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1 hour ago, Chromatic said:

Good thing you put "/sarcasm" in there,  the rest of us on this board aren't as smart as you and would never have been able to figure that out.  

For a few people that’s true. Just hope you’re not one of them. 

There’s literally nothing dumber than “What if we just had a bunch of people not watch hockey so we get what we want”. It’s pure delusion/alternate reality stuff.  . 

The ads are here to stay. I don’t like it. But nobody outside of some niche group - insert “there are dozens of us!!! Dozens!!!” meme - is going to boycott playoff hockey because of the ads. The constant circling back to “duhhhh ads are bad, I hate ads, we should boycott seriously but not really, and also, I hate ads” that occurs every six weeks or so is so tired. If you all want to beat dead horses so bad, set up a “Dead (Or Partially Alive) Horses We Love To Beat” thread. Constant groaning about ads - when this board clearly has no influence as to what leagues are doing - just sucks the fun and utility out of these yearly changes threads. 

#reality

5 hours ago, Chewbacca said:

If you are unhappy with the jersey ads, you could always turn the TV off and not watch any of the Finals at all. Maybe if enough fans turned hockey off, perhaps the NHL would reconsider the ads. Wouldn’t that be nice. I would love to see the ads leave the jerseys and helmets and never come back.
 

Lol “Hello, Commissioner? It looks like ratings are down 9 viewers and amazingly we think they’re all from a sports logos message board….should we change our strategy?? …maybe we can set up a 2-3 hour in-person meeting on Monday with them to discuss…….sorry, do they have what, Sir? … Oh yes, they do have a Change.org petition…yes…um it has 43 signatures right now…right…no, not thousand, just 43 total…correct…Um I found two or three tweets about it with a few RTs…ok talk soon”

The best strategy would probably be to set up a table outside a grocery store or in an airport and tell people not to watch hockey because of the jersey ads. I’m sure the results would be overwhelmingly positive    /sarcasm

14 minutes ago, monkeypower said:

 

I wonder if that's a style guide thing or a stylistic choice from Fanatics because of the Leafs logos. The logos don't have an outline so regardless of which logo/stripes combo they went with, the stripe would look like it connects into the logo.

Maybe, but I don’t think putting a white outline around the logo to break up the intersection would have violated any style guide parameter. 

On 5/31/2023 at 12:05 AM, DJT said:

Are these the draft hats this year? 
 

 

These look very similar to the 2014 draft hats:

9 hours ago, monkeypower said:

What I think is kind of a neat part with the draft hats is a patch on the side with an alternate logo (or the primary again if no alternate logo) and the arena's coordinates on it.

This would also confirm that the Ducks aren't changing for this upcoming season? Not that I ever believed they would.

A lot of speculation about the Jets changing sweaters, but this hat seems unfazed:

Weird that Fanatics didn't want to include one blue stripe (or possible two stripes) for the Leafs: 

15 minutes ago, bowld said:

Draft Hats are available and they used San Jose's old striping pattern/colors ... NHL really needs to step up their apparel game. They are by far the worst of all major sports when it comes to apparel 

 

Fourth or fifth consecutive year where jersey stripes are a prominent feature…time to think of another idea. 

1 hour ago, adsarebad said:

I concur:

 

"Gary and the NHL have destroyed the viewing experience with ads on the jerseys, all over the ice, and moving digital board ads.

 

Long time fan here, i have migrated to the NBA.

 

Sad, but NHL on TV is now just way too distracting.

Destroying the jerseys and cup patches as well."

Who are you quoting? 

2 hours ago, 4_tattoos said:

With the exception of the original helmet and sleeve logos, the Ravens' first uniforms sucked in a major way.

 

It’s one of my favorites lol. I liked the black-purple-black look with the serifed numbers. The white stripe was weird. 

Devils posted this on IG, apparently the center ice logo isn’t painted onto the floor, it’s more of a vinyl wrap maybe? edit: Maybe that wrap being washed has nothing to do with center ice (the “outer” circle in the video is black, but the center ice circle is blue for games).

Always thought crews painted everything. 

https://www.instagram.com/reel/CsrBgDoPWab/?igshid=MTc4MmM1YmI2Ng==

2 hours ago, Pigskin12 said:

I wish teams would do polls like that with uniform designs since fans are capable of designing better concepts than Nike 90% of the time.

