means oh so much to me "don't care."

You're right. It isn't design criticism, it's calling a spade a spade. At least the person behind the Buffaslug owned up to it. He didn't say it turned it out the way it did because of time and manufacturing constraints and try and pass it off as a good effort. From the time sports merchandise went mainstream till the mid 2000's, uniform designs didn't look they were dashed off in less than 5 minutes. Even blunders like Fisherman, Mooterus and Predator's Mustard's (to name a few) at least looked like some effort was put into them... They didn't just recolor Detroit's template, remove the sleeve stripes, slap a retro logo on it, and call it day. But I guess a process with a track-record as unoriginal and slap-dash, as the below image indicates, is exempt from any criticism because someone shared some insider information about it... Whatever the CCSLC mob says. Flame on.

Just because someone has experience in the industry and knows how it works, doesn't mean their work is exempt from criticism. The amount of designs, we've seen from Adidas, that look like they were dashed off in less than 5 minutes, these past five years, is staggering. I don't work for WWE but I'm allowed to say their product has been extremely underwhelming for a long time. You put something in the public domain, people are going to have opinions about it. Especially on a forum where people share their opinions on uniform designs. Get over it. I don't expect him to do anything except stop making excuses for why new designs look like a total of 5 minutes of effort were spent on them. The Arena's jersey just looks half-assed but the "Smashville" jersey was indefensible and I remember hearing a bunch of excuses about that too... Back in 2006, the designer's behind the Sabres 'Slug' could be criticized and rightfully so. I don't remember anyone on hear saying "that designer works for Reebok and knows the process so him and his work are off limits from criticism." Give me a break. If that Arena's jersey is the result of "the process" then there is something seriously wrong with said process that should be evaluated. I don't buy the excuse that "this is best we could do because we only had a year." Someone could make a better design in 5 minutes.

Full of excuses as usual.

"How can we make an already boring jersey even more of a snoozer?"

No argument there. But it's one of those logos that's so bad it's almost charming. And the fans seem to love it so why not? I don't think many people on here would call the classic Islander's logo great but fan demand necessitated its return.

It's literally a stripe and two width-changes away from being a straight up re-colour... I think people are too enamored with the Kraken identity (which is understandable, it's beautiful) to admit that.

Sorry. After all the hate I've gotten on here for daring to criticize the Flame's retro's, I incorrectly assumed you were being combative. Anyways, I asked the person working there if they had any of last years Reverse Retro's left and they said "no, but the next one will feature that same logo on the front." When I told this person that I thought they were going with the pedestal, they said "That wasn't incorrect." Guess we'll have to wait and see...

Someone said it to me. I'm not sure how someone could come to that conclusion by just walking into a store and not talking to anyone .