Kevin W.
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Columbus Blue Jackets
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Los Angeles Kings
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Pittsburgh Penguins
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Apparently Spain's new kits leaked.
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Alright, so a few notes about the new template. I've made a few changes here and there. As you can see with the Blackhawks, the tie-down has been moved off of the collar. When I was adding the NHL logo to the tie-down-less teams' collars, I realized that I would need to have a different-sized league logo on the collar depending on the type of the collar, because the two collar types had different amounts of space available. When I moved the tie-downs off of the collar, I had to modify it so it wouldn't start running into the logos. I also added a flywire-esque design onto the collar because I doubt Nike would leave it blank. All of the teams have their nameplates and TV numbers on the yokes just like the real Nike jerseys. This has actually made me make some design deviations for some teams that have actually simplified the design process. For teams that have the same-colored yoke on both jerseys, then they have the same color nameplate and TV numbers. This is evident on three of the teams I've already posted and will be visible on several others. I also re-added the pants, helmet and socks from my original template. I made no serious changes to those designs except for the helmet, where I've added a visor and removed the manufacturer logo. Since the jerseys no longer have the player name and number (I got tired of having to change the name and number when I made an update to a team after they'd changed captains) there's no need for a manufacturer logo on the helmet. It's just simpler that way. One small added detail that is hard to see at the scale I'm drawing these at is the addition of silver trim around the Nike swoosh for teams that have won the Stanley Cup. I did not intentionally include Buffalo as the lone Cup-less team in the group I posted. It just so happens that their design was easy to complete (because of the aforementioned matching yokes) so I just finished them before any other Cup-less team, though Nashville is close behind.
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New York Islanders
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New Jersey Devils
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Edmonton Oilers
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Dallas Stars
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Chicago Blackhawks
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Alright, here we go. I've got several teams' designs completed. Buffalo Sabres
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That was a good look absolutely ruined by the Edge transition.
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Nah, Las Vegas' lights are a different kind of color scheme from the Miami Vice kind of color scheme.
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Alright, slight revision to the tie-down collar. I think that looks better and doesn't look awkwardly wide. The only issue is that since the NHL logo will be right above it on the collar, it'll mean that there'll be a decent amount of empty space below the league logo on the tie-down-less versions, but the alternative is to have a massive NHL logo that takes up the entire vertical space of the collar and that would look very awkward.
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And here it is with a faux tie-down collar, because Nike would absolutely do a faux collar for some weight-saving performance-enhancing reason just like Adidas did.
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Not that I know of. Alright, I think I've settled on the back view. I have to do some fiddling around with the collar to see if I can make a tie-down version work.
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Well, I was hoping for an illustrated version like the images @kiwi_canadian posted. I'm trying to create a raster version of the template to use.
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Nearly 8 months later, this series is still alive. However, it's about to take a fairly serious change in artistic direction. After seeing the 2022 Nike template IIHF jerseys in the IIHF thread, I've decided to move to an updated template. Fortunately, that thread contains images that are fairly easy to convert over to a raster template, which I've included the front view of above. I believe that this will allow me to make a more Nike-accurate version of the jerseys. I have to test out how a few teams' looks will be on the new template and maybe fiddle around with it a bit here and there, but I'm definitely excited to see how it turns out. Accordingly, everything on the original template will be marked as "Original Template" on the first post and a new section listed as "New Template" will be added. I may update some teams' looks. Most will stay the same, however. Also, due to the fact that I got tired of updating teams' NNOB when captains changed, every jersey will have a captain's C, the name "PLAYER" and a number corresponding to when the franchise was founded or when it made its most recent relocation move.
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@kiwi_canadian, is there a rear view of that template?
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Yes, I know about the original failed Maple Leafs costumes.
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No, they didn't remove black entirely. It's still a part of their color scheme, though it's very minimal on the home and road jerseys. However, all three of their post-2008 alternates have either been primarily black or heavily incorporated black as trim.
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I'd make the argument that white is the Flyers' secondary color and black is tertiary. Look at the color balance on their home jerseys.
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Except that jersey didn't include any jade. Jade trim would've greatly improved the look.
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What an absolute shame. Those are the best uniforms they've ever worn and it's not even close. Wayne Gretzky isn't walking through that door.
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I'd love to see the Ducks do a majority-jade version of their original jerseys for their next Reverse Retro. As much as I think a white version of the wordmark alternate would work as a Reverse Retro, that would be two white versions of past alternates and I'd like to see them change it up.