I don’t need every team wearing icy whites thanks to fan votes. 

13 minutes ago, adsarebad said:

True, and Cincy and Baltimore can GFT with their BFBS CC's

Baltimore’s CC is BFBS? lol nah that’s not what BFBS means

2 hours ago, pepis21 said:

Pretty much every. He also not wearing these yet:

IIRC, this was one of the first unveilings that really took advantage of the internet. Strong memories of looking at this “new” logo package and uniforms while using dialup AOL. 

53 minutes ago, TruColor said:

 

*cough*Bears*cough*

*cough*Broncos and Seahawks too*cough*

The Falcon desperately need gray/silver pants. 

5 hours ago, Brave-Bird 08 said:

I know what the Texans should do 

 

Would a navy helmet stripe with a red mask work? Would be a subtle nod to the Oilers (white shell, red mask).  The subtle longhorn piping in the jersey is pretty cool. 

35 minutes ago, DCarp1231 said:

I actually really like these. I love the interior jersey design. I do wish that was the pants design, though.

You wanted the pants to be the crazy artsy colorful pattern?

White pants with a colorful stripe down the sides would have been just fine. 

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Unpopular take probably - the orange New Era flag is a cool touch on the hat. 

26 minutes ago, Silent Wind of Doom said:

They... don't... have a regular blue jersey.

The blue BP jersey is what I meant

On 5/9/2023 at 5:34 PM, johne9109 said:

Sorry I was sick for a few days, but here's the next team

 

Baltimore Ravens

For the Ravens I went with 1997. Not for any particular reason other than they've essentially had the same uniforms since the redesigned them in 1999. I guess I could've gone 96 for their inagural year, but none the less....

 

 

The background image is from 1996; if the was to use the serifed numbers, add them to the base too.  They eliminated most of the serifs when they went to drop-shadowed numbers in 1997. 

6 hours ago, MNtwins3 said:

The 2021 class was:

• Red Sox
• Marlins
• White Sox
• Dodgers
• Diamondbacks
• Giants
• Cubs

I'm putting my money on the Dodgers switching theirs to something more LA inspired, and then possibly adding their spring training jersey into the rotation that fans have been asking for

Yeah the Dodgers, Red Sox, and Giants were the weakest of the 2021 class IMO. Dodgers’ City gear may not be selling very well because it’s far too close to the regular set (well, the regular blue jersey)

1 hour ago, NYCdog said:

First appearance of the Texans new Old English wordmark for the 2024 rebrand? 
 

https://shop.houstontexans.com/unisex-the-wild-collective-black-houston-texans-2023-schedule-t-shirt/p-248855348205346549+z-97-2997221112?_s=bm-Texans-integration-schedulereleasetee

 

It is the H-Town font they’ve using on sweatshirts and tees…

6 hours ago, Nordiks_19 said:

Carolina vs Dallas would probably be one of the most visually pleasing Stanley cup final ever

Red vs green has its limitations

2 hours ago, CaliforniaGlowin said:

 

 

 Equipment rooms usually have a pretty good collection of old helmets (from own team and other teams), and that's an old-style helmet type - it looks to be Tomlinson's old helmet - so I don't know if we can read too much into it.  A navy helmet could work for the Chargers with the navy uniforms, if done right. 

22 minutes ago, kimball said:

 

The Warriors say hello.

 

That’s five in six seasons (wait they also had The City/trolley car HWCs too) and they may not have one next year. They’re more the exception rather than the rule. Miami, Milwaukee, San Antonio, Phoenix, Houston, Brooklyn and Detroit won’t all be wearing HWCs next year. 

Totally forgot they had a white We Believe HWC (worn for one game - the last game of 2018/19 - and apparently they wore them based on a special player request, which means these were a ridiculous exemption of any so-called HWC rule that floats on the internet). 

2 hours ago, NYCdog said:

That would indicate the Rockets are getting new statement  and classic uniforms 

Actually, it would indicate they’re getting new Citys (as most teams have new Citys every year), and teams that wear Classics one year usually don’t have Classics the next. Not every team wears Classics every year. 

26 minutes ago, DJT said:

So Suns and Kings are 2/4 teams getting the new uniforms. 
 

Have we figured out the other 2? Magic? Hawks? 

Conrad said three teams are getting new Icon/Association sets; pretty sure they’ll be Suns, Sixers, Kings.