Canadian_Idiot

Apparently the Canucks' choice to go back to green and blue during the Edge redesign was made late in the game, because this prototype popped up on eBay recently:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/RARE-AUTHENTIC-REEBOK-VANCOUVER-CANUCKS-PROTOTYPE-HOCKEY-JERSEY-SZ-56-/191200585831?pt=U_Hockey_Fan_Shop&hash=item2c84716867&nma=true&si=Huz6zPNBJdbZ6hfDs5rhSGuO%252B38%253D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2557

That looks terrible! They weren't great jerseys to begin with but who thought removing the hem stripes and using that awful Flyers template was a good idea. Thank god they came to their senses and brought back the scheme they never should have ditched in the first place.

Surprised they decided to use blue white and green at the last minute since they wore their throwbacks in 2007 playoffs.

If they changed the following season, their plans were probably already finalized by the time the playoffs started. "Last minute" is probably like the summer/fall of 2006.

For what it's worth, the garment tag seen inside of the collar (and the one on that lighting prototype that appeared a few months back) is identical to the Reebok Tags used on the last iteration of traditional uniforms from 2005-2007.

If I recall, I remember hearing that the league was disappointed with the redesigns Reebok had come up with during the lockout and demanded they go back to the drawing board, pushing the unveil date for the new uniforms to 2007 and necessitating one more production run of uniforms used from 2005-2007.

Seeing all of these pre-edge "edge" prototypes also seems to really gel with the idea that they were originally all planned to be tucked into the breezers- this explains nearly all of the original edge sets lack of hem striping, another feature missing on these prototypes.

Not a jersey, but a cap.

http://www.wholesalecheapnewera.net/new-york-giants-retro-1954-world-series-59fifty-new-era-fitted-cap-p-1814.html

Of course just the name of that site alone looks very suspicious...I can't tell with hats if they're legit or not, though.

Website's server is in Russia for what it's worth.

did you see any fake benn/modano victory green sweaters?

i saw some on ebay.

In person I only saw a few Benn and I think one Lehtonen sweater.

Went to the annual Ice Breaker the Dallas Stars hosted today.

Counterfeit Jerseys.. Counterfeit Jerseys everywhere.

One guy even had the balls to get Benn to autograph his chinese fake.

http://theother6seconds.blogspot.com/2009/08/uniform-history-project-1990s.html

thank god they didn't use this.